Editing Liam Howlett

{{Short description|English record producer and musician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2012}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name             = Liam Howlett
| image            = The Prodigy - 15.07.2022 - O2 Academy Leeds - 53401883961.jpg
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| landscape        = yes
| caption          = Howlett at the [[O2 Academy Leeds]] on 15 July 2022
| background       = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name       = Liam Paul Paris Howlett
| alias            = 
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1971|08|21|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Braintree, Essex]], England
| origin           = 
| instruments      = {{hlist|[[Synthesizers]]|[[keyboard instrument|keyboards]]|[[Drum kit|drums]]|[[Sampler (musical instrument)|sampler]]|[[Direct-drive turntable|turntables]]}}
| genre            = {{hlist|[[Big beat]]|[[electronica]]|[[alternative rock]]|[[electropunk]]|[[hardcore techno]]|[[breakbeat hardcore]]}}
| occupations      = {{hlist|Musician|DJ|songwriter|record producer}}
| years_active     = 1986–present
| label            = [[XL Recordings|XL]]
| current_member_of = [[The Prodigy]]
| past_member_of   = Cut 2 Kill
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    | spouse           = {{marriage|[[Natalie Appleton]]|2002}}<ref name="Guardian_AllSaints2018">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jul/24/all-saints-on-how-to-be-a-girl-group|title='I was throwing up before we went on CD:UK': All Saints on how to be a girl group|website=The Guardian|author=Michael Cragg|date=2018-07-24|access-date=2020-05-27}}</ref><ref name="BBC_Prodigy2018">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-46049254|title=The Prodigy: 'We don't need to reinvent ourselves'|website=BBC News|author=Lucy Todd|date=2018-11-04|access-date=2020-05-27}}</ref>
| children           = 1
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'''Liam Paul Paris Howlett''' (born 21 August 1971) is an English [[record producer]], [[musician]], [[disc jockey|DJ]], songwriter, co-founder and leader of the British electronic band [[the Prodigy]].

==Early years==
Liam Paul Paris Howlett<ref>{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/IZAmpWK9JGM8mMhdmHGO1h1x-NI/appointments|title= Companies House }}</ref> was born on 21 August 1971 in [[Braintree, Essex]], England.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=liam+howlett&pg=RA11-PA2005-IA6 |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |year=2011 |isbn=9780857125958 |location=United Kingdom |page=2005 |author-link=Colin Larkin |orig-date=1992}}</ref> Howlett was trained in classical [[piano]] (from childhood).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://theprodigy.info/articles/nyrock97.shtml |title=Prodigy Interview w/Keith Flint, Liam Howlett |publisher=NY Rock |access-date=19 June 2013}}</ref> 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 Academy|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 went to his first [[rave]] in 1989.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Liam Howlett|url=https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/34027-Liam-Howlett|access-date=2022-01-17|website=Discogs|language=de}}</ref>

==Music career==
===The Prodigy===
{{Main article|The Prodigy}}
Howlett formed the Prodigy in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|last=Crittenden|first=Ryan|title=The Prodigy: A brief history|url=http://www.gigwise.com/photos/77268/6/the-prodigy-a-brief-history-of-the-brit-dance-legends|work=gigwise.com|access-date=12 July 2015}}</ref>

===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 1999, Howlett composed music for the film ''[[The Uranus Experiment]]''. Described as an "anal space opera",<ref>{{Citation |last1=Szoverfy Milter |first1=Katalin |title=Global Traffic in Pornography: The Hungarian Example |date=2020-12-31 |url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.36019/9780813541044-009/html |work=International Exposure |pages=173–204 |editor-last=Sigel |editor-first=Lisa Z. |publisher=Rutgers University Press |doi=10.36019/9780813541044-009 |isbn=978-0-8135-4104-4 |access-date=2022-05-25 |last2=Slade |first2=Joseph W.|s2cid=225035738 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> the film featured the first sex scene shot in [[microgravity]].<ref name=in>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706183639/http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/movies/milton_interview_000516.html |title='To Boldly Go': Star Trek, Sex and Space |date=16 May 2000 |website=SPACE.com |url=http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/movies/milton_interview_000516.html |archive-date=6 July 2008}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1999-03-28 |title=TALKIN' LEWD |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/massive-attack-94-1390239 |access-date=2022-05-25 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref>

At 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 was a co-producer on the track "Immunize" from Australian [[drum and bass]] act [[Pendulum (drum and bass band)|Pendulum's]] third album ''[[Immersion (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''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/k-flay-on-money-education-and-why-shes-okay-with-having-no-street-cred-20120309|title=K. Flay on Money, Education and Why She's Okay With Having No Street Cred|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=9 March 2012}}</ref> He also produced the song "Stop, Focus" from the same EP.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km7FlgBtar4|title=K-Flay Facebook|website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}{{Dead YouTube link|date=February 2022}}</ref>

On March 30, 2022, it was announced that Howlett would compose the musical score for the [[Netflix]]'s movie ''[[Choose or Die]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-prodigys-liam-howlett-to-score-new-horror-film-choose-or-die-3194433|title = The Prodigy's Liam Howlett to score new horror film, 'Choose or Die'|website = [[NME]]|date = 30 March 2022}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Howlett has been married to [[Natalie Appleton]] of [[All Saints (group)|All Saints]] since 2002.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/13/all-saints-interview-album-red-flag-one-strike |title= All Saints: 'We're more confident now' |last=Lewis |first=Tim |date=13 March 2016 |work=The Observer |access-date=21 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Cragg |first=Michael |date=2018-07-24 |title='I was throwing up before we went on CD:UK': All Saints on how to be a girl group |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jul/24/all-saints-on-how-to-be-a-girl-group |access-date=2023-06-19 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> They have a son, Ace Billy Howlett, born in 2004,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/musicnews/saints-put-children-touring-940911.html|title= All Saints Put Children Before Touring |date=23 April 2016|work=Female First}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30500-13005996,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040612213700/http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0%2C%2C30500-13005996%2C00.html |archive-date=12 June 2004 |title=NATALIE DELIVERS AN ACE |access-date=2016-08-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and live in [[Hampstead]], [[London]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://failover-www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/style/living/article1397285.html|title=All together now|date=13 April 2014|work=The Sunday Times|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917164203/http://failover-www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/style/living/article1397285.html|archive-date=17 September 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://suicidegirls.com/interviews/The+Prodigy+-+Liam+Howlett/ Interview at SuicideGirls.com on 25 March 2006]

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