Code Black (DJ)
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Code Black | |
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 Corey Soljan at Airbeat One 2015 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Corey Soljan |
| Also known as | Code Black |
| Born | 1987 (age 37–38) Sydney, Australia |
| Origin | Australia |
| Genres | Hardstyle |
| Occupations | |
| Instruments | |
| Years active | 2011-present |
| Labels | WE R Music |
| Website | CodeBlackMedia.nl |
Corey Soljan (born 1987 in Sydney), better known by his artistic name Code Black, is an Australian hardstyle-DJ and music producer.[1]
As a member of the act Bioweapon, along with Audiofreq, he travelled the world. Finding success in the Netherlands, he began a solo career stopping his duo act in 2011. He has played at various events including Mysteryland, Tomorrowland, HardBass, Decibel, Euphoria and both of the Defqon.1 music festivals held in The Netherlands and Australia.[2] He mainly produces and plays euphoric hardstyle tracks, but also produces and plays some rawstyle tracks.
Code Black's solo career began when he was signed to the label Fusion Records at the end of 2011. His first solo release, "Red Planet" in the same year, had great success within the hardstyle community. Arguably his most successful release, "Brighter Day" in 2013, reached number 28 on the Dutch Dance Chart.[3]
In 2012 Code Black performed a mix on the Kutski show for BBC Radio 1.[4] In 2013, he was listed as the 15th best DJ on the Australian "National Top 50 DJs" list.[5] In addition, he joined Brennan Heart's label, WE R Music.[6] In 2014, he was listed in DJ Mag's top DJ list for the first time as a new entry at number 92.[7] His 2017 remix of the Gareth Emery track "Concrete Angel", co-produced with Coone, was named as the Mixmag "Tune of the Month" for September.[8] In 2023 he debuted the "darker, rougher" "Blackout" project at EDC Las Vegas, playing the wasteLAND stage.[9][10]
In 2015, Bioweapon got back together for a short tour after 4 years of silence.[citation needed] In 2025 Bioweapon announced the release of their 14-track album Time Capsule, which revitalizes the "old familiar" hardstyle sound.[11]
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]2018
EPs
[edit]2012
- Activated / Your Moment (with Wasted Penguinz)
2018
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
Singles
[edit]2011
- Visions
- Red Planet
2012
- F.E.A.R.
- Can't Hold Me Back
- About The Music
2013
- Brighter Day
- R.E.V.O.L.U.T.I.O.N.
- I.N.C.O.N.T.R.O.L.
- Feels Good
2014
- Pandora
- Tonight Will Never Die (with Brennan Heart)
- Accelerate (Official XXlerator Anthem 2014) (with Atmozfears)
- Starting Over (with Atmozfears)
- Unleash The Beast (Defqon.1 Australia Anthem 2014)[14]
- Tonight Will Never Die (Audiotricz Remix) (with Brennan Heart)
2015
- Draw Me Closer
- Accelerate (Darren Styles Edit) (with Atmozfears)
- New World (ft. Chris Madin)
- End Like This (with Wasted Penguinz, ft. Insali)
- Kick It Up Now (with Toneshifterz)
- Triangle
- Predator
2016
- See The Light (with Da Tweekaz and Paradise)
- Dragonblood (Defqon.1 Australia Anthem 2016) (with Audiofreq and Toneshifterz)
- Are You Ready
2017
- Wild Ones
- Broken (with Brennan Heart and Jonathan Mendelsohn)
2018
- Sparks (with Darren Styles)
2019
- GTFO (with Hard Driver)
- Lowr U Go[15]
2020
- Shake Ya Shimmy (with Da Tweekaz)
- F*CK YEAH!!! (with Timmy Trumpet, Will Sparks, and Toneshifterz)
- All Or Nothing (whit Atmozfears and Toneshifterz)
On Albums
[edit]2018
- Before You Go (with Toneshifterz, on Toneshifterz - Shifting To The Source)
On Compilations
[edit]2012
- About The Music (with Toneshifterz, on Hard With Style)
2013
- Running Late (Brennan Heart & Code Black MF Earthquake Rawmix) (with Brennan Heart, on Be Yourself Dance Vol. 2)
2016
- Survive (with DV8 Rocks! and Zany, on Gary D. pres. 50 D.Techno Traxx)
Remixes
[edit]2012
- Black & White - Get Ya Hands Up
2017
2020
- Let There Be Light, Code Black remix (with Audiotricz)
References
[edit]- ^ "Code Black". UK Festivals Guide. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ Partyflock.nl: Code Black
- ^ DutchCharts.nl: Code Black - "Brighter Day" page
- ^ "BBC Radio 1 - Radio 1's Residency, Kutski with Code Black and Andy Whitby". BBC. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald: Who is Australia's number one DJ?
- ^ WE R Music Artists: Code Black
- ^ McGraw, Euan (2014). "Code Black - Top 100 DJs 2014". DJ Mag. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ a b Whitby, Andy (September 2017). "Tune of the Month". Mixmag (316).
- ^ Hawn, Jaide (2 June 2023). "Code Black Dimmed Lights to Unveil His BLACKOUT Project". EDM Identity. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ Hawn, Jaide (26 May 2023). "Six Fantastic Moments at EDC Las Vegas 2023". EDM Identity. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ Wouter de Vink (9 January 2025). "Audiofreq & Code Black finally release their Bioweapon album". Hard News. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ Köbel, Adam (4 September 2018). "Code Black's 'Journey' Tells the Story of His Musical Self-Reinvention in Hardstyle". EDM Identity. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ Mandel, Alan (16 October 2018). "Code Black Dives Deep Into The Future of Hardstyle". EDM.com. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ "Code Black – Unleash The Beast". HardStyleMag.com. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ Whitby, Andy (April 2019). "Lowr U Go". Mixmag. 335.
External links
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- Code Black discography at Discogs
- Code Black at AllMusic
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