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{{short description|British musician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2014}}
{{Infobox musical artist
|name            = Luke Vibert
|background      = non_vocal_instrumentalist
|image           = Luke_Vibert_2.JPG
|image_size      = 
|caption         = Luke Vibert performing at Liquid Lounge in [[Cork City]] on 21 November 2008
|birth_name      = Luke Francis Vibert
|alias           = Plug, Wagon Christ, Kerrier District, The Ace Of Clubs, Amen Andrews, Spac Hand Luke, Butler Kiev, Luke Warm
|birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|1973|1|26|df=y}}
|origin          = [[Redruth]], [[Cornwall]], England
|death_date      = 
|genre           = [[Electronic music|Electronic]], [[intelligent dance music|IDM]], [[acid techno]], [[drum and bass]], [[trip hop]]
|occupation      = Musician, record producer
|instrument      = Keyboards, synthesizer
|years_active    = 1990–present
|label           = [[Rephlex Records|Rephlex]], [[Ninja Tune]], [[Astralwerks]], [[Warp (record label)|Warp]], [[Nothing Records]], [[Mo' Wax]], [[Planet Mu]]
|associated_acts = [[Aphex Twin]], Jeremy Simmonds, [[B.J. Cole]], [[Jean-Jacques Perrey]]
|website         = [http://brainwashed.com/vibert/ Brainwashed page]
}}

'''Luke Vibert''' (born 26 January 1973) is a British [[electronic music]]ian and [[music producer|producer]], also known for his work under several aliases such as '''Plug''' and '''Wagon Christ'''. Raised in [[Cornwall, England|Cornwall]], Vibert began releasing projects in the 1990s across varied genres, including [[techno]], [[drum and bass]], and [[trip hop]]. He has recorded on labels such as [[Rephlex Records|Rephlex]], [[Ninja Tune]], [[Planet Mu]], and [[Warp Records|Warp]].

==Early years: 1990s==
Vibert's first musical output was in a variety of bands, including a [[punk rock|punk]] act called Five Minute Fashion and later a [[Beastie Boys]]-esque group called the Hate Brothers, but he quickly moved into the low-cost environment of solo electronic composition.<ref name="LarkinDM">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1998|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0252-6|page=361}}</ref>

Vibert grew up in Cornwall and attended the Wesleyan Methodist [[Truro School]] along with a number of key members of [[Aphex Twin]]'s [[Rephlex Records]] crew.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stuartaitken.com/post/43555798376/aphextwin |title=Rephlexology |date=28 November 2003|author=Stuart Aitken|work=mad.co.uk }}</ref> Luke and another school friend, Jeremy Simmonds, released an album on Rephlex under the name of ''Vibert/Simmonds'' which attracted attention from the [[Rising High Records|Rising High]] [[music label]]. As a result of the popularity of the style in the early 1990s, Rising High commissioned an [[ambient music]] album from Vibert, who delivered ''Phat Lab Nightmare'' under the alias Wagon Christ in 1993.

Vibert pioneered the "[[drill 'n' bass]]" subgenre, which experimented with [[jungle music|jungle]] and [[drum 'n' bass]] breakbeats, on his 1995 EPs under the name Plug.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Reynolds |first1=Simon |title=kid606 - Down With The Scene review |url=http://reynoldsretro.blogspot.com/2019/08/kid606.html?m=1 |access-date=19 August 2019}}</ref> He would go on further over the next few years to produce more music under the Wagon Christ name for Rising High and [[Ninja Tune]].

==2000 and onwards==
In late 1999 and 2000, Vibert began touring with [[BJ Cole]] to promote their fusion album ''[[Stop the Panic]]''. In 2002, he would begin a series of live collaborations with [[Aphex Twin]]. Although Aphex Twin and Luke Vibert never released an album together, Aphex Twin used the song name "Analord", from Vibert's album ''[[Lover's Acid]]'', for a [[Analord|series of EPs]]. Vibert's later releases varied in style as he released albums under various names, including Plug, '''Amen Andrews''', '''Kerrier District''' and '''Spac Hand Luke'''. "Amen Andrews" is a [[word play]] on the name of [[Ireland|Irish]] game show host [[Eamonn Andrews]], referring to the fact that each Amen Andrews track uses the [[Amen break]]. In 2004, Vibert explored acid disco when he remixed a [[Black Devil Disco Club|Black Devil]] song, which was released on ''[[Disco Club (Remix)]]'' and released his first album under the alias '''Kerrier District'''.

