Lukas Ruiz, born in mundo novo, out on the border between brazil and paraguay. he was studying law in maringá. he taught himself to produce instead.
The internet was my school.
dj mag, 15 march 2022
an unofficial rework of pink floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall" went up on soundcloud around 2014 and did close to twenty million views on youtube. six years later "It Is What It Is" with Elise LeGrow on Defected gave him his first number one on the overall beatport chart. his remix of Maverick Sabre and Jorja Smith's "Slow Down" is still his biggest, past 395 million spotify plays.
Promised Land, his debut album, arrived in may 2024 after four years of work. in 2025 he started AFFAIRS, which is a label and a party and a lifestyle line at the same time.
june 2026 he took Affairs to Pacha Ibiza for four tuesdays and picked every lineup himself. Eric Prydz on the first, WhoMadeWho on the second, Franky Rizardo back to back on the third, and a brazilian closer with Mochakk, Volkoder and Doozie. in april he put out "Freaky 1" with Max Styler and Ali Love, two entries down this page.
It's an absolute honor to finally release a track we wrote with Ali Love in Amsterdam three years ago.
beatportal, 10 april 2026
he keeps a home in são paulo, where his mother lives with him, and spends the summer on ibiza. he finished 2025 at eleven on the dj mag hundred.
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