James Holden is far from your average DJ-producer.
The wunderkind J… Read Full Bio ↴James Holden is far from your average DJ-producer.
The wunderkind James Holden has finally come of age, and has delivered up the debut album to prove it: and at 28, about time too! For although the world seems strangely intent on fixing him in his early twenties (or more specifically, a series of internet sites who have seemingly overlooked the fact that biography ages require a yearly update!), the time has come to acknowledge that DJ and producer James Holden is not quite so young anymore. The timely release of Holden's 'The Idiots Are Winning' mini-album in 2006 marked the occasion, and formed a fitting musical illustration of Holden's new-found maturity.
Still reluctant to bestow upon it the accolade of 'debut album', for Holden himself 'The Idiots Are Winning' remains an EP which grew out of control: take four dancefloor-length Holden tracks, mix in the obligatory DJ tools and alternative versions that he is so keen on, and an interlude or two for good measure, and you have far exceeded the single realm and are pushing into album territory. Not that the manner of its creation should affect the listening experience: Holden's intricate and inimitable production style ensures a coherence of atmosphere, where even DJ-friendly extended intros hold up to home-listening scrutiny. The Guardian went so far as to proclaim it "the most astonishing debut in electronic music since Boards of Canada's Music Has the Right to Children." And who are we to argue?
The producer James Holden's journey to this point began back in 1999, aged just 19, when he burst onto the UK scene with the exuberant teenage trance hit 'Horizons'. Produced on a basic home computer set-up and the freeware music program Buzz whilst still studying towards a Maths degree at the University of Oxford, the young punk's overnight success was a slap in the face for the audiophile establishment, and went some way towards opening doors for the legions of young bedroom producers who have now become the mainstay of the dance world. The floodgates had opened, and an intensive course of remixing, djing, production and collaborations extended before Holden in place of the conventional Oxford graduate career path.
But if the axis of English (and those related countries which take their lead from the Anglo-American progressive house and trance scenes) took to Holden overnight, the rest of the world took a little longer to convince. It was not until the launch of his own Border Community label in 2003, kicked off in fine style with his own future anthem 'A Break in the Clouds', when key players in the hugely influential German scene began to sit up and take notice. Having found himself wedged rather uncomfortably between the prog and trance scenes in his native UK, this entrance into the German market represented a new-found freedom for Holden, and the non-generic approach to making melodic electronic music which he found amongst many of his peers in Cologne and Berlin finally had him feeling right at home. A string of hugely-influential and often-imitated monster remixes of everyone from Madonna and Britney Spears, through Depeche Mode and New Order, to Nathan Fake and Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid cemented his place as a mainstay of DJ record boxes everywhere, and Holden's global dancefloor domination was complete.
Originally founded to offer a restriction-free outlet for Holden's own music, as well as serving as a launch pad for the production careers of his talented friends, the rather fanatical cult of Border Community which has sprung up around Holden's own label has of course been essential in achieving this independence from the narrow limitations of genre-specific music. The accolades due to Holden's Border Community baby include bucking the trend of declining vinyl sales in a major way, unleashing a whole host of idiosyncratic dancefloor classics on the world, kickstarting the careers of many a young musician, and making serious inroads on the realm of the artist album with offerings from Nathan Fake, Fairmont and Holden himself. Now in its fifth year, Border Community is firmly established as one of the foremost breeding grounds for fresh young electronic talent, thanks to their small but faithful army of free-spirited genre benders who between them have injected a new life into the European scene.
