Airwave
Born in 1977 in Brussels, Laurent aka Airwave is a natural
born musician. At the age of 7, he discovered and has
developed since then his perfect ear, a precious gift that
would later lead him to release his very first records at
the age of 18, on the infamous Bonzai record label. Back
then, under the influence of 80's and 90's electronica, he
already knew what he wanted and fought for his right to
express himself, which led him to the very first Airwave
release "I want to Believe" EP. This alongside with the
many other aliases and collaborations (Fire & Ice,
Planisphere...), and the development of Bonzai records
outside Belgium (UK, Germany, Italy and many other
countries) made his career take off in 1999.
Releases were just dropping like rain on Scotland, that
made him hit dance top tens and dj charts several times.
Versatile in the studio, also extremely gifted as a
producer, he's of that generation that breaks boundaries by
doing any kind of music, whether it's house, chill-out,
trance, progressive, techno. Virtually any dj has played a
record of his in the last ten years, seeing him championed
by the likes of Oakenfold, Paul van Dyk, John 00 Fleming,
Tiësto, Armin, Judge Jules and many, many more.
"Believe", his very first critically acclaimed artist
album, was released at the end of 2002. A much better (and
of course updated) version of it "I want to believe", that
in a way "looped the loop" was released in 2003 and
confirmed the successful career that he had already
achieved.
But he always wants much more...
Because of all this knowledge, because of all the endless
possibilities he feels he has as a musician, he put
together a new concept as a performer in order to promote
his 3CD album "Trilogique", a perfect definition of
versatility, bringing the audience 3 different tastes of
electronic music into one single package, and showing how
much difference matters. As guided by the Greater God like
he uses to say, he developed the Triloset, a combination of
dj'ing with totally improvised keyboard parts on top of
them, which led him to promote Trilosets first instead of
Dj'ing, although the audience had seen him DJ worldwide
since 2000, with many gigs in England, Scotland, Japan,
Korea, New Zealand, Canada, Netherlands, Spain, Finland,
Norway, Switzerland, South Africa...
The brand new Triloset concept led him to countries he had
never been before, with the likes of Turkey, Qatar, USA,
Ukraine, Estonia, Lithuania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovakia,
and many others, finally having the Airwave treatment they
deserved!!
Today, Laurent's discography counts no less than 500
productions, a lot of them being collaborations and remix
works for the biggest superstars of nowaday's dance scene
(Armin van Buuren, Tiësto, Judge Jules, Markus Schulz,
M.I.K.E, Yves Deruyter just to name a few). Time saw him
finally running Bonzai Records with his long time partners
and friends, and also expanding his knowledge of acoustics
in order to develop his producer career, as a sound
designer among others.
And God only knows what tomorrow will be made of for
Airwave, but keep in mind that the boy does deliver
whatever happens, this for ten years already, with a huge
passion and a huge amount of fans pushing his back up to
the top electronic musicians hall of fame.
Facts:
Official
Name: Laurent
Véronnez
Place / Date
of Birth: Brussels, 1977 December 10th
Status: married
City of
residence + Country: Brussels, Belgium
Loves: his beloved wife, people, his fans,
gaming & above all MUSIC!
Is
also:
Vegetarian, Healthy, Impatient, and Extremely Lunatic, but
also courageous and polite and absolutely not
single-minded.