Liam Howlett

English record producer and musician (born 1971)

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Liam Paul Paris Howlett (born 21 August 1971) is an English songwriter, record producer, musician, and DJ. He is the founder, songwriter, and leader of the British electronic band The Prodigy.

Early years

Liam Paul Paris Howlett was born on 21 August 1971 in Braintree, Essex, England. Howlett was trained in classical piano from childhood.

Music career

The Prodigy

Howlett formed the Prodigy in 1990.

Other musical projects

In 1998, Howlett was offered the chance to create a mix for Mary Anne Hobbs' radio show. His mix featured his favourite tracks and was released in edited form, because of copyright issues, in February 1999. The mix was the first material to be recorded in his then new home-studio "The Dirtchamber" and was named The Prodigy present The Dirtchamber Sessions Volume One.

In 1999, Howlett composed music for the film The Uranus Experiment, which was described as an "anal space opera" and featured the first sex scene to be shot in microgravity.

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 tracks and also included an otherwise unreleased The Prodigy track called "Wake the Fuck Up" which had been performed as an introduction during The Prodigy's live concerts.

Howlett was a co-producer on the track "Immunize" from Australian drum and bass act Pendulum's third 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. He also produced the song "Stop, Focus" from the same EP.

On 30 March 2022, it was announced that Howlett would compose the musical score for the Netflix film Choose or Die.