The best place to catch a glimpse of the soon-to-be-massive delights yet to come from his Border Community label is of course a James Holden DJ set, where his tireless dedication to hunting down the next wave of young production talent meets his own sense of exemplary taste in selecting tracks from other labels to bring his unique vision of what club music ought to be to life. Barely coming up for air between his non-stop sampler and CDJ wizardry, Holden is a very modern sort of DJ, brazenly uniting tracks from music's past and present, disregarding genre, confounding the purists and making club hits out of many an unwitting dancefloor virgin. His supreme and unrivalled command of the modern technology available to him allows Holden to go where other DJs fear to tread, consistently pulling off daring mixes on-the-fly which just wouldn't be possible on a conventional two turntable set-up. And so distinct is the resultant sound that your average conservative dance music night can barely contain it, which is why James Holden is often best experienced alongside his edgy labelmates at one of his many Border Community label nights, at The End in London, and beyond.
Between a hectic touring schedule which has taken in just about every corner of the world, running his Zeitgeist-defining label, and his status as hugely in-demand remixer du jour, it is little wonder that Holden's own original productions have occasionally seemed a little thin on the ground. But something has got to give if Renaissance man Holden is ever going to finish his next album, which is why his plans for 2008 feature a scaled down set of DJ dates and a strictly-enforced remix embargo. With that all-important studio time freed up, the time has come to begin plotting the next chapter in the James Holden story.
The wunderkind J… Read Full Bio ↴James Holden is far from your average DJ-producer.
The wunderkind James Holden has finally come of age, and has delivered up the debut album to prove it: and at 28, about time too! For although the world seems strangely intent on fixing him in his early twenties (or more specifically, a series of internet sites who have seemingly overlooked the fact that biography ages require a yearly update!), the time has come to acknowledge that DJ and producer James Holden is not quite so young anymore. The timely release of Holden's 'The Idiots Are Winning' mini-album in 2006 marked the occasion, and formed a fitting musical illustration of Holden's new-found maturity.
Still reluctant to bestow upon it the accolade of 'debut album', for Holden himself 'The Idiots Are Winning' remains an EP which grew out of control: take four dancefloor-length Holden tracks, mix in the obligatory DJ tools and alternative versions that he is so keen on, and an interlude or two for good measure, and you have far exceeded the single realm and are pushing into album territory. Not that the manner of its creation should affect the listening experience: Holden's intricate and inimitable production style ensures a coherence of atmosphere, where even DJ-friendly extended intros hold up to home-listening scrutiny. The Guardian went so far as to proclaim it "the most astonishing debut in electronic music since Boards of Canada's Music Has the Right to Children." And who are we to argue?
The producer James Holden's journey to this point began back in 1999, aged just 19, when he burst onto the UK scene with the exuberant teenage trance hit 'Horizons'. Produced on a basic home computer set-up and the freeware music program Buzz whilst still studying towards a Maths degree at the University of Oxford, the young punk's overnight success was a slap in the face for the audiophile establishment, and went some way towards opening doors for the legions of young bedroom producers who have now become the mainstay of the dance world. The floodgates had opened, and an intensive course of remixing, djing, production and collaborations extended before Holden in place of the conventional Oxford graduate career path.
But if the axis of English (and those related countries which take their lead from the Anglo-American progressive house and trance scenes) took to Holden overnight, the rest of the world took a little longer to convince. It was not until the launch of his own Border Community label in 2003, kicked off in fine style with his own future anthem 'A Break in the Clouds', when key players in the hugely influential German scene began to sit up and take notice. Having found himself wedged rather uncomfortably between the prog and trance scenes in his native UK, this entrance into the German market represented a new-found freedom for Holden, and the non-generic approach to making melodic electronic music which he found amongst many of his peers in Cologne and Berlin finally had him feeling right at home. A string of hugely-influential and often-imitated monster remixes of everyone from Madonna and Britney Spears, through Depeche Mode and New Order, to Nathan Fake and Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid cemented his place as a mainstay of DJ record boxes everywhere, and Holden's global dancefloor domination was complete.
