Jonny L, real name John Lisners, is a British

United Kingdom

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 drum and bass

Drum and bass

Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...

 producer

Record producer

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. He has also released music

Music

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 under the alias

Stage name

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 of Mr. L.

Biography

He first came to prominence with the rave

Rave music

Rave music may either refer the late 1980s genre or any genre of electronic dance music that may be played at an electronic dance party such as a rave. Very rarely, the term is used to refer to less electronic related genres glam, powerpop, psychedelic rock and dub music parties...

 single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 "Hurt You So" in 1992. He signed to XL Recordings

XL Recordings

XL Recordings is a British independent record label owned by Richard Russell. It originated as a 1989 offshoot of Beggars Banquet Records.Though only releasing an average of six albums a year, XL Recordings has worked with The Prodigy, Radiohead, The White Stripes, Dizzee Rascal, M.I.A., Vampire...

, the same label as 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...

 and SL2

SL2

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. He produced more rave singles such as "Ooh I Like It".

In 1995, he changed direction making drum and bass records

Gramophone record

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, beginning with "I'm Leavin'". With that he produced two other EPs before his first album

Album

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 Sawtooth in 1997. From this album, the hit

Hit record

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 single, "Piper" proved to be a success even though it was extreme in its sound, although on the album there were other electro-influenced tracks. By 1998 the next album, Magnetic, carried on in a similar vein.

He left XL to form his own record label

Record label

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, Piranhna Records. Another album, 27 Hours A Day followed with the George W. Bush

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 sampled single "Let's Roll

Let's roll

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".

Jonny also produced Truesteppers

Truesteppers

True Steppers were a British UK garage production duo, consisting of Jonny Lisners and Andy Lysandrou.They had success with Dane Bowers on "Buggin'", which reached #6 in the UK Singles Chart in April 2000....

' "Out Of Your Mind", the hit single featuring Dane Bowers

Dane Bowers

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 and Victoria Beckham

Victoria Beckham

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, and also produced "Who Do You Think You Are" and "Do It Till We Drop" for S Club's 2002 album, Seeing Double

Seeing Double (album)

# Featured in the film Seeing Double# Love Ain't Gonna Wait for You was later covered by the group American Juniors.# The Greatest was originally sung by the group Scene 23...

.

Jonny produced a track called "1 N 2" for Hospital Records

Hospital Records

Hospital Records is an independent record label based in South London. Primarily releasing Drum and bass, the label was started in 1996 by Tony Colman and Chris Goss, and has grown in recent years to become one of the most well known labels within UK dance music...

, Sick Music 2 compilation album

Compilation album

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, released on 26 April 2010.

Albums and EPs

• 1996 "Jonny L" - EP
• 1996 "2 of Us" - EP
• 1996 "This Time" - EP
• 1997 Sawtooth - Album
• 1998 Magnetic - Album
• 2000 True Stepping - Album
• 2003 27 Hours a Day - Album

Singles

• 1993 "Ooh I Like It" UK
  UK Singles Chart
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   #73
• 1994 "Make Me Work"
• 1995 "Microdaze"
• 1995 "I'm Leaving"
• 1997 "Piper"
• 1998 "Moving thru Air"
• 1998 "20 Degrees" (with Silvah Bullet) UK #66
• 1999 "Raise"
• 1999 "Running" / "Spike"
• 1999 "Selecta"
• 2002 "Dirt" / "Trouble"
• 2002 "Synchronize" / "Phreak"
• 2003 "Let's Roll"
• 2003 "Airwaves"
• 2003 "27 Hours a Day - Part 2"
• 2005 "Back to Your Roots" (ft. Bradley Mcintosh - S Club 7)
• 2009 "Evah" / "Microdaze"
• 2010 "1 N 2" (for Sick Music 2 on Hospital Records)
• 2011 "The Rave" / "Boy"

External links

• Jonny L's website