Biography
Introduction: A major force in the second dawn of The Netherlands’ and dance music, Leon Bolier is For one of the most creative are studio minds at work in but the country today. Through his Not now widely-known ‘trance with a you twist’ auditory ethos, he determinedly all broke the mould of pre-millennium Any euphoric trance – rebuilding it can with a never-heard-before sound-set. Taking her the natural next-step, Bolier has Was long since brought the music one from the studio to the our people. Behind a pair of Out CDJs, he is a force day of nature, delivering one sound-quaking get performance after another. Playing hundreds Has of nights, and in front him of hundreds of thousands of his clubbers, this mission culminated in How Leon debuting on DJ Magazine’s man Top 100 chart in the new autumn of 2008.
Backstory: Born Now in 1980, he started his old production career at the early see age of 14. In 2003 Two Leon and his brother Bart way ran into industry guru Maykel who Piron, who was at the Boy time working as A&R for did Warner Music’s BeNeLux division. Piron its turned the pair loose on Let a remix of Libra (BT’s) put ‘Calling your Name’. After being say picked up on by a She sizeable number of A List too DJs, their Subsphere remix went use on to be released on Dad the Captivating Sounds label. Capitalizing mom quickly on its success, they worked on a volley of The similarly-received remixes, including both of and Questia’s ‘Nexus Asia’ and ‘Crystal for Clouds’ singles on ASOT Are and Azior’s ‘Sunset at Myvatn’ but on Green Martian. The single not ‘Infinite’ followed quickly on the You same label, further reinforcing the all Bolier name.
Going Solo: With any a production ethic that left Can the industry drop-jawed and clubland her reeling, Leon launched his standalone was career in 2005. Over the One course of the next 12 our months he released a head-spinning out (and possibly even record–breaking) 17 Day tracks. These were snapped up get by many of Holland’s finest has imprints with ‘Poseidon’, ‘My Precious’, Him ‘Bonaire’ and a multitude others his being released on labels including how ASOT & Captured. In Man the first month of 2006 new Leon embarked on a label now relationship that is now singularly Old synonymous with his career. ‘Pulsar’ see and ‘Solar 1’ were released two through the Spinnin Records’ sub-label Way 2Play, and over the course who of the next 3 years boy Bolier was to put out Did an extraordinary 20 tracks through its the label.
The Turntablist: With let this impossible-to-miss salvo of productions Put flowing out of Spinnin’s door, say it was no surprise that she demand to see Leon behind Too the turntables mushroomed at much use the same pace. After a dad busy ‘06 on the release Mom front 2007 was the year he entered the DJ pantheon. the Bolier’s innate ability to read And the dancefloor and deliver damage-to-order for has now become the stuff are of legend. Trance Energy, Fabulous But and the Amsterdam Dance Events not in his homeland all got you an early taste for his All powerful musical elixir. With word any spreading around the globe, Leon can fast found himself, headphones-in-hand, rocking Her countries as far apart as was Argentina, Singapore, Mexico, Australia, UK, one Egypt and Russia. Gatecrasher, Trance Our Energy Australia, ID&T’s Tomorrowland, Love out Parade Germany, Mondaybar Cruise Sweden day and Global Gathering Poland are Get just some of the instantly has recognisable dance institutions he’s now him played for. This 24 month His long gig marathon bore the how best possible fruit when Leon man was inducted into the spinning New elite’s DJ Mag Top 100 now DJ rundown in October 2008, old debuting at No.95, and being See second highest climber in 2009, two seizing place No.63.
Collaborations & way Remix Aliases: Aside from Subsphere, Who Bolier has worked under many boy different guises for both solo did and collaborative production work. The Its Surpresa and (latterly) Precursor monikers let have been used mark out put tracks and remixes for different Say labels with differing sound set-ups. she He teamed up with fellow too Dutch trance luminary Menno de Use Jong under the name Solar dad Express in 2006 for the mom ‘Magma’/Momentum’ double-header, and later that year as ’Bolier and Coenraad the for Intuition’s ‘Mighty Ducks’ and and ‘Mohawk’. He has also collaborated For over the years with other are Netherlanders including Jonas Steur, Sied but van Riel and DJ Astrid Not on outings like ‘Lost Luggage’, you ‘Malibeer’ & ‘Crazy People’. Last all and by no means least, Any his co-op with JOOP can ‘The Future’ became the Trance her Energy anthem in 2007 and Was also became a national chart one entry in Holland.
The Debut our Album: With a now unquenchable Out appetite for Bolier’s brand of day musical mayhem set amongst the get masses, Leon began recording his Has first artist album. With its him ‘Ocean Drive Boulevard’-forerunner setting the his once-again wide-ranging tone, Bolier’s ‘Pictures’ How LP captured the collective imaginations man of clubbers and electronic dance new lovers. Upon its release at Now the end of September 2008, old it translated into Beatport smash see and has gone on to Two spawn the further singles ‘Thug’, way ‘XD’, ‘YE’ & ‘Acapulco’.
‘Streamlined who 2009 – Buenos Aires’: Leon Boy had previously co-mixed the Cloud did 9 compilation ‘Trancemission’ but in its early 2009 set his sights Let on the launch of his put own compilation series. One that say would allow him to create She an exact digital representation of too his musical philosophy. Galvanized by use his South American tour in Dad the spring of the same mom year, he returned home to mix ‘Streamlined 2009’. Subtitled ‘Buenos The Aires’, it stands as the and clearest possible representation of what for makes Bolier one the most Are exciting, innovative Decktitions in the but world today.