Originally founded to offer a restriction-free outlet for Holden's own music, as well as serving as a launch pad for the production careers of his talented friends, the rather fanatical cult of Border Community which has sprung up around Holden's own label has of course been essential in achieving this independence from the narrow limitations of genre-specific music. The accolades due to Holden's Border Community baby include bucking the trend of declining vinyl sales in a major way, unleashing a whole host of idiosyncratic dancefloor classics on the world, kickstarting the careers of many a young musician, and making serious inroads on the realm of the artist album with offerings from Nathan Fake, Fairmont and Holden himself. Now in its fifth year, Border Community is firmly established as one of the foremost breeding grounds for fresh young electronic talent, thanks to their small but faithful army of free-spirited genre benders who between them have injected a new life into the European scene.
The best place to catch a glimpse of the soon-to-be-massive delights yet to come from his Border Community label is of course a James Holden DJ set, where his tireless dedication to hunting down the next wave of young production talent meets his own sense of exemplary taste in selecting tracks from other labels to bring his unique vision of what club music ought to be to life. Barely coming up for air between his non-stop sampler and CDJ wizardry, Holden is a very modern sort of DJ, brazenly uniting tracks from music's past and present, disregarding genre, confounding the purists and making club hits out of many an unwitting dancefloor virgin. His supreme and unrivalled command of the modern technology available to him allows Holden to go where other DJs fear to tread, consistently pulling off daring mixes on-the-fly which just wouldn't be possible on a conventional two turntable set-up. And so distinct is the resultant sound that your average conservative dance music night can barely contain it, which is why James Holden is often best experienced alongside his edgy labelmates at one of his many Border Community label nights, at The End in London, and beyond.
Between a hectic touring schedule which has taken in just about every corner of the world, running his Zeitgeist-defining label, and his status as hugely in-demand remixer du jour, it is little wonder that Holden's own original productions have occasionally seemed a little thin on the ground. But something has got to give if Renaissance man Holden is ever going to finish his next album, which is why his plans for 2008 feature a scaled down set of DJ dates and a strictly-enforced remix embargo. With that all-important studio time freed up, the time has come to begin plotting the next chapter in the James Holden story.
Idiot
James Holden Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Idiot' by these artists:
2 Blyga Läppar Plånboken laddad Solbrillor på Fixar till barret för nu ska …
71 Gaps He tries so hard to be everything Take back what You stol…
Another Tale I walk through my live With a smile on my face Deadly…
Arthur H Idiot Je suis un idiot Complètement idiot Je suis vraimen…
Artigeardit Jeg tror ikk', du forstår mig Jeg tjekker ud, lige før…
Atmosphere Whoever taught you how to speak your mind Never knew you'd…
Aya Nakamura Aya Nakamura oh no, no Oh no Tu repars à zéro, t'as…
Bendero & Mars They probably hate me cause I'm bout it, and they…
Björnarna Det är alltid dig det är synd om Och det är…
Chloe Olivia I try to wrap my head around it I said I'll…
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah A comet's tail, a hairy star You swimming to an island Peeki…
Coldplay So I was an idiot I was a god-damn idiot…
Daniel Kvammen Tilgir du meg når eg ikkje er slik eg skal? Og…
