Top 5Uses
Ableton
Live“I work mainly in Ableton, and I love synthesizers, analog and digital.”
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14 items · Last checked What does Vintage Culture wear and use?
Vintage Culture uses Ableton Live as his main DAW and uses hardware synths from Moog and Dave Smith Instruments in his Sao Paulo studio, he told PLAYY. Magazine in 2026. In shoots he has been seen wearing Prada sunglasses, Saint Laurent boots, Maison Margiela trousers and Balenciaga.
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Top 5SponsoredHas said they love
“I have loved Von Dutch since I was a kid! Everybody wore it here in Brazil.”
Said in BPM Mag: Vintage Culture x Von Dutch Unveil Collection, July 2025
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Moog
Hardware synthesizers
Top 5Uses
“I use a lot of hardware in the studio: Moog, Dave Smith instruments.”
Said in PLAYY. Magazine: Vintage Culture speaks on creativity, side-projects and AI in music, June 2026
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Sequential
Hardware synthesizers
Top 5Uses
Sequential
Hardware synthesizersSaid in PLAYY. Magazine: Vintage Culture speaks on creativity, side-projects and AI in music, June 2026
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Von Dutch
Vintage Culture x Von Dutch Loves T-shirt
Top 5SponsoredSeen wearing
“The Von Dutch Loves collaboration is about channeling the energy and attitude of the dancefloor into something you can wear.”
Seen in BPM Mag: Vintage Culture x Von Dutch Unveil Collection, July 2025
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What studio gear Vintage Culture uses: a sourced gear guide
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Studio
Uses
Ableton
Live“I work mainly in Ableton, and I love synthesizers, analog and digital.”
“I use a lot of hardware in the studio: Moog, Dave Smith instruments.”
Said in PLAYY. Magazine: Vintage Culture speaks on creativity, side-projects and AI in music, June 2026
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Sequential
Hardware synthesizersSaid in PLAYY. Magazine: Vintage Culture speaks on creativity, side-projects and AI in music, June 2026
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What I wear
SponsoredHas said they love
“I have loved Von Dutch since I was a kid! Everybody wore it here in Brazil.”
Said in BPM Mag: Vintage Culture x Von Dutch Unveil Collection, July 2025
Prada
Sunglasses
Seen wearing
Prada
SunglassesSeen in Numero Netherlands: In conversation with Vintage Culture, June 2025
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Saint Laurent
Boots
Seen wearing
Saint Laurent
BootsSeen in Numero Netherlands: In conversation with Vintage Culture, June 2025
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Saint Laurent
Vintage trench coat
Seen wearing
Saint Laurent
Vintage trench coatSeen in Numero Netherlands: In conversation with Vintage Culture, June 2025
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Maison Margiela
Trousers
Seen wearing
Maison Margiela
TrousersSeen in Numero Netherlands: In conversation with Vintage Culture, June 2025
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Balenciaga
Coat
Seen wearing
Balenciaga
CoatSeen in Numero Netherlands: In conversation with Vintage Culture, June 2025
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COS
Shirt
Seen wearing
COS
ShirtSeen in Numero Netherlands: In conversation with Vintage Culture, June 2025
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Laura Dols
Tie
Seen wearing
Laura Dols
TieSeen in Numero Netherlands: In conversation with Vintage Culture, June 2025
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Palm Angels
T-shirts
Seen wearing
Palm Angels
T-shirtsSeen in Beatportal: Artist of the Month: Vintage Culture, April 2022
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Balenciaga
T-shirts
Seen wearing
Balenciaga
T-shirtsSeen in Beatportal: Artist of the Month: Vintage Culture, April 2022
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Stage
Von Dutch
Vintage Culture x Von Dutch Loves T-shirt
SponsoredSeen wearing
“The Von Dutch Loves collaboration is about channeling the energy and attitude of the dancefloor into something you can wear.”
Seen in BPM Mag: Vintage Culture x Von Dutch Unveil Collection, July 2025
No store page for this one.
Questions
About Vintage Culture's gear.
What DAW does Vintage Culture use?
Vintage Culture uses Ableton Live. In a 2026 interview with PLAYY. Magazine he said he works mainly in Ableton in his Sao Paulo studio.
What synth does Vintage Culture use?
Vintage Culture uses hardware synths in the studio, naming Moog and Dave Smith Instruments in a 2026 interview with PLAYY. Magazine, and said he loves synthesizers, analog and digital.
What sunglasses does Vintage Culture wear?
Vintage Culture has been seen wearing Prada sunglasses in a 2025 Numero Netherlands shoot photographed by Daniel Sars.
What brand did Vintage Culture design a collection with?
Vintage Culture designed a 2025 capsule with Von Dutch Loves, including a trucker hat and tees, and has been seen wearing a T-shirt from it on stage at Sonar. He said he has loved Von Dutch since he was a kid.
What clothes does Vintage Culture wear?
Vintage Culture has been seen wearing Palm Angels and Balenciaga T-shirts, per Beatportal in 2022, and a Balenciaga coat, COS shirt, Maison Margiela trousers and Saint Laurent boots in a 2025 Numero Netherlands shoot.
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About this guide · Last checked
Vintage Culture is Lukas Ruiz, the Sao Paulo based DJ and producer behind Promised Land and the Von Dutch Loves capsule. This guide covers the DAW and synths he has named, plus what he has been photographed wearing.
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