Laura Fares

Laura Fares, known as LAU or Lau Fares (born February 14, 1978, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer from Argentina, and currently based in the United Kingdom. She is also the founder of Aztec Records with Ariel Amejeiras.
Biography.
Self taught as a drummer and guitarist from the age of 17, she formed her first music band in Argentina, called Isis. Based in the UK since 1999, LAU studied music at City & Islington College and got a degree in Popular Music Performance at the London College of Music & Media, through Thames Valley University and Drumtech. Soon after finishing her degree, LAU went off on tour as a session drummer for different pop stars like Jont, Sam Sparro, Taio Cruz, Ricky Martin, Big Black Delta and others, opening for artists like Robyn, Adele, The Presets and One Direction. She became a songwriter simultaneously and was first published by Oval Music, funded by legendary BBC Radio Charlie Gillett and mentored by BBC music composer David Lowe.
She was co-founder of Disco Damage in 2007, and professional DJ since 2008. She set up independent Synthpop/synthwave record label Aztec Records in 2010 with her friend Ariel Amejeiras, where she is the Creative Director. Synthpop/synthwave is a sub-genre determined by modern electronic music and nostalgia for the pop culture of the 80s. The label has released artists such as Bright Light Bright Light, NINA and many others. 
In 2010 LAU teamed up with NINA to write two albums "Sleepwalking" and "Synthian", which took them on several tours around the world, including opening for Erasure in 2014 on their Violet Flame Tour in the United States. The duo also co-wrote a song called "The Wire", which was remixed by Ricky Wilde and had Kim Wilde featuring on it. The writing duo also remixed five tracks form the "Drive" soundtrack by Cliff Martinez, due to be released by Lakeshore Records in 2020. The duo also appeared in the London movie premiere for "The Rise of the Synths", where their songs were used.
In 2020 LAU launched her solo project as a retrowave/synthpop singer and songwriter and released four singles, ahead of her debut album due in early 2021. 