Leeroy Thornhill

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Biography

Leeroy spent over 10 years with The Prodigy on their sell-out world tours, countless festivals obtaining numerous musical awards and two UK number one hit singles establishing them as one of the most successful electronic acts of all time.

As a founding member of the legendary Dance act The Prodigy, Leeroy Thornhill’s name will forever be renowned for helping to cement the bands legacy through the release of stellar hits such as, ‘Breathe’, ‘Smack My Bitch Up’ and ‘Firestarter’. The Prodigy’s immortal status still holds
true to this day with their music reaching a new vibrant audience through being used in modern media such as their track ‘Poison’, recently being used by Electronic Arts FIFA 21 title.

Leeroy spent over 10 years with The Prodigy on their sell-out world tours, countless festivals obtaining numerous musical awards and two UK number one hit singles establishing them as one of the most successful electronic acts of all time.

2001 saw Leeroy break away from the band to pursue some burgeoning solo projects, under the guise Flightcrank, as well as re-establish is DJ career, with it having to take a back seat whilst touring with The Prodigy.

Leeroy’s new project, Flightcrank, debuted their first album in March 2001 which opened up several new production opportunities for Leeroy to work with worldwide established artists such as Flint, David Gray, Dr Doom (Kool Keith) and Moby . Leeroy went on to join forces with renowned DJ Hyper to
form the band HYPER. Their critically acclaimed album ‘We Control’ was swiftly followed by the album ‘Suicide Monday’ both featuring Leeroy on vocal duty which saw considerable success on a global scale.

More recently Leeroy, whilst continuing to expand his solo productions, went on to team up with
German DJ/Producer Marten Hörger forming a new genre blending band called Smash HiFi. October 2016 saw the release of the rst album ‘Order More Disorder’, which boasted a heavyweight multi-genre collaboration line up including the vocal talents of Kym Mazelle, Lexie Lee, Ka, MC Sirreal and The Legionnaires.

With a wealth of musical inspiration behind him, Leeroy has perfected his DJ sets to express his trademark sounds, seamlessly blending from breakbeat to electro, old skool to rave. His high energy sets have allowed him to travel around the world entertaining the original ravers as well as attract a whole new generational audience. Leeroy's productions continue to dazzle, with several impressive releases out on the much loved Get Hyped Records, his more recent release being the exciting 'Sin City Slam' available now.

Finally, Leeroy will be publishing his first ever book that depicts the ‘never before seen’ access of life on the road with The Prodigy. Boasting pictures and stories about the bands journey to super-stardom. Returning back to the UK early in 2021, after a long stint in Berlin, Leeroy is once again set to make another huge impact in the dance music scene.

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