Maxim Lany
ARTIST AND SONIC ARCHITECT, MENTOR AND FOUNDER OF CLOSER.
FOR MAXIM, MUSIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN MORE THAN JUST SOUND, IT’S A LANGUAGE AND A WAY OF LIFE.
BORN AND RAISED IN GHENT, BELGIUM, HE GREW UP CRATE DIGGING IN VINYL SHOPS AND ABSORBING THE PULSE OF THE UNDERGROUND WHERE HE LEARNED THE VALUE OF TAKING THE LONG ROAD.
OVER THE PAST 15 YEARS HE CARVED OUT HIS SIGNATURE SOUND: DEEP, MINIMAL AND EMOTIONALLY CHARGED.
HIS MUSIC FOUND ITS WAY INTO THE SETS OF SOLOMUN, ADRIATIQUE, DAVID GUETTA AND TALE OF US.
HE EARNED HIS REGULAR SPOTS ON MAJOR FESTIVALS LIKE TOMORROWLAND, EXTREMA OUTDOOR AND DREAMFIELDS MEXICO.
HIS BELIEF IN AND LOVE FOR ELECTRONIC MUSIC NOW CAME TO LIFE IN CLOSER, HIS OWN SERIES OF EVENTS, HIS NEWFOUND LABEL AND STUDIO HOMEBASE.
CLOSER STANDS FOR PRESENCE, PATIENCE AND CONNECTION. BRINGING PEOPLE CLOSER TOGETHER, BRINGING THE MUSIC CLOSER TO THE HEART. MAXIM TEACHES, GIVING MASTERCLASSES FOR ARMADA UNIVERSITY, TOMORROWLAND ACADEMY AND FULL CIRCLE FESTIVAL.
OUTSPOKEN ABOUT THE PROCESS OF CREATING MUSIC, MAXIM SHARES HIS VALUES AND IDEAS TROUGH REELS, CLASSES AND CONVERSATIONS AND THUS BUILDING THE LOCAL SCENE IN BELGIUM AND IN HIS HOMETOWN GHENT.
(THE CIRCLE IS NOW COMPLETE)