#Risingartist: Graham Lake gets a little help from Galantis on Debut track
We had the chance to chat with Graham Lake about the new song Focus and how he cross paths with Galantis’s Linus Eklöw. It was such a fun conversation we can not wait for you to hear it! You can check the video right now up this or up on our youtube channel.
More about Graham Lake
In some ways, Graham Lake was predestined to make music in the first place. Born to musician parents, mom played classical piano on tour as she carried him in utero. During the first few years of his life, she even fed him in between sets. His father played trumpet, guitar, and sang opera. Both parents taught music in Stockholm. At five years old, Graham picked up the cello, playing it until the age of fifteen. By the time he entered high school, he had discovered Martin Garrix on YouTube and experienced another musical revelation.
He downloaded production software on his computer and started to cook up electronic instrumentals. At the same time, he DJ’ed at weddings and family parties. During his last year of high school, he went through “real love, a breakup, and heartbreak” for the first time and channeled those emotions into lyrics and vocals. Around the same time, he blindly reached out to the infamous Swedish rap collective ODZ in order to potentially produce or write together. They invited him to a writing camp, and his music made its way to Linus “Style of Eye” Eklöw of iconic GRAMMY® Award-nominated multi-platinum duo Galantis. Linus took Graham under his wing, sharing wisdom and developing his talents in the studio. Stay tuned for more music from this collaboration to come.
