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.
Solstice
James Holden Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Solstice' by these artists:
96-glass Hold me back Feel my blood Fade to black Hold my tongue Tak…
Adventurer Woah! Woah! And I don't even care where I go And I don…
Aly Aleigha Tell me somethin′ like Why the grass always is greener On th…
Amongst Heroes These are the races we run, This is the cycle of…
Andy Took some time but I've been Climbing up that hill Shifting …
Björk When your eyes Pause on the ball That hangs on the third…
Cassette Spence if it must come down might as well let it come…
Caught Inside Is this the end we're going through? Or is it just…
Chris Moon 5 Panes down, all shine in the summer You can find…
Confucius MC All praise to the skies above And the eyes…
CrystalView I felt the sun shake the earth with the evening…
Dreamer Boy Evade my focus Just there for solstice See your face resurfa…
E.N.R We wrestled with thoughts Over a full box of wine The cicada…
Emeralia Say goodbye! And don't despair! Let's pretend it's on awhile…
Far & Away Because it reminds me how the sun plays games through…
Farfetch'd Walk away Walk away Walk away Walk away Walk away Walk away …
Gaël Faye Now Stackerlee, Lord, and Billy Lyon They were gamblin' earl…
Ghost Wish I will never forget The memory of you A constant reminder Of…
Goldwoman When this is all over I’ll hold you much closer And we’ll…
Half Heard Voices Take a look and let the beauty fill your eyes The…
Hallucinogen '... but this is a kind of substitute for religion…
Hoots and Hellmouth Have you noticed light falls early These days and nights A…
Kids and Animals The path is overgrown Follow behind closely For much you ato…
Kim Wilde Lighthouse shine for me I've been drifting so far Guide me b…
Marten Fisher Solstice means a ten-mile ride on a bike The face of…
Matt Berry I watch the sun dip down on this shortest day The…
Mr. Key I could almost cry Almost cry If I had tears left inside ‘Ch…
NOUS ÉTIONS UNE ARMÉE Ne dis rien Les mots Ne disent rien Je ne veux pas les…
Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners It's past our summertime The hills fill with snow We&#x…
Sarah and the Safe Word You walked over I felt your body I fell In a…
Starset I remember blue skies I remember how you were Sitting under …
Stillnight Paths unforeseen By suffering that surrounds Speak unto thee…
Stillwater Sound Helios don't wanna go home But I can't stay Spent all day…
storm the tower To live is to suffer To survive is to find…
Suns The stars and spotlights could never amount To all the thing…
Tavia Sitting on low walls Watching the people pass on The twiligh…
The Anti-Q's I was waiting for the sunlight Blossoming roses The bees mig…
The Antlers The week went slow, the year flew by From the end…
The Hacky Turtles Senses ignited Blindly invited Is it your bare skin or is it…
The Unwinding Hours (I'm Old) I'm cynical But not enough to let you go What…
Trauma Ray Summer slowly fade How I hate you everyday Linger in a cage …
Unwell Sweet sins Got me faded Never thought I’d be a…
Vipers I need a little light in my life I've got the…
X.I It was cold is all I remember It was dim and…
YEEK Rain, rain, rain Go away, 'way, 'way Ruinin' my day, day, …
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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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@neonameless9608
Fantastic track!
@richardgough1393
I heard this 20 years ago. I found it again in a Progressive House FB group I'm in. I absolutely love this track♥️
@lidia9559
❤tune here it is !
@Rex-dk1rx
I still have this on vinyl Holden was doing some right good tunes around this time 20 years ago
@chrisvdsvuurwerkjunky7161
james is one of the greatest musik producer,on electronic musik,superb,how he tels his story s in his sound,masterpiece!!!s
@MushroomTherapy28
Just incredible... Pure magic that takes you to a higher place...
@markadams4513
james please return to this sound
@TheTrancemaster90
it would be devastating, he would wipe out 95% of the underground
@davejoy2672
Great track very mind travelling.
@aerotekmusic
wow, huge track. holden really knows how to make music that sounds timeless.