Vibes From '95 with Leeroy Thornhill - Ex "The Prodigy"

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-outworld 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 albumin 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 first album ‘Order More Disorder’, which boasted a heavy-weight multi-genre collaboration line up including the vocal talents of Kym Mazelle, Lexie Lee, Ka, MC Sirreal and The Legionnaires.

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. Early 2023 will see the release of some new music, as Leeroy has been working with Spanish Producer Rasco to create some hard beat driven breaks tracks. Solo works are also set to drop. The gigs continue throughout the year with Glastonbury, Camp Bestival and Mucky Weekender Festival already confirmed on that list.