dEAf PEdESTRIANS I can not believe I'm really here Soon I'll wake up…
DeeThane Nemusíš se učit kámo, vlastně všechno víš Do hodiny pozdě př…
Deutscher Schlager Du Idiot Du Idiot Dass ich dich heut' Nacht hier treffe hab…
Deutscher Schlager feat. Helene Best Dass ich dich heut Nacht hier treffe hab ich irgendwie geahn…
DJ Apres Ski feat. Helene Best Du Idiot Du Idiot Dass ich dich heut' Nacht hier treffe hab…
Document Sitting at the station Waiting patiently Bodies next to me D…
Drive-by Kiss 何にも感じないのか? ただの勧違いか?Hey 装甲もそこそこの TANK を空から空爆 闇討ちで勝利の杯(カップ) 本当…
Duels It comes at night, you know. The idiot sleeps and…
Era Istrefi Baby mos rri ti larg Afrohu ma ngat Edhe bonëm përveti Menen…
Eric Palmqwist Du va en dröm En dröm som jag hade glömt Ett…
Erlend Ropstad Æ står utenfor di dør Æ tenkte æ sku ringe på Har…
Escondido I could by your sidekick, run out to the desert Hold…
Every Time I Die From my skin I emit flashing lights In my eyes all…
Every Time I Die (USA) From my skin I emit flashing lights In my eyes all…
Eye Empire How could we've known? That this insanity would take it's…
Feels Like Karma I can't give up Just give into the fact that I…
Felicia Takman Älskade Stockholm innan dig Alla parkerna Trappuppgångarna O…
Future Franz Boah, so ne Scheiße. Ich reg mich richtig auf. Schon…
Glen Matlock And The Philistines Will it be alright If we draw a line Will we be…
Gorefest KILL THE SANE, I'LL TAKE THE BLAME I AM THE IDIOT…
Heads & Bodies My string of thoughts are starting to unravel, but when…
Helene Best Du Idiot Du Idiot Dass ich dich heut' Nacht hier treffe hab…
Ich bin solo Das ich dich heut Nacht hier treffe hab ich irgendwie geahnt…
James Fauntleroy (verse 1) I cut my phone on shoulda been cut off…
Jamrud Habis semua sabar untuk tetap diam Lihat kelakuanmu yang kam…
Jeez Louise You don't see things the same In that thing you call…
Jenny Lewis & Serengeti I'm an idiot Forget oblivion Joan Didion Pacific Ocean blue …
JO WEDIN & JEAN FELZINE Idiot Ne dis plus je t′aime une seule fois Idiot Tu as trop…
Johan Sunesson äre nått som jag missat här nu? äre nått som jag…
Jon olav Hei kan noken her fortelle meg Ka som e tanken bak…
Kara [Hara] Ijen jeongmal neol moreugesseo Eojjeol ttaen yeonin g…
Kaza J'sais qu't'aimes trop entendre ma voix dans l'micro J'aime …
Lars Winnerbäck Du sprang så fort du kunde för att hinna…
Lead Into Gold Just for the fun of it Life is a tale Told by…
Lena Philipsson En timme sen Sen du såg mig i trängseln Och lilla vän Jag…
Lina Mit mir und meinem Kopf ist es gerade kompliziert Weil der…
Linda Varg I found some panties lying in your glove compartment you sai…
Lisa Marie Presley Please remember me forever Believe in me as someone Who's ne…
Louis Chedid Mouche ton nez, dis bonjour à la dame Quoi zéro? Mets tes…
Maja Kristina It's hard to meet you halfway When you don't know what…
Martin/Molloy Let's over analyze this situation, not to mention perspirati…
Matthias Reim Dass ich dich heut’ Nacht hier treffe habe ich irgendwie…
Matthias Reim & Michelle Dass ich dich heut' Nacht hier treffe habe ich irgendwie…
Matthias Reim feat. Michelle Das ich dich heut Nacht hier treffe Hab ich irgendwie geahnt…
mermaed I waited by the phone like an idiot. You never call…
Michelle Matthias Reim: Das ich dich heut Nacht hier treffe hab ic…
Michelle & Matthias Reim Matthias Reim: Das ich dich heut Nacht hier treffe hab ich i…
Monarken Idiot - Du tror vi andas samma luft, men ditt…
Mudvayne Through my skin you climb To my eyes I say goodbye Now that…
Noll Disciplin Vad e det som händer här? Jag har sumpat all…
oceanfromtheblue 진지한 척하긴 싫은데 네 얘기만 하면 나는 열다섯 살 중학생이 돼 넌…
Off With Their Heads Yeah, you're a fucking idiot Idiot Idiot Idiot…
Oswald Five-O JUST THE IDIOT You are so beautiful, to touch you is…
Partynator feat. Helene Best Du Idiot Du Idiot Dass ich dich heut' Nacht hier treffe hab…