In 2006, Vibert's song "Shadows" was featured on the DJ mix album ''[[A Bugged Out Mix (Miss Kittin album)|A Bugged Out Mix]]'' by [[Miss Kittin]],<ref name="discogsmisskittin">{{cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/Miss-Kittin-A-Bugged-Out-Mix-By-Miss-Kittin/release/674304 |title=Miss Kittin - A Bugged Out Mix By Miss Kittin (CD)|access-date=2011-01-29|work=[[Discogs]]|date=17 April 2006 |publisher=Zink Media, Inc}}</ref> which charted at number one-hundred seventy on the [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|French Albums Chart]].<ref name="hung">{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/album/8332/Miss-Kittin-A-Bugged-Out-Mix-By-Miss-Kittin|title=ultratop.be - Miss Kittin - A Bugged Out Mix By Miss Kittin|language=fr|work=[[Ultratop]]|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=2011-01-29}}</ref>

In 2007 he founded a club night with [[Posthuman (band)|Posthuman]] called "I Love Acid" after his track. In 2019 it won Best British Club Event in the [[DJ Mag]] awards. A vinyl-only record label of the same name was founded in 2014, with Luke contributing two EPs and an album "Valvable" written entirely on three pieces of [[Roland_Corporation|Roland]] equipment: TB303, TR808, and JX3P. 

In 2015, he participated in the musical transmedia ''[[Soundhunters]]'' broadcast on the Franco-German channel [[Arte]]. For this project, Vibert appeared in the film ''Speak the way you breathe'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/060406-004-A/soundhunters-4-4/|title=Soundhunters (4/4) - Speak the way you breathe|website=ARTE|language=fr|access-date=2019-07-17|archive-date=17 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717090230/https://www.arte.tv/fr/videos/060406-004-A/soundhunters-4-4/|url-status=dead}}</ref> directed by the American film director [[Antonino D'Ambrosio]] and composed an original music of the same name.

