'That’s seriously good stuff. Great build quality, sturdy. Looks cool. These pieces are definitely becoming a mainstay in my recording studio.'
That’s Lukas Setto, and if you know anything about the UK soul scene, you’ll know why that sentence carries weight. Five UK Soul Chart number ones. Featured on BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2. Over two million Spotify streams on What Turns You On alone. He’s shared bills with Omar, Ne-Yo and Timbaland, written for artists signed to Young Money, and collaborated with producers linked to Mark Ronson, Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown. Before any of that, he was Tru Menace, the production alias that landed him an MTV BASE number one and remix credits on Taio Cruz records. The man spent his childhood buried in his dad’s DJ collection of Motown and soul vinyl, which tells you pretty much everything about how he ended up where he is.
We sent him three of our gifts, he filmed an unboxing from his studio, and that quote up top was his verdict after he’d gone through the lot without us having asked him to say a single word of it. We sent a box and he told his followers what he thought, and we’d be lying if we said we weren’t extremely pleased with how it landed.
First out of the box was the Rock On Headphone Stand Gift. Lukas took one look at it, glanced at what appeared to be a fairly committed headphone collection on his desk, and said: 'As you can see, I like a pair of headphones. And this right here. This is gonna work for me.'
That’s a weighted rock salute in antique gold (also comes in black), with a felt base to grip surfaces and grooves in the fingers for wrapping cables. It looks like something you’d buy as desk decor and then realise it’s pulling double duty holding your gear in place, which for a recording studio is about the best compliment a piece of kit can get. The man who got his start digging through vinyl and ended up remixing Taio Cruz knew exactly what to do with it the second it was out of the packaging.
Next up, the Cordless Lightbulb Gift. Lukas held it up and got right to the point: 'This is a battery powered filament light. Because if I don’t want the big light on when I’m not working, you know, I want a bit of calm and chill. Something like this. Perfect.'
Spoken like someone who’s spent enough hours in a studio to know that overhead fluorescents have absolutely no place in a writing session. Our Cordless Lightbulb is rechargeable via USB, lasts six hours on about ninety minutes of charge, and uses over a hundred tiny LEDs to recreate the warm glow of a classic Edison filament. Glass and metal, no cables, no heat, and specifically designed to be too large to accidentally screw into a mains fitting, which is one of those safety details that sounds faintly ridiculous until you think about it for half a second. It sits on a shelf or the back of an amp and looks like it belongs there. Lukas’s assessment after switching it on was 'Perfect ambiance,' which, if we’re being honest, we’d have put on the packaging if we’d thought of it before he said it.
And then the Aroma Cones Gift. 'We all like it to smell nice, especially in our working environment,' he said. 'They’ve sent me some of these Aroma Cones. Let’s try them out.' He lit one, paused for a second, and delivered his full review in two words: 'Very nice.' Those are Iron & Glory sandalwood incense cones, twenty per tin, with the lid doubling as a burn dish. Top notes of sandalwood and amber, middle of cedarwood and ebony, base of musk. It’s the sort of scent that makes a room feel like someone thought about it for longer than five seconds, which, if you’re inviting collaborators into your studio, is probably worth the £20.
His studio is where it all happens. He writes, produces and performs his own material, co-produces with collaborators like Michael Daley, and has been headlining stages at the Margate Soul Festival, Jazz Café and Shepherd’s Bush Empire for the best part of a decade. He’s picked up nominations for Best Soul Single at the Colourful Radio Bright Star Awards and Best UK Soul Artist at the Ground Breakin’ Music Awards, and the press coverage has been equally kind. SoulTracks described his vocals as 'satisfying ear candy,' RGM Magazine called his single Here You Are 'a truly stellar offering,' and Mi-Soul’s Ronnie Herel summed it up about as efficiently as anyone could: 'Tune is fire bro!'
When someone with that CV and that working environment calls a product 'seriously good stuff' with 'great build quality' and says it’s 'becoming a mainstay' in his studio, that’s not somebody being polite about a freebie. That’s a professional telling you something earned its spot on the desk.
Cordless Lightbulb Gift - £40. Free UK delivery, worldwide express shipping.
Aroma Cones Gift - £20. Free UK delivery, worldwide express shipping.
If you’re a journalist, blogger or content creator looking to feature any of these gifts, you can grab the high-res images and gift info here:
Rock On media kit
Cordless Lightbulb media kit
Aroma Cones media kit
Want to stock these in your store? All three have been proven sellers for retailers worldwide. Our trade team would love to hear from you at trade@suck.uk.com.
Press and review enquiries: Drop us a line at frontdesk@suck.uk.com and we’ll sort you out.
That’s Lukas Setto, and if you know anything about the UK soul scene, you’ll know why that sentence carries weight. Five UK Soul Chart number ones. Featured on BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2. Over two million Spotify streams on What Turns You On alone. He’s shared bills with Omar, Ne-Yo and Timbaland, written for artists signed to Young Money, and collaborated with producers linked to Mark Ronson, Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown. Before any of that, he was Tru Menace, the production alias that landed him an MTV BASE number one and remix credits on Taio Cruz records. The man spent his childhood buried in his dad’s DJ collection of Motown and soul vinyl, which tells you pretty much everything about how he ended up where he is.
We sent him three of our gifts, he filmed an unboxing from his studio, and that quote up top was his verdict after he’d gone through the lot without us having asked him to say a single word of it. We sent a box and he told his followers what he thought, and we’d be lying if we said we weren’t extremely pleased with how it landed.
