Luke Baxter, the first son of Ian Baxter and Jeannette Tames was born at the Royal Buckinghamshire hospital in Aylesbury on the 21st September 1985. His father, Ian, was a photographer and passionate guitarist with a love for Blues, Country & Western music. His mother was a secretary with a vast and eclectic collection of 12 inch vinyl and a lover of Folk and World music. She introduced him to the likes of Cat Stevens, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Leonard Cohen, Simon & Garfunkel and The Beatles. In 1990, Luke's parents divorced, his father retreated to France and in 1991 his mother began a relationship with an independent record label owner and manager, Richard Evers, that would last almost 15 years. It was Richard who fathered Luke and his siblings: older sister; Hannah Baxter and younger brother; Thomas Baxter. He bought Luke his first instrument, a jazz drum kit for his 6th birthday and introduced him to the music of Radiohead - Luke's favourite band who he has developed a passion for. Contact with Ian deteriorated and a new family dynamic was created.

Luke attended Tring School, Hertfordshire. Here he sat his GCSE's and attempted one year at sixth form, studying for A-levels. But during this time, the relationship between Richard and his mother had deteriorated and they were forced to separate. His mother now had the struggle of running a house and family on her own whilst attending her responsibilities as a managing director. So Luke felt it was right for him to leave school and start working full-time to pay his own way. During this time, he started to teach himself to play guitar and with the family computer, he borrowed some Audio Sequencer software from a friend and spent countless hours in front of the computer teaching himself how to compose music digitally. For the next three years, Luke spent hours practicing and learning computer music and drifted between 26 different jobs before finally in 2006 he decided to study a degree in Contemporary Music Production at Park Lane College in Leeds. Now into his second semester of the first year of the course.

BaxStar is currently in the process of penning an Indie-pop album whilst also working on new projects: a chill out/leftfield album and an electronica album. Collaborations with local producers and vocalists and musicians are rife and two releases on independent record labels are due out this year. He has also begun producing tailor-made soundtracks and sound designs to accompany video pieces for a media firm and the future looks bright.

"BaxStar - Woof!" - RED0009 - Red Recordings, Summer 2007

"BaxStar* - The Growl" - Freek Records, Summer 2007