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How excited are you when it comes to any of the events that you’re performing at?
We get pretty excited. We go all in for every event. We’re just passionate like that. – Dream
It’s always a blast sharing the Lucent show with new and old faces. Before every show I always have a heightened sense of gratitude and excitement towards the space and the crowd. Knowing that we’re about to connect creatively and energetically with audiences and share all of the acts we’ve been working on definitely gives me a huge boost of energy and excitement before performing.I love it. – Metaphase
I’m super excited, we have been working really hard to make this tour happen and it feels like a new chapter for us! - Atla
How have you been now that LIB has passed, do you have any new upcoming projects?
Well we went straight from LIB out onto the tour. It’s been very full on. It’s a great experience but i think we might leave a little space between the two next time around 
- Dream
I’ve felt great and really inspired. LIB is like home. It’s a festival that means so much to me, and so many close friends are there. LIB has been a great place for Lucent to grow and debut our newest material. Since LIB we have embarked on out first national tour, and traveled the whole US. Coming up we have the release of our Light of the World album which includes much of the music we’re playing on our current tour. I’m also releasing a ton of music under other aliases Trowa, Frank Royal, and Bottle Service. – Metaphase
Yes, we are almost done with the first leg of the US tour, then going home and crete new music and new numbers and getting ready for the west cost tour and Canada. I think that Shambhala is going to be special! – Atla
What do you like to do on your down time, anything fun?
I like to hike in the mountains, go to the Korean Spa, spend time with friends and often just enjoy sitting quietly in my back yard reading… but we’d don’t actually get a lot of down time so most of this is dreaming 
-Dream
Downtime, what’s that? Jokes aside, in LA on a day off I usually go to the beach with a bike, love visiting Joshua Tree desert with friends, play records with friends, dig for old tunes at Amoeba records, or go to shows. I also search out the best Grilled Cheese Sandwiches I can find, LA has become a real hot spot for Gourmet Grilled Cheese. – Metaphase
I’m pretty much always producing music, everywhere i go i bring my laptop and my headphones and its like a mobile music factory. I love my work cause thats when i have the most fun time! – Atla
Do you have any personal favorite acts that are performed at any events?
Roger Waters at Coachella a few years back was one of the most incredible shows I’ve ever seen. And Janelle Monáe is the top of the top. She’s a true star. -Dream
Recently saw Flume at Coachella and was really feeling that set. I also just watched Tipper, who is always one of my favorites play a set at Infrasound festival and his set was amazing, multi-genre tempo bending madness. Some other favorites I’ve seen recently would be Kill the Noise, Empire of the Sun, Kastle, Moby, Fatboy Slim. I have many favorites. – Metaphase
Yes, Glitch Mob is amazing and their new record and show is just mind blowing. – Atla
If you had to choose a favorite festival that you performed at, which one would it be and why?
For sure LIB, it’s home for us. We’ve been there all the way and our audiences just keep growing and growing. Burning Man is also amazing fun and we can not answer this question without mentioning Coachella. Amazing place for us to grow and learn and experience. In truth every festival experience brings us so much. ~Dream
My favorite festival to perform at is Burning Man. It takes a certain type of crazy to want to bring your art to the desert and share it with amazing dusty faces, and I love that feeling. It’s a uniquely revealing environment that demands self-reliance, and trust for your brother and sister, the audience is the participant and performer out there as well.Burning Man performances are extra special because it’s also a festival that is home, and incredible things happen there. Lucent is also able to do our fire pieces out there so we have all elements present. At Burning Man, Lucent has opened for Tipper, played after Drum n Bass legend Andy C at Basscamp, played after The Glitch Mob, and after experiences like that you can only be grateful and smile in appreciation. – Metaphase
Coachella two months ago at the Gobi Tent was the most epic for me. After our shows so many fans come to us and explain the feelings and experiences they had during our set and that something that really inspire us to create and perform cause that’s ultimately our goal. - Atla
Do you feel that your performances has touched the lives of others?
We do for sure. It’s what keeps us going. All the letters of love and inspiration. We’ve had people change their entire lives after a lucent show. People meet, fall in love, get married. Move cities, move countries. So much, so much. ~Dream
I feel like our performances reach out to people and definitely evoke many positive emotions. I feel like when people watch our weird, wacky insanity ensue on stage they connect with that and feel like …”Hey, I’m weird too, we’re not alone!” It transcends emotion even and works on an energetic level. We put so much energy out into our music and performance, you can see how people are charged after the show. Sometimes you can forget, then amazing people write us letters thanking us for doing what we do and you realize how you can really spread happiness and light through performance. When we play in smaller cities and people don’t see a lot of this type of performance, they thank us for bringing the show to their area and we feel just as grateful and humbled to share!! – Metaphase
Your performers that you work with during these events, would you say as a whole that you are one big happy family?