pupkulies & rebecca Square room, white walls, pen, paper, phone calls Dial turne…
Raggabund Etwas verfolgt mich, ich weiß nicht was. Irgendein Fluch, i…
Raphaella I wish I had a seatbelt so I could strap…
Ravenous Your foolish talking Won't solve our problems Your strange…
Reim Du Idiot Du Idiot Dass ich dich heut' Nacht hier treffe hab…
Riga Tiger Såg er på busshållplatsen igår hon Släppte in handen det var…
Seven I don’t hear the whispers, idiot me I don’t take the…
Skei & PT æ syng iii-aaa-ooo æ e en idiot som fortsatt tror at…
Slick Idiot Slick Idiot !! ......Speed It Up !! Every Talker Needs A…
Slobodná Európa Všetci ti radia Čo ako treba robiť Ako si spisovne Urobiť z …
Squarehead A sun-lit sky, a winter night A watchful eye with perfect…
Stephen You said it wouldn't fly But I was aloof Once more, I…
Summer Time Dead Grass Give it a break with all the sappy stuff I know…
Sure Sure Who is this idiot Walking around He looks a lot like me In…
Suzanne Santo GUESS YOU'RE REALLY LEAVING AREN'T YA YOU AIN'T COMING BACK …
Tam Harrow When you came to me You said that you would like…
Terese Gennemblødt og kold regnen siver ind har ikke helt klædt mig…
The Elephant Trees Looks like I might have caught feelings too Looks like…
Thornapple 가지 말아요 나랑 좀 더 놀아줘요 빨간 해가 쏟아져도 어지러이 춤을 춰줘요 밤은 추워요 피를…
Tiny Tomboy I'm an idiot to want you I'm an idiot to care I…
Uncle Fester I hold you and feed you I want you more than…
Wanya Wanya yeah I always been a warrior I don't need your tortur…
Wavves Laugh, I bet you laugh I bet you laugh right behind…
Zin Kim Fan ja börja stressa över saker När ja blir 25 skulle…
Züri West Du hesch gäng plagiert E zwöierchischte funktionieri z'drit…
카라 이젠 정말 널 모르겠어 어쩔 땐 연인 같다 어느 순간 친구로 변신 끌려가는…
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10101 My thoughts are commodities My lies are me My price is a…
I Have Put Out The Light Like the moon in blue heaven I′m alone in my room I…
Nothing Don't you know it's gone too wrong Early warning How…
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Al GFourty
What could you possibly do with just a kick-clap and an arpeggio? Holden: hold my beer. Masterpiece!
fearsomestm00c0w
I don't understand why other people aren't as enamoured as I am with this song.
Daniel Racovitan
because others have different taste; only idiots call other people "idiots" for having a different taste
Werner Heisenberg
@PLSMT yeah I kinda did but it felt good :D
PLSMT
@Werner Heisenberg thans for repeating what I already said ☺
Werner Heisenberg
@PLSMT yeah but this track is 10 years old and still lightyears ahead of its time, James Holden is up there with the greatest musicians of all time
PLSMT
This is gonna sound a bit pedantic but I always thought Holden to be really far ahead of his time. Even by today's standard, this track has an unmatched musicality to it, especially considering its electronic. Where most producers just rely on cool sounds and some basic harmonic structures, Holden pushed -and still does - the bar by doing harmonically and rhythmically interesting things with electronic sounds. He obviously isn't/wasn't the only one doing this, but there is a certain characteristic in his music which is really authentic and screams originality, a thing I won't ascribe to many musicians. This makes him stand out, because he refuses to follow the expectations of normal dance music. This is why people aren't that eager to hear this: It's demanding and doesn't follow standard rules.
user 051
2020 still here,one of the greatest electronic compositions ever..
iguisard
I hope someday James Holden, Luke Abbott, and Nathan Fake will be recognized as they deserve. It is a gold mine of greatness hiding in plain sight.
Juá Nito
Gracias Holden por este regalo para los oídos, gracias!!