Then we came together and it was three years before it got released. I gave it to Conor, he turned it into a different version. “I like to go through old disco records and find catchy tunes,” said Sean. Where did the inspiration for the track come from? The improbably catchy ‘Afraid to Feel’ became a summer-defining tune last year. “It’s quite hard sometimes to find people that are into the same things as you, so it was great to meet Conor who was into using the same programmes as me and liked the same music.”Ĭonor chimed in: “We were the two boring ones at a party who were just sitting talking shop.”Īnd, it worked. In 2019, LF System was officially created, focusing on the boys’ passion for disco, soul and funk. I was DJ-ing on the side, trying to figure out how to make my own music. “We weren’t taking music as seriously then, it was more of a hobby. “We go back about eight years ago when we first met,” Sean said. Though dance music has always been a huge part of their lives, neither of them had any idea that a track they made back in 2019 would propel them into the spotlight.
“Even sitting in front of this camera, doing STV, it’s mad!” If you had told us even a year ago that this would be our lives… Everything was so different less than a year ago. Speaking on STV’s What’s On Scotland, Sean told me: “It all still feels so surreal. One hugely successful track later and the DJ duo, better known as LF System, are touring the world and headlining festivals. Less than a year ago, Conor Larkman and Sean Finnigan were working as a roofer and a petrol station attendant in West Lothian, making music in their bedrooms for fun.
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