==Discography==

===Albums===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%"
!align="left"|Title
!align="left"|Alias
!align="left"|Release
!align="left"|Label
|-
|align="left"|''[[Weirs (album)|Weirs]]''
|align="left"|Vibert/Simmonds
|align="left"|1993
|align="left"|[[Rephlex Records|Rephlex]]
|-
|align="left"|''[[Phat Lab Nightmare]]''
|align="left"|Wagon Christ
|align="left"|1994
|align="left"|[[Rising High Records|Rising High]]
|-
|align="left"|''[[Throbbing Pouch]]''
|align="left"|Wagon Christ
|align="left"|1995
|align="left"|Rising High
|-
|align="left"|''[[Drum 'n' Bass for Papa]]''
|align="left"|Plug
|align="left"|1996
|align="left"|[[Blue Planet (record label)|Blue Planet]]
|-
|align="left"|''[[Big Soup]]''
|align="left"|Luke Vibert
|align="left"|1997
|align="left"|[[Mo' Wax]]
|-
|align="left"|''[[Tally Ho! (album)|Tally Ho!]]''
|align="left"|Wagon Christ
|align="left"|1998
|align="left"|[[Astralwerks]]
|-
|align="left"|''[[Stop the Panic]]''
|align="left"|Luke Vibert & [[B. J. Cole]]
|align="left"|2000
|align="left"|Astralwerks
|-
|align="left"|''[[Musipal]]''
|align="left"|Wagon Christ
|align="left"|2001
|align="left"|[[Ninja Tune]]
|-
|align="left"|''[[YosepH]]''
|align="left"|Luke Vibert
|align="left"|2003
|align="left"|[[Warp (record label)|Warp]]
|-
|align="left"|''[[Kerrier District (album)|Kerrier District]]''
|align="left"|Kerrier District
|align="left"|2004
|align="left"|Rephlex
|-
|align="left"|''[[Sorry I Make You Lush]]''
|align="left"|Wagon Christ
|align="left"|2004
|align="left"|Ninja Tune
|-
|align="left"|''[[Lover's Acid]]''
|align="left"|Luke Vibert
|align="left"|2005
|align="left"|[[Planet Mu]]
|-
|align="left"|''[[Amen Andrews Vs. Spac Hand Luke]]''
|align="left"|Amen Andrews, Spac Hand Luke
|align="left"|2006
|align="left"|Rephlex
|-
|align="left"|''[[Benefist]]''
|align="left"|The Ace of Clubs
|align="left"|2007
|align="left"|[[First Cask]]
|-
|align="left"|''[[Chicago, Detroit, Redruth]]''
|align="left"|Luke Vibert
|align="left"|2007
|align="left"|Planet Mu
|-
|align="left"|''[[Moog Acid]]'' <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bleep.com/current_item.php?selection=LCD64_DM |title=Bleep |publisher=Bleep |access-date=2014-04-26 |archive-date=9 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409222017/http://www.bleep.com/current_item.php?selection=LCD64_DM |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|align="left"|[[Jean Jacques Perrey]] and Luke Vibert
|align="left"|2007
|align="left"|[[Lo Recordings]]
|-
|align="left"|''[[Rodulate]]''
|align="left"|Vibert/Simmonds
|align="left"|2008
|align="left"|Rephlex
|-
|align="left"|''Rhythm''
|align="left"|ルーク・ヴァイバート
|align="left"|2008
| style="text-align:left;"|Sound of Speed
|-
|align="left"|''[[We Hear You]]''
|align="left"|Luke Vibert
|align="left"|2009
|align="left"|Planet Mu
|-
|align="left"|''Toomorrow''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/8792|title=Review: Wagon Christ - Toomorrow|website=Resident Advisor}}</ref>
|align="left"|Wagon Christ
|align="left"|2011
|align="left"|Ninja Tune
|-
|align="left"|''[[Back On Time (Plug album)|Back On Time]]''
|align="left"|Plug
|align="left"|2011
|align="left"|BEAT Records
|-
|align="left"|''[[Ridmik]]''
|align="left"|Luke Vibert
|align="left"|2014
|align="left"|Hypercolour
|-
|align="left"|''4''
|align="left"|Kerrier District
|align="left"|2015
|align="left"|Hypercolour
|-
|align="left"|''Bizarster''
|align="left"|Luke Vibert
|align="left"|2015
|align="left"|Planet Mu
|-
|align="left"|''Luke Vibert Presents UK Garave Vol. 1''
|align="left"|Luke Vibert
|align="left"|2017
|align="left"|Hypercolour Records
|-
|align="left"|''Smell The Urgency''
|align="left"|Bluke (Luke Vibert and [[BluRum13]])
|align="left"|2017
|align="left"|Besides Records
|-
|align="left"|''Sense The Urgency''
|align="left"|Bluke (Luke Vibert and BluRum13)
|align="left"|2019
|align="left"|Ropeadope
|-
|align="left"|''Valvable''
|align="left"|Luke Vibert
|align="left"|2019
|align="left"|I Love Acid
|-
|align="left"|''Luke Vibert Presents Amen Andrews''
|align="left"|Luke Vibert
|align="left"|2020
|align="left"|Hypercolour Records
|-
|align="left"|''Luke Vibert Presents Modern Rave''
|align="left"|Luke Vibert
|align="left"|2020
|align="left"|Hypercolour Records
|-
|align="left"|''Luke Vibert Presents Rave Hop''
|align="left"|Luke Vibert
|align="left"|2020
|align="left"|Hypercolour Records
|-
|align="left"|''Recepticon''
|align="left"|Wagon Christ
|align="left"|2020
|align="left"|People of Rhythm
|-
|align="left"|''GRIT''
|align="left"|Luke Vibert
|align="left"|2022
|align="left"|Hypercolour Records
|-
|''Machine Funk''
|Luke Vibert
|2023
|De:tuned
|}

