Holden & Thompson

James Holden
Holden at a performance at Pacha, New York
Background information
Also known as	Ariane
Born	(1979-06-07) 7 June 1979 (age 38) Exeter, Devon, England
Genres	IDM trance electronica minimal techno
Occupation(s)	DJ record producer
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Border Community Loaded Silver Planet
Website	http://www.jamesholden.org/

James Alexander Goodale Holden (born 7 June 1979) is a British electronic music artist and DJ.

Holden started his career in 1999 at age 19, when he released the trance single "Horizons", which he created with the freeware software Buzz. After this he released numerous singles and remixes on different labels such as Lost Language, Perfecto Recordings, and Positiva Recordings. He was also one-third of Mainline, which was responsible for the double single of "Narcotic" and "Innerspace". He has also worked with singer Julie Thompson as Holden & Thompson. He grew up in Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, before studying Mathematics at Oxford University.

Holden kicked off his record label Border Community with his own future single "A Break in the Clouds". From then on, he has released remixes of artists from Madonna and Britney Spears, through Depeche Mode and New Order, to Nathan Fake and Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid. In April 2006, his mix album James Holden at the Controls was Mixmag 's 'Album of the Month'.

In 2006, Holden released The Idiots are Winning, described by The Guardian as "the most astonishing debut in electronic music since Boards of Canada's Music Has the Right to Children."