Leeroy Thornhill is a British

United Kingdom

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 electronic music

Electronic music

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 artist

Musician

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 and formerly a rave dancer and live keyboardist

Keyboardist

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 of the British rave act The Prodigy

The Prodigy

The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree, Essex. Along with Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, and other acts, The Prodigy have been credited as pioneers of the big beat genre, which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s...

. He has produced solo work under the names Longman and Flightcrank. He was born in Barking but raised in Rayne

Rayne, Essex

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 near Braintree

Braintree, Essex

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 in Essex

Essex

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, and grew up as a football

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 and James Brown fan. Thornhill joined The Prodigy along with Keith Flint

Keith Flint

Keith Charles Flint is a dancer and vocalist of the British Electronica band The Prodigy.- Early life :Flint was born in Redbridge, London, England, to Clive & Yvonne Flint and initially raised in East London; in the mid-1970s his parents moved out to Springfield, Essex, but due to his parents'...

 after they met Liam Howlett

Liam Howlett

Liam Paris Howlett known as Liam Howlett , is a member of the English band The Prodigy, occasional DJ, and a music producer.-Life and career:...

 at a local rave club

Nightclub

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. Both were dancers for the band's live show

Concert

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. Thornhill's height is 6 foot 7 inches (200 cm), a whole foot taller than Flint who is 5 foot 7 inches (170 cm) and his style of dance can be described as a 'technical running on the spot'. This style of dance has reportedly had a major influence in the development of the Melbourne Shuffle

Melbourne Shuffle

The Melbourne Shuffle is a rave and club dance that originated in the late 1980s in the underground rave music scene in Melbourne, Australia. The basic movements in the dance are a fast heel-and-toe action with a style suitable for various types of electronic music. Some variants incorporate arm...

 underground rave dance style, and thus Thornhill was interviewed for the underground dance documentary 'Melbourne Shuffler' to talk about his dancing.

In 2000 Thornhill left the band and went on to make various EPs

Gramophone record

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 under the guises of Longman and Flightcrank, however these projects never saw any substantial success. He now DJs

Disc jockey

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 at large venues and is still in touch with The Prodigy. During The Prodigy's 'Their Law' tour Thornhill was the DJ support act at several venues. He also works as a regular DJ. He also remix

Remix

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ed tracks for other artists, such as the Italian

Italian people

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 Subsonica

Subsonica

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's Nuvole Rapide.

Thornhill is currently working with Hyper

DJ Hyper

DJ Hyper is a British DJ, producer and remixer who has releases on labels such as Distinct'ive Breaks Records, Bedrock Records, and Positiva Recordings. He has done remixes for artists such as BT and Paul Van Dyk. He has also performed as a band under the Hyper moniker, featuring Prodigy members...

 and appears on their live shows. He appeared at the V Festival

V Festival

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 in 2007 in Chelmsford

Chelmsford

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, Essex.

His latest project is the creation of Nu skool breaks

Nu skool breaks

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 record label Electric Tastebuds. He has recently signed breakbeat act The Wrongstar Society

The Wrongstar Society

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 to the label.

In October 2008, a music video was created for "Everything U Need", a track by Thornhill's Smash Hi-Fi project. The video was Directed by Philip Carrer

Philip Carrer

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 and Bleeding Apple

Bleeding Apple

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.