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Although invariably associated with Belgium, CJ Bolland was, in fact, born in the UK, and it was England that provided his first musical influence. "It was when I was two, and I fell in love with the Doctor Who theme tune. I just loved the fat electronic sounds," says CJ. But the Bolland family moved to Antwerp, Belgium when CJ was aged three, and it was the Belgian new wave and 'body music' scenes that had the greatest impact on CJ's career. "In the '80s the Belgian underground scene revolved round new wave, electro and body music (Front 242, Neon Judgement, The Klinik), and I followed it religiously." Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC about a mysterious time-travelling adventurer known only as The Doctor. It is also the title of a 1996 television movie featuring the same character. ... The Cathedral of our Lady (Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp) in the Handschoenmarkt, in the old quarter of Antwerp is the largest cathedral in the Low Countries and home to a number of triptychs by Renaissance Belgian painter Rubens. ... The term New Wave has been used to describe several movements in art. ... Electro is either a) a prefix used to indicate a relationship to electricity, as in electro-mechanical, or electro-magnet, or b) a stand-alone word. ... Front 242 is a pioneering Belgian electronic music group that came into prominence during the 1980s. ... Klinik is an industrial music band from Belgium, originally formed in 1981 or 1982 by EBM, electro-synthpop practitioner Marc Verhaeghen, who is the only constant member. ...

This love of electronic music was to strongly colour CJ's production career, which began in the mid-'80s. His early efforts were aired on Belgium's Liasons Dangereuses radio show: "I was featured every week with my home demo tracks. We had chats on air with the public on the progress of the music. It was great; direct feedback and my music going out to thousands when I was a spotty kid."

It was, however, when someone sent a tape to Ghent-based techno imprint, R&S, that things really started to happen for CJ. "Someone sent R&S a tape recorded from a radio show I did. They liked it and invited me to check out the R&S lab. The first day I was there I spent 32 hours in the studio jamming with the big don himself, Renaat. The fact that I was not gonna leave without him kicking me out, impressed him somewhat and he signed me up. The best day of my life! The next five years where the most pleasurable and productive ones of my career." Ghent (Gent in Dutch, Gand in French, formerly Gaunt in English) is a city located in Flanders, Belgium. ...

The first release on R&S was 'Do That Dance' in 1989, and the subsequent five years were certainly productive with CJ recording a string of singles as The Project, Pulse, Sonic Solution, Ravesignal, Space Opera, Schism and of course CJ Bolland. It was during this period that CJ recorded the best-known records of his career, the turbo charged rave anthem 'Horsepower', on '91's 'Ravesignal III' EP, and '92's 'Fourth Sign' LP which included the hypnotic 'Camargue', and the galloping 'Night Breed'. CJ was also DJing regularly in the UK alongside some of the biggest names on the techno scene: "At the time I was so busy banging out tracks that I didn't look back. I knew by playing them out that they were liked and enjoyed on the dancefloor; naturally that feels pretty good, and makes you want to work even harder. I was playing the UK approximately three times a week and was very influenced by the UK's finest - Dave Angel, Cisco Fereirra, Luke Slater." Influenced he may have been but tracks like 'Horsepower' were to prove as influential as other benchmark early '90s' R&S releases like Joey Beltram's 'Energy Flash', Human Resource's 'Dominator', or Outlander's 'The Vamp'. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

A second album for R&S was to follow - '95's 'Electronic Highway' - but by late 1994, CJ had already left R&S to sign an exclusive 5-album deal with Internal/Polygram. The first of these LPs was '96's 'The Analogue Theatre', but it was a single from the same year that catapulted CJ into the stratosphere. That record was 'Sugar Is Sweeter' which reached number one in the US and number 11 in the UK singles chart. But CJ sees this as having a negative effect on his career: "Things got really confusing when I left R&S records, especially when I had a number one in the USA with 'Sugar Is Sweeter'. It affected my career drastically and mostly in a negative way. The crossover potential had been made apparent, and it became harder and harder for me to make the music I wanted because of record company pressure. I could have easily cashed in and made a few follow-ups, but it went against all my feelings to do so. The result was that my following two albums never got released due to the lack of a crossover track. I spent nearly four years producing what I consider to be some of my best shit to date and it never got fucking released. It almost destroyed me, but I wasn't gonna let that happen!" 1994 (MCMXCIV in Roman) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... PolyGram was the name from 1972 of the major label recording company started by Philips as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. ... United States may refer to: Places: United States of America SS United States, the fastest ocean liner ever built. ... The UK Singles Chart is currently compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC) on behalf of the British record industry. ...

It is, however, during this time that CJ performed some of his most high profile remixes including reworks for Depeche Mode, Moby, acid house pioneers Phuture, Orbital, Sven V䴨, The Prodigy's 'No Good', and Tori Amos amongst others. Depeche Mode is a synth rock band from the town of Basildon, England, originally founded in 1980. ... Moby (born Richard Melville Hall on September 11, 1965 in Harlem, New York City) is an American electronic musician. ... Phuture (known as Phuture 303 since 1996) are a musical group. ... The term orbital has several meanings: In physics and chemistry it is used to describe an atomic electron configuration, see also molecular orbital and atomic orbital. ... It has been suggested that Alli Maclnnes be merged into this article or section. ... Tori Amos Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter. ...

Differences with his record company is what led CJ to set up his own label, Mole: "I felt it was time I took a more hands on approach to what happens with my music. I got sick of hoping stuff would get released. Now I truly can be free in my music and can decide when and what goes out there," he says adding "the only thing I can be certain of is that it brings freedom, and that freedom allows me to be creative again. It's that same frame of mind that the first five years at R&S allowed me to have, when there were no trends or trains to spot, because we were still inventing them. Now I can start inventing all over again, and don't have to answer to anybody."