Laurent Véronnez
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AirWave aka Laurent Véronnez is a Belgium-based trance/electronica music DJ.
Born in 1978, He has worked on countless productions under 35 different aliases (including Airwave, Body shock, Cape Town, Planisphere, Fire & Ice, Nova, The Green Martian, Lolo, Cloud 69 and Meridian) and had his records played by major DJs, including DJ Tiesto, Armin van Buuren, Paul Oakenfold, and Ferry Corsten. His current production style focuses on Progressive Trance, but previous records have spanned different genres including techno and chillout . That altogether with many licenses for dance compilations including Global Underground, Gatecrasher, Ministry of Sound Trance Nation, Godskitchen, and many dj compilations including Tiesto’s magik series, Armin van Buuren’s A state of Trance, Markus Schulz’s Coldharbour Sessions, made of him one of the most respected artists of today’s club scene, all over the world.
He has collaborated with several artists, including Armin van Buuren (2 artist tracks), Tiesto (2 remixes for “In my memory”), M.I.K.E aka Push and, more recently, Markus Schulz and Above and Beyond.
In 2001, Airwave’s Dj career took off with several gigs in the UK's more established and well-known dance clubs, including Godskitchen, Gatecrasher and Slinky. This was followed by many other clubs worldwide. His very first Airwave album “I want to Believe” that was released at the end of 2002.
Nowadays, Laurent has become the co-owner of the Bonzai/ Banshee label. He has also started several Webradio residencies, with mixes on ETN and DI prog channels on a monthly basis. In 2005 Airwave dropped the use of vinyl or CD decks and the so-called “DJ” label for a totally new show concept combining many of his abilities as a musician. “Playing good music wasn’t just good enough for me” he says, “I want to get to the next step, embrace all the technology I can get, I want to use 100% of what I am able of when appearing in public, and see if I can have this club scene make a giant leap into the 21st century. Vinyl is so 70’s, CD is so 80’s, it’s about time to come with a big revolution in dance music, because this scene really needs a kick in the ...”.