The Unboxing: Headphones, Lightbulbs and Sandalwood
First out of the box was the Rock On Headphone Stand Gift. Lukas took one look at it, glanced at what appeared to be a fairly committed headphone collection on his desk, and said: 'As you can see, I like a pair of headphones. And this right here. This is gonna work for me.'
That’s a weighted rock salute in antique gold (also comes in black), with a felt base to grip surfaces and grooves in the fingers for wrapping cables. It looks like something you’d buy as desk decor and then realise it’s pulling double duty holding your gear in place, which for a recording studio is about the best compliment a piece of kit can get. The man who got his start digging through vinyl and ended up remixing Taio Cruz knew exactly what to do with it the second it was out of the packaging.
Next up, the Cordless Lightbulb Gift. Lukas held it up and got right to the point: 'This is a battery powered filament light. Because if I don’t want the big light on when I’m not working, you know, I want a bit of calm and chill. Something like this. Perfect.'
Spoken like someone who’s spent enough hours in a studio to know that overhead fluorescents have absolutely no place in a writing session. Our Cordless Lightbulb is rechargeable via USB, lasts six hours on about ninety minutes of charge, and uses over a hundred tiny LEDs to recreate the warm glow of a classic Edison filament. Glass and metal, no cables, no heat, and specifically designed to be too large to accidentally screw into a mains fitting, which is one of those safety details that sounds faintly ridiculous until you think about it for half a second. It sits on a shelf or the back of an amp and looks like it belongs there. Lukas’s assessment after switching it on was 'Perfect ambiance,' which, if we’re being honest, we’d have put on the packaging if we’d thought of it before he said it.
And then the Aroma Cones Gift. 'We all like it to smell nice, especially in our working environment,' he said. 'They’ve sent me some of these Aroma Cones. Let’s try them out.' He lit one, paused for a second, and delivered his full review in two words: 'Very nice.' Those are Iron & Glory sandalwood incense cones, twenty per tin, with the lid doubling as a burn dish. Top notes of sandalwood and amber, middle of cedarwood and ebony, base of musk. It’s the sort of scent that makes a room feel like someone thought about it for longer than five seconds, which, if you’re inviting collaborators into your studio, is probably worth the £20.
Why a Five-Time Chart-Topper’s Studio Verdict Matters
Lukas Setto’s stage name, by the way, comes from a college nickname. His mates heard the falsetto and started calling him Setto, and the name stuck because of course it did. It’s that kind of detail that tells you something about how he’s built his career: the music has always come first and everything else follows from that.His studio is where it all happens. He writes, produces and performs his own material, co-produces with collaborators like Michael Daley, and has been headlining stages at the Margate Soul Festival, Jazz Café and Shepherd’s Bush Empire for the best part of a decade. He’s picked up nominations for Best Soul Single at the Colourful Radio Bright Star Awards and Best UK Soul Artist at the Ground Breakin’ Music Awards, and the press coverage has been equally kind. SoulTracks described his vocals as 'satisfying ear candy,' RGM Magazine called his single Here You Are 'a truly stellar offering,' and Mi-Soul’s Ronnie Herel summed it up about as efficiently as anyone could: 'Tune is fire bro!'
When someone with that CV and that working environment calls a product 'seriously good stuff' with 'great build quality' and says it’s 'becoming a mainstay' in his studio, that’s not somebody being polite about a freebie. That’s a professional telling you something earned its spot on the desk.
We’ve Been Having Quite The Year
Lukas isn’t the only person who’s had something nice to say about us recently. Ricky Gervais called our Cat Scratch Turntable ‘fantastic’ and ‘so thoughtful’ when Romesh Ranganathan handed it to him on The Romesh Ranganathan Show, Oprah featured our Big Books on her Favourite Things list, Taylor Swift’s been spotted with the Cat Scratch Turntable on telly, Tesco gave us a showcase at their Black Friday event, and now a chart-topping soul artist has filled his studio with our gear and told the internet about it. We’d be lying if we said we weren’t a bit chuffed about the whole thing.Watch Lukas Setto’s Full SUCK UK Review
If you haven’t hit play on the video above yet, it’s worth a couple of minutes of your time. The full unboxing is also up on Instagram if you want to watch it there. It runs a couple of minutes, covers all three products, and wraps up with that 'mainstay in my studio' line that we’re going to be dining out on for a while. Worth a look if you’re buying for someone who works in music, or for anyone who cares about having well-made, good-looking things on their desk rather than the same old tat you see in every office on earth.Shop the Gifts Lukas Reviewed
Rock On Headphone Stand Gift - £35 (Gold or Black) / £25 (Gold Mini). Free UK delivery, worldwide express shipping.Cordless Lightbulb Gift - £40. Free UK delivery, worldwide express shipping.
Aroma Cones Gift - £20. Free UK delivery, worldwide express shipping.
If you’re a journalist, blogger or content creator looking to feature any of these gifts, you can grab the high-res images and gift info here:
Rock On media kit
Cordless Lightbulb media kit
Aroma Cones media kit
Want to stock these in your store? All three have been proven sellers for retailers worldwide. Our trade team would love to hear from you at trade@suck.uk.com.
Press and review enquiries: Drop us a line at frontdesk@suck.uk.com and we’ll sort you out.