===EPs===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%"
!align="left"|Title
!align="left"|Alias
!align="left"|Release
!align="left"|Label
|-
|align="left"|''[[Sunset Boulevard EP]]''
|align="left"|Wagon Christ
|align="left"|1994
|align="left"|[[Rising High Records|Rising High]]
|-
|align="left"|''[[At Atmos EP]]''
|align="left"|Wagon Christ
|align="left"|1994
|align="left"|Rising High
|-
|align="left"|''[[Rissalecki EP]]''
|align="left"|Wagon Christ
|align="left"|1995-03
|align="left"|Rising High
|-
|align="left"|''[[Redone EP]]''
|align="left"|Wagon Christ
|align="left"|1995-09
|align="left"|Rising High
|-
|align="left"|''[[A Polished Solid]]''
|align="left"|Luke Vibert
|align="left"|1995
|align="left"|[[Mo' Wax]]
|-
|align="left"|''[[Me & Mr. Sutton]]''
|align="left"|Plug
|align="left"|1997-07
|align="left"|[[Blue Planet (record label)|Blue Planet]]
|-
|align="left"|''[[The Power of Love EP|The Power of Love]]''
|align="left"|Wagon Christ
|align="left"|1998-06-02
|align="left"|[[Astralwerks]]
|-
|align="left"|''[[Lovely (EP)|Lovely]]''
|align="left"|Wagon Christ
|align="left"|1998-08-25
|align="left"|Astralwerks
|-
|align="left"|''[['95-'99]]''
|align="left"|Luke Vibert
|align="left"|2000-06
|align="left"|[[Planet Mu]]
|-
|align="left"|''[[Homewerk]]''
|align="left"|Luke Vibert
|align="left"|2002-05-10
|align="left"|Planet Mu
|-
|align="left"|''[[Shadows (Wagon Christ album)|Shadows]]''
|align="left"|Wagon Christ
|align="left"|2004
|align="left"|[[Ninja Tune]]
|-
|align="left"|''[[Sidthug]]''
|align="left"|Spac Hand Luke
|align="left"|2006-06-06
|align="left"|[[Rephlex Records|Rephlex]]
|-
|align="left"|''[[Moog Acid]]''
|align="left"|[[Jean Jacques Perrey]] and Luke Vibert
|align="left"|2006-06-26
|align="left"|[[Lo Recordings|LoEB]]
|-
|align="left"|''[[Kerrier District 2]]''
|align="left"|Kerrier District
|align="left"|2006-07-11
|align="left"|Rephlex
|-
|align="left"|''Here It Comes EP''
|align="left"|Plug
|align="left"|2006-11-30
|align="left"|[[Rewind Records|Rewind]]
|-
|align="left"|''Rubber Chunks EP''
|align="left"|The Ace of Clubs
|align="left"|2007-06-04
|align="left"|[[First Cask]]
|-
|align="left"|''Mate Tron''
|align="left"|Luke Vibert
|align="left"|2007-07-02
|align="left"|Planet Mu
|-
|align="left"|''Instant Vibe''
|align="left"|Luke Warm
|align="left"|2014-04-21
|align="left"|Blueberry Recordings
|-
|align="left"|''News of the World''
|align="left"|Amen Andrews
|align="left"|2014-11-10
|align="left"|Blueberry Recordings
|-
|align="left"|''Turn EP''
|align="left"|Luke Vibert
|align="left"|2018-01-19
|align="left"|People of Rhythm
|-
|align="left"|''Arcadia''
|align="left"|Luke Vibert
|align="left"|2014-04-12
|align="left"|De:tuned
|}

===Compilation albums===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%"
!align="left"|Title
!align="left"|Alias
!align="left"|Release
!align="left"|Label
|-
|align="left"|''[[Drum 'n' Bass for Papa|Drum 'N' Bass for Papa/Plug EP's 1, 2 & 3]]''
|align="left"|Plug
|align="left"|1997-09-09
|align="left"|[[Nothing Records|Nothing]]/[[Interscope]]
|-
|align="left"|''[[Nuggets: Luke Vibert's Selection]]''
|align="left"|Luke Vibert
|align="left"|2001-08-07
|align="left"|[[Lo Recordings]]
|-
|align="left"|''[[Further Nuggets]]''
|align="left"|Luke Vibert
|align="left"|2002-05-20
|align="left"|Lo Recordings
|-
|align="left"|''[[Luke Viberts Nuggets 3]]''
|align="left"|Luke Vibert
|align="left"|2013-10-14
|align="left"|Lo Recordings <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lorecordings.com/release/luke-viberts-nuggets-3/ |title=Luke Viberts Nuggets 3 &#124; Lo & Behold |publisher=Lorecordings.com |access-date=2014-04-26}}</ref>
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%"
!align="left"|Title
!align="left"|Alias
!align="left"|Release
!align="left"|Label
|-
|align="left"|"[[Plug 1 Visible Crater Funk]]"
|align="left"|Plug
|align="left"|1995
|align="left"|[[Rising High Records|Rising High]]
|-
|align="left"|"[[Plug 2 Rebuilt Kev]]"
|align="left"|Plug
|align="left"|1995
|align="left"|Rising High
|-
|align="left"|"[[Plug 3 Versatile Crib Funk]]"
|align="left"|Plug
|align="left"|1995
|align="left"|Rising High
|-
|align="left"|"[[Do Unto Others (song)|Do Unto Others]]"
|align="left"|Luke Vibert
|align="left"|1997
|align="left"|[[Mo' Wax]]
|-
|align="left"|"[[Drum 'n' Bass 'n' Steel]]"
|align="left"|Luke Vibert & [[B.J. Cole]]
|align="left"|1999-11-01
|align="left"|[[Law & Auder]]
|-
|align="left"|"[[Spring Collection]]"
|align="left"|Luke Vibert & B.J. Cole
|align="left"|2000-10-31
|align="left"|[[Cooking Vinyl]]
|-
|align="left"|"[[Receiver (single)|Receiver]]"
|align="left"|Wagon Christ
|align="left"|2001-02-20
|align="left"|[[Ninja Tune]]
|-
|align="left"|"[[Ataride/Tomorrow Acid]]"
|align="left"|Wagon Christ
|align="left"|2001-06-12
|align="left"|Ninja Tune
|-
|align="left"|"[[Classid Trax]]"
|align="left"|The Ace of Clubs
|align="left"|2002
|align="left"|[[Paperplane]]
|-
|align="left"|"[[Amen Andrews Volumes#Vol 01|Vol 01]]"
|align="left"|Amen Andrews
|align="left"|2003-08-12
|align="left"|[[Rephlex]]
|-
|align="left"|"[[Amen Andrews Volumes#Vol 02|Vol 02]]"
|align="left"|Amen Andrews
|align="left"|2003-09-09
|align="left"|Rephlex
|-
|align="left"|"[[Amen Andrews Volumes#Vol 03|Vol 03]]"
|align="left"|Amen Andrews
|align="left"|2003-09-23
|align="left"|Rephlex
|-
|align="left"|"[[Amen Andrews Volumes#Vol 04|Vol 04]]"
|align="left"|Amen Andrews
|align="left"|2003-08-12
|align="left"|Rephlex
|-
|align="left"|"[[Amen Andrews Volumes#Vol 05|Vol 05]]"
|align="left"|Amen Andrews
|align="left"|2003-11-04
|align="left"|Rephlex
|-
|align="left"|"[[Shadows (Wagon Christ single)|Shadows]]"
|align="left"|Wagon Christ
|align="left"|2004-08-24
|align="left"|Ninja Tune
|-
|align="left"|"[[Lover's Acid (Luke Vibert single)|Lover's Acid]]"
|align="left"|Luke Vibert
|align="left"|2005-03-14
|align="left"|[[Planet Mu]]
|}