We are for sure one big family. Mostly happy but we’re a real family, so we work through all kinds of things, some aren’t that fun or happy, but in the end we come out closer and stronger and better. We’re truly here for each other. We love each other. We go on vacations together and spend our nights off hanging out. We’re very close. ~Dream
We really are a stoked happy family. It’s amazing to be surrounded by such talent. When you give your heart and everything to a collaborative performance piece you connect with everyone on a deep level. We have our ups and downs like any family that gets emotional, sensitive, wild and crazy. The most important thing is we always pow-wow before shows and look each other in the eyes and focus on having a brilliant show. It’s our appreciation and respect for each other that gets us through the craziness! – Metaphase
Yes, we are a family and we support each other on pushing our own limits as artists and musicians in a growing environment. Its often a little crazy process
but it works and seeing the evolution of the group is something truly unique. – Atla
Do you ever feel stressed out before any of the performances at any events?
LOL. Of course, all the time. We’re perfectionists. And what we’re doing isn’t easy. So it gets hot. But we seem to be able to handle the heat. ~Dream
I wouldn’t say I get stressed, but sometimes you feel a huge responsibility to deliver and you just have to be one with that. Someone once explained to me performances are like preparing a beautiful meal with family; the meal is already cooked and you are serving it to a grateful, loving crowd, and that thought helps me stay centered before a show. There are SO many elements that go into having a “smooth show” and nothing can ever be perfect. However, we do a ton of prep and rehearsal to make sure that when we get on stage we’re bringing 200% what we want to deliver. Many times before a show you’ll catch me listening to Drum’nBass, or something high-energy to stay in that moment and bring it on stage with us. – Metaphase
I like to make sure all technical elements are okay during set up so I can concentrate only on the performance and been more like a channel. That inspires me, when we touch the collective creative consciousness and express it in form of art, music and dance. – Atla
What inspires you to create new acts for your performances?
We are inspired by all sorts of things, nature, music, fashion, historical events but mostly human interactions and emotions. We are exploring new ways to be together. ~Dream
We really get inspired by conversations together as a group for the direction of the pieces. Many times our Director Dream Rockwell will give us themes or ideas for pieces, as well as the choreographers for the group. – Metaphase
Do you offer meet and greet after your performances to speak with your fans and give them photo ops?
Of course, we love that. We often come out after the performance and just hang with the people. Sometimes we serve organic oranges, to refresh them ~ Dream
Yes, all the time. Lately on tour we’ve been DJing for an hour or so after our show which gives people a chance to party after the show and many times we love to hang out and meet everyone and thank them for coming, with out them we wouldn’t be here. -Metaphase
Yes, that’s the best part of it! Their love is reason we do this! – Atla
If you had a few encouraging words to say to your fans, what would it be?
Believe in your gifts, believe you have a purpose on earth, know it might be challenging but that we can always handle the challenges before us. And… Let’s do this together. We need each other. Together we rise. ~Dream
Connect with your creative side, surround yourself with supportive friends, be a supportive friend, don’t be afraid to express yourself, and work as hard as possible on what you want in life and it will manifest. – Metaphase
Dreams are your goals without a deadline! – Atla
Where does the group’s name originate from and how did it come about?
Lucent means glowing light and Dossier means to collect or compile. Dossier was my favorite word and Lucent was Josh Flemming’s (The Do LaB co-founder) we put them together and came up with Lucent Dossier. Experience is just what we believe we are. ~Dream
Last but not least where are you from?
I’m Canadian. From a place called Muskoka in Ontario. One of the most beautiful places on earth. ~Dream
Las Vegas – Metaphase
I’m from Sao Paulo, Brazil – Atla
Learn More About The Lucent Dossier Experience below:
Lucent Dossier Experience Announces First North American
Headlining Tour for Spring 2014
Los Angeles, CA – Los Angeles-based avant-garde performance troupe Lucent Dossier Experience are taking their mystifying show on their first North American Headlining Tour titled “Light of the World” this spring 2014. After headlining Coachella’s Gobi Stage, they are set to mesmerize each city with a unique visionary spectacle complete with captivating aerial arts, acrobatics and contortion alongside fashion-forward styling and high energy, eastern-inspired electronic bass music tied together in a seamless 90 minute show.
The “Light of the World” tour begins May 23 at Lightning in a Bottle music festival in California and then heads to the east coast for 15+ dates ending in Austin, Texas on June 13. A west coast and Canadian tour will follow this summer including Shambala festival in August. A unique local act will open in each city.
This is a rare opportunity to see a special Lucent Dossier show. As ambassadors to a creative revolution, this world-renowned act seeks to redefine the live experience by tearing down walls which separate artists and observers. Lucent Dossier’s show embodies a futuristic turn towards high-art, with the overarching goal of creating transformative experiences for their audiences. Their shows craft a window into a new vision of humanity where other-worldly conceptions can be realized. LA Weekly describes their performances as a “world that doesn’t exist, a place where the future and past happen simultaneously”.
The show is set to live music from Lucent’s soon to be released new album, Light of the World. The release showcases the production and vocals of Lucent leader Dream Rockwell alongside singer Sarah Llewellyn and band members Atla Gadret and Metaphase. Their original sound represents a collision of eastern-ceremonial sonnets and deep sub-bass frequencies.
Throughout their 10 year rise from the LA underground to international limelight (having swooned audiences in over 12 countries), Lucent’s journey has been forged from the creative genius of Dream Rockwell, a visionary within both the transformational art events and avant-garde performance communities alike. The troupe consists of around 21 core performers with a stream of unique acts set for each city.
CREDITS:
Interview Questions by:
Moses Albo & Amber Martinez
Publicity by: The Confluence Group