Birth name Liam Paris Howlett Role Composer Years active 1990-present | Labels XL Records Children Ace Billy Howlett Name Liam Howlett | |
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Genres Big beat, EDM, alternative rock, alternative dance, electropunk, hardcore techno, breakbeat, breakbeat hardcore Instruments Synthesizers, keyboards, samples, turntables, programming Albums The Dirtchamber Sessions, The Fat of the Land, The Day Is My Enemy, Music for the Jilted Generation, Always Outnumbered - Never Ou Similar People Keith Flint, Maxim, Natalie Appleton, Leeroy Thornhill, Rob Holliday | ||
Liam howlett the prodigy the dirtchamber sessions volume one
Liam Paul Paris Howlett (born 21 August 1971) is record producer, musician, songwriter, co-founder and leader of the British electronic band The Prodigy, and an occasional DJ.
Contents
- Liam howlett the prodigy the dirtchamber sessions volume one
- The prodigy s liam howlett releasing albums bores the shit out of me
- Early years
- The Prodigy
- Other musical projects
- Personal life
- References
The prodigy s liam howlett releasing albums bores the shit out of me
Early years
Howlett was born in Braintree, Essex, England.
He was trained in classical piano from childhood. At the age of 14, he mixed songs recorded from the radio using the pause button on his cassette player. He was first influenced by hip hop music and culture when he began to attend school at Alec Hunter High School in Braintree. He learned breakdancing alongside his crew called The Pure City Breakers, and DJed in his first band Cut 2 Kill. After a fight at a gig in support of the band, Liam left Cut 2 Kill and started to write his own music.
He reportedly went to his first rave in 1989.
The Prodigy
Howlett and dancer/vocalist Keith Flint formed The Prodigy in the early 1990s.
Other musical projects
In 1998, Howlett was offered the chance to do a mix for Mary Anne Hobbs' radio show. He dug out some of his old favourite tracks again and this prompted him to release an edited (due to some copyright issues) version of the mix in February 1999. It was the first material which was recorded in his new home studio "The Dirtchamber", so accordingly the album was to be called Prodigy present The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One.
In the end of January 2006, a compilation album titled Back to Mine: Liam Prodigy was released. It was a collection of Howlett's favourite tunes, including an exclusive Prodigy track called "Wake the Fuck Up", which was often performed as an intro in The Prodigy's live concerts.
Howlett produced two Dirty Candy songs, "Nail Em" and "Advice" (which The Prodigy fans will recognize as being "Dead Ken Beats", an unreleased song played live several times). These were available on Dirty Candy Myspace account.
Howlett was a co-producer on the track "Immunize" from Australian drum and bass act Pendulum's third album Immersion, which was released in 2010.
In 2012, Howlett co-produced the first single "We Hate Everyone" from K.Flay's EP Eyes Shut. He also produced the song Stop, Focus on the same EP.
Personal life
Howlett has been married to Natalie Appleton of All Saints since 2002. They have a son named Ace, born 2 March 2004, and live in Hampstead, London.
Howlett once owned a McLaren F1 supercar, chassis #23 of the 106 ever manufactured. He later sold it to former F1 team owner Paul Stewart, as he found the McLaren too terrifying to drive.