Luke Vibert is a British electronic music producer from Redruth, Cornwall, born in 1973. He begins his musical career in 1989 as a member of the Hate Brothers, then develops a long solo career across several strands of electronic music, including drill and bass, drum and bass, IDM, electronica and trip hop. He is associated with Warp and works under a number of aliases, including Wagon Christ, Plug, Amen Andrews, Kerrier District, Spac Hand Luke, The Ace of Clubs, Smooth Helmet and Bluke.

Career and aliases

Vibert is active on the British electronic scene from the early 1990s and becomes known for moving between styles and identities rather than working under a single name. He records as Wagon Christ for more ambient and trip-hop-oriented material, as Plug for drum’n’bass, and as Amen Andrews in a project built around the Amen break. He also uses Kerrier District for acid disco-influenced releases, and Spac Hand Luke for later work. His alias The Ace of Clubs also appears among his recorded names.

He releases material under several labels and project names, with Warp identified among his labels. His work appears across a broad range of electronic subgenres, from ambient rave and trip hop to acid, drill and bass, and electronica.

Wagon Christ and early releases

As Wagon Christ, Vibert focuses on the ambient side of trip hop on Phat Lab Nightmare and Throbbing Pouch. Throbbing Pouch is especially noted for its trance-like atmosphere, while Tally Ho! uses heavy orchestral sampling to create a symphonic feel. In 1994 he also issues Sunset Boulevard, Phat Lab Nightmare and the EP At Atmos on Rising High. These recordings, including tracks such as “Mahadelic”, “Aerhaart”, “Inside Out” and “Hasjit”, help define ambient rave music in this period.

Later work and collaborations

In late 1999 and 2000, Vibert tours with BJ Cole in support of their fusion album Stop the Panic. From 2002, he begins a series of live collaborations with Aphex Twin. Although the two never release a joint album, Aphex Twin later uses the track name “Analord”, taken from Vibert’s Lover’s Acid, for a run of EPs.

In 2004, Vibert explores acid disco through a remix of a Black Devil track, issued on Disco Club (Remix), and he releases his first album as Kerrier District. In 2006, a set of vintage Plug drum’n’bass recordings appears on Here It Comes EP. That same year, his track “Shadows” is included on Miss Kittin’s DJ mix album A Bugged Out Mix. In 2009, he contributes a cover of LFO’s “LFO” to the compilation Warp20 (Recreated).