Leeroy Thornhill

As a founding member of the legendary dance act The Prodigy, Leeroy Thornhill’s name will forever be renowned for helping to cement the band’s 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, performing at countless festivals, obtaining numerous musical awards and achieving 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 as well as re-establish his 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 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 Horger forming a new genre-blending band called Smash HiFi. October 2016 saw the release of the first album ‘Order More Disorder’ which boasted a heavy-weight multi-genre collaboration line-up including the vocal talents of Kym Mazelle and Lexie Lee. 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 attracting a whole new generational audience. Leeroy’s productions continue to dazzle with several impressive releases out on the much-loved Get Hype Records. Leeroy has had a huge impact on the dance music scene and there’s definitely more to come.