===Compilation appearances===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%"
!align="left"|Song title
!align="left"|Alias
!align="left"|Released on
!align="left"|Date released
|-
|align="left"|"Get Your Head Down"
|align="left"|Luke Vibert
|align="left"|Ninja Cuts: Flexistentialism
|align="left"|1996
|-
|align="left"|"Argos"
|align="left"|Plug
|align="left"|''[[Mealtime (Planet μ Records Compilation)]]''
|align="left"|1997
|-
|align="left"|"Rewind Selecta"
|align="left"|Butler Kiev
|align="left"|''[[μ Allstars - Criminal]]''/''[[Hang All DJ's Volume 3]]''
|align="left"|2000/2003

|}

===Remixes===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%"
!align="left"|Song title
!align="left"|Alias
!align="left"|Released on
!align="left"|Date released
|-
|align="left"|"Vacuum Sucker"
|align="left"|Wagon Christ
|align="left"|Aural Expansion - Remixed Sheep
|align="left"|1995
|-
|align="left"|"Turtle Soup (Wagon Christ Mix)"
|align="left"|Wagon Christ
|align="left"|DJ Food- Refried Food
|align="left"|1996
|-
|align="left"|"The Lake Of Winter (Wagon Christ Mix)"
|align="left"|Wagon Christ
|align="left"|Nobukazu Takemura - Child's View Remix
|align="left"|1996
|-
|align="left"|"The Perfect Drug (Remixed by Plug)"
|align="left"|Plug
|align="left"|[[The Perfect Drug|Nine Inch Nails - "The Perfect Drug" Versions]]
|align="left"|1997
|-
|align="left"|"Radio Babylon (Luke Vibert Mix)"
|align="left"|Luke Vibert
|align="left"|Meat Beat Manifesto - Original Fire
|align="left"|1997
|-
|align="left"|"Genius (Luke Vibert Mix)"
|align="left"|Luke Vibert
|align="left"|Pitchshifter - Genius Single
|align="left"|1998
|-
|align="left"|"Tank (Luke Vibert Remix)"
|align="left"|Luke Vibert
|align="left"|[[Cowboy Bebop Remixes: Music for Freelance]]
|align="left"|1999
|-
|align="left"|"Shin Triad (Wagon Christ Mix)"
|align="left"|Wagon Christ
|align="left"|Squarepusher - [[Maximum Priest E.P.]]
|align="left"|1999
|-
|align="left"|"Timing, Forget The Timing (Kerrier District Remix)"
|align="left"|Kerrier District
|align="left"|[[Disco Club (Remix)]]
|align="left"|2004
|}

==References==
{{Portal|Cornwall}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p144118|pure_url=yes}} Wagon Christ Biography] at [[AllMusic]]

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