Growing up next to a coal mine in a valley in South Wales, Rod Thomas (aka Bright Light Bright Light) never imagined that his music would touch people around the world. Described by NME as the “male Robyn,” his music is a poetic mashup of the happy and the sad, with uplifting dancebeats contrasted by beautiful, and often melancholic lyrics. His love of 90s sounds comes through loud and clear in his music as well as his DJ sets, resonating with a new generation of music lovers as well as those of us who enjoyed it the first time around.? His debut CD, ‘Make Me Believe in Hope,” is easily one of the best albums of 2012 and definitely a must for any lover of electronic dance music with intelligent lyrics.??Maybe he is the Pet Shop Boy for the hipster generation?
DJ Ron Slomowicz: I first heard about you when Popjustice put out that single. How did Popjustice the website sign you?
Bright Light: I?ve obviously been reading the website for a very long time, and we decided to put out a free download single a few months before that. I sent it to Peter and he really liked it. We started chatting over eMail, we met up for coffee and he told me about the label. I decided that it would be a good first single, we got along really well so we started working together.
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