James Holden (producer)

James Holden

Holden at a performance at Pacha, New York
Background information
Also known as Ariane
Born (1979-06-07) 7 June 1979
Exeter, Devon, England
Genres IDM
Trance
Electronica
Minimal techno[1]
Occupation(s) Disc jockey
Record producer
Years active 1999–present
Labels Border Community
Loaded
Silver Planet
Website http://www.jamesholden.org/

James Alexander Goodale Holden (born 7 June 1979) is a British electronic music artist and DJ.

Career

Holden started his career in 1999, at age 19, when he released the trance single, "Horizons", which he created with the freeware software Buzz.[2] After this he released numerous singles and remixes on different labels such as Lost Language, Perfecto Recordings, and Positiva Recordings. He was also one-third of Mainline, which was responsible for the double single of "Narcotic" and "Innerspace". He has also worked with singer Julie Thompson as Holden & Thompson. He grew up in Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, before studying Mathematics at Oxford University.[3]

Holden kicked off his record label Border Community with his own future single "A Break in the Clouds". From then on, he has released remixes of artists from Madonna and Britney Spears, through Depeche Mode and New Order, to Nathan Fake and Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid. In April 2006, his mix album James Holden at the Controls was Mixmag 's 'Album of the Month'.

In 2006, Holden released The Idiots are Winning, described by The Guardian as "the most astonishing debut in electronic music since Boards of Canada's Music Has the Right to Children." [4]

Border Community kickstarted the careers of many young musicians, such as Nathan Fake, Fairmont and Holden. James Holden often performs alongside his labelmates at one of his Border Community label nights at Corsica Studios in London.

Selected discography

Mix albums

Albums

Singles

Remixes

References

  1. ↑ Play.fm
  2. ↑ "James Holden". beatfactor.net. Archived from the original on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2012-05-05. The stuff everyone is really interested in begins aged 19, with a track called “Horizons”. Written during his summer holidays from his maths degree at Oxford University on a £500 PC and a piece of revolutionary music software called Buzz (a freeware internet download), this crossover anthem of the summer of 1999 propelled young James and his bedroom set-up into the top flight of dance music production.
  3. ↑ http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/jamesholden/biography
  4. ↑ Guardian.co.uk
  5. ↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 254. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  6. ↑ 'Senses On Fire' Remix
  7. ↑ 'Reckoner' Remix

External links

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