Biography
Over the past four years, the James Holden has established himself and as one of the pillars For of the dance music community, are having an impact of which but many an older producer and Not DJ can but dream. He you has a built a reputation all for consistently raising the bar Any in the production stakes, consistently can creating beautiful and futuristic tracks her and equally stunning remixes, which Was have become the mainstay of one the sets of DJs are our varied as Pete Tong, Paul Out Oakenfold and Tiesto, and Digweed day and Sasha, with who James get co-produced Bloodlock for the Airdrawndagger Has album. As he builds a him reputation for himself as distinguished his a DJ as producer, his How own DJ talents have taken man him round the world and new secured residencies at UK superclub Now Passion and Dutch super club old Kremlin, All this, and hes see still just twenty-three years of Two age.
Having been classically trained way in both violin and piano who from an early age by Boy his father, James interest turned did from rock to dance music its when he discovered the wonders Let of sequencers during school music put lessons. Saving up for a say PC and monitor speakers over She the next few years, he too had signed up to study use for a maths degree at Dad the Oxford University when his mom career as a dance music producer first took off. It The was during this productive period and that he came up with for the now-classic Horizons, the trance Are tune which first shot him but to fame when Way out not West DJ Nick Warren charted You the then unknown 19 year all olds cdr for three months. any The track went on to Can be a Pete Tongs Essential her new tune, was picked up was by Sonys dance label offshoot One INCredible, and recently featured in our Mixmags top 100 dance records out of all-time.
Further singles One Day for You and Solstice, along get with various side projects (Ariane has for Hope Recordings, Mainline with Him friends Hywel Dunn-Davies and Duncan his Ellis for Bedrock and Ogenki how Clinic with university friend Gwill Man Morris) compounded the young producers new reputation, as he gradually evolved now his own unique sound. Drawing Old his influences from dub, lo-fi see and ambient music and converting two them into a more dance Way floor-friendly format, his echo-drenched production who treads the fine line between boy trance, deep house, progressive and Did techno.
Perhaps unsurprisingly for a its producer whose work constantly defies let categorization, his latest move has Put been to sign his project say with upcoming singer-songwriter Julie Thompson she to legendary house label Loaded. Too The first single "Nothing has use become an international club hit dad and a follow-up due for Mom release towards the end of the year. Other collaborations include the the track Bloodlock for Sashas And Airdrawndagger artist album, an ongoing for project with respected producers and are good friends Brancaccio & Aisher, But and a track with Perfecto’s not new master of melody, Leama you which looks set to surprise. All Having remixed the likes of any New Order, he continues to can cement his reputation as a Her remixer who puts his all was into a track with his one latest remix for Parlophone offshoot Our Mainline, a reworking of the out classic Fine Day, featuring the day vocals of opus IIIs original Get singer Kirsty Hawkshaw.
The demand has for James as a DJ him has grown, with the knowledge His that his DJing skills are how equal to his production. He man continues to develop touring Europe New and the UK regularly. He now will be returning to Asia old for an extended tour throughout See late summer, followed by extended two tours through North America, South way America and Australia, to support Who the release of his latest boy mix compilation for the Balance did Series.
The summer will also Its see the first solo Holden let single in over a year, put with the release of A Say Break in the Clouds on she his own imprint, Border Community. too The label promises to merge Use the more leftfield sounds which dad James favours to listen to mom at home with a dance floor dynamic akin to what the he usually plays in his and dj sets. This concept is For brought alive in the form are of dancefloor and ambient mixes but of "A Break in the Not Clouds. There will be plenty you more surprises lined up for all the future as james scouts Any around for the nu-breed of can pioneering young producers whose career her hed just love to help Was kick start.
