Press kit

Biography

Leonard Luka is an artist, songwriter, and producer with Dutch-Indonesian roots. His music is a unique blend of soulful vocals, head-bopping grooves, and warm, nostalgic harmonies. With hyper-personal indie Soul and R&B tracks, he takes you into his colorful multiverse.

He was seen performing at So What’s Next Jazzfestival, Popronde, Sofar Sounds and drew attention from (inter-) national media like 3voor12, NPO Radio 2, NPO Soul & Jazz 3FM & WDR. The single ‘Misdirection’ was featured in the Sublime Top 1000 R&B/Soul songs of all time. In 2023, Leonard got nominated Best Talent and Best Song at the Sublime FM Awards while simultaneously reaching over a two million streams. Recently featured on projects with i.a. .multibeat, Feiertag & Philip Lassiter, his own debut album ‘LAUT’ is set for release later this year.

Artist Info

Founded

June 27th, 2017

Haarlem, The Netherlands

Website

leonardluka.com

Socials

Music

Contact

general

Leonard Luka

info@leonardluka.com

bookings

We Crave Music

Rafaël Nagelkerke

bookings@wecravemusic.nl

Media

Sitting Chair

Sitting Chair

Looking Up

Looking Up

Closed Eyes

Closed Eyes

Hallway

Hallway

Playing Piano

Playing Piano

Logo

Logo White

Logo White

Logo Black

Logo Black

Videos

Recent highlights

Streaming

  • Over a million streams on both Spotify & Apple Music
  • Misdirection was featured in popular Dutch TV series ‘Goed Tijden, Slechte Tijden’
  • Misdirection was nominated for Best Song at the 2022 Sublime Awards
  • Misdirection was featured in Sublime FM’s Top 1000 best R&B/Soul songs of all time
  • Airplay coverage for ‘Onto Something’, ‘Leisure’, ’Come Around’, 'Crossfield' & 'Misdirection' on NPO Radio 2, 3FM. Playlist featuring on NPO Soul & Jazz, Sublime FM, BNR and WDR (DE).

Live

  • Nominated for Best Talent & Song at the 2022 Sublime Awards, Best Talent in 2023
  • Festivals: selected twice for Popronde (2018/2019), So What's Next Jazz festival, North Sea Round Town
  • Played Sofar Sounds in Amsterdam
  • Support shows for Aeris Roves, Steffen Morisson, Kris Berry
  • Sold-out shows with .multibeat in Ekko & Paradiso

Live shows

22 Nov 2025

TOBACCO Theater

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Recent releases

Shoreline

Oct 24th 2025

Shoreline

A confronting story, inspired by Moluccan waters, reflecting the waves of his ancestry - tumultuous yet grounding

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Where Do We Go

May 2nd 2025

Where Do We Go

Where Do We Go is a soulful breakup story, based on the legendary Motown duets that echoed through my household. Aided by supertalent GINGE we tried to spark feelings of nostalgia - while celebrating the start of spring.

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Onto Something

Aug 25th 2023

Onto Something

An aftersummer track about -you and me- creating a new world, where we choose love over fear everytime

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