Jordan Suckley is a British

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, DJ and producer from

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, England, who has composed and remixed notable tracks on albums that have reached No. 1 on the US iTunes Dance Charts.Trance Hu
Interview with Jordan Suckley
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Northern Lights Re-Lit
/ref> Suckley is most well known for his

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tracks which have garnered acclaim from Armin van Buuren,

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and others who have found success in the genre.

Music career

When Suckley was 18, he attended

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for a degree in business. While attending university, he entered and won a DJ competition which the prize was playing at Cream in

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Exclusive Interview with Jordan Suckley
/ref> After his first set, Suckley began DJing a few smaller gigs, until eventually he met a promoter at an Eddie Halliwell event in Bristol. He gave the promoter a demo mix and within a few days, the promoter called and offered to book him for a Gatecrasher tour in

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for

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. In 2009, he was picked up by

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and began touring around the

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; performing at various venues and small shows. In 2010, while on a flight to play at PlanetLove at

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, Suckley met

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on his flight. They engaged in conversation, during which

asked if Suckley would be interested in remixing a track from one of Emery's most popular albums ''Northern Lights''. On 18 March 2011 the album was released entitled ''Northern Lights Re-Lit'' with remixes by acts including himself,

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, John O’Callaghan,

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and

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. The album, within hours of release, became No.1 on the US

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Dance Chart. On 28 February 2012,

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announced that Suckley would be joining a new line up of DJs for the new ''In New DJs We Trust'' with B.Traits, Mosca and Julio Bashmore hosting shows on a four weekly rotation. This new schedule took effect on Monday, 2 April 2012. In April, 2013 Suckley collaborated with Simon Patterson to present their creation 'Vanilla', released on Spinnin's

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. At the album's release, it garnered support from many music industry leaders and was rated in the top 5 of Beatport and Trackitdown charts. In 2019, Suckley started his new, progressive and tech, side project called Chester Cat.

Discography

Albums

*2014 - ''Goodgreef Future Trance'' –

*2016 - ''Damaged Australia V1'' - Damaged Recordings *2017 - ''Damaged Asia V1'' - Damaged Recordings *2019 - ''Damaged 100'' - Damaged Recordings

Singles and contributions

*2008 – Ben Nicky vs Jordan Suckley – Future Creature – Abstract Recordings *2008 – Savage – Abstract Recordings *2008 – Trusty Rusty – Infexious Recordings *2008 – Mac and Taylor and Jordan Suckley – Animal – Infexious Recordings *2009 – Flames! – Goodgreef Digital *2009 – From Paradise! – Goodgreef Digital *2009 – The Storm! – Goodgreef Digital, Global Sounds *2010 – We Are 10 – Goodgreef Digital *2010 – Tarzan –

*2010 – Lush! –

*2010 – The Hooded Claw –

*2010 – Patience/Chariot of the Gods – Liquid Recordings *2010 – Out Cold – Goodgreef Digital *2011 – The Slug – Goodgreef Digital *2011 – Jordan Suckley featuring Lisa Cowell – Latvian Sun – Reset Records *2011 – 23! –

*2011 – Jordan Suckley featuring Nasa – Rokit –

*2011 – Amar La Vida –

*2012 – Spooked – Liquid Recordings *2012 – Sunkissed – Liquid Recordings *2012 – Prisoner – Discover *2012 – Jordan Suckley featuring Leanne Thomas – Thunder – Night Vision *2013 – Simon Patterson and Jordan Suckley – Vanilla – Reset Recordings *2013 – Do or Die – Perfecto Fluoro *2013 – Santa Cruz – Liquid Recordings *2013 – Adam Ellis and Jordan Suckley – Mandarine / Take No Prisoners – Subculture *2014 – Jordan Suckley and Eddie Bitar – Centipede – Damaged Records *2014 – Jordan Suckley and Paul Webster – Help! – Damaged Records *2014 – Contaminated – Damaged Records – Black Hole Recordings *2014 – Access –

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*2014 – Elation – Damaged Records – Black Hole Recordings *2015 – Medic – Damaged Records – BLack Hole Recordings *2015 – Droid – Damaged Records – Black Hole Recordings *2015 – Who Cares – Damaged Records – Black Hole Recordings *2016 – Tiësto – Suburban Train (Jordan Suckley Remix) – Black Hole Recordings *2016 – Jordan Suckley and Sam Jones – Hijacker – Black Hole Recordings *2016 – Liquid Soul and Zyce featuring Solar Kid – Anjuna (Jordan Suckley Remix) – Black Hole Recordings *2016 – Jordan Suckley – Ritual – Damaged Records – Black Hole Recordings *2016 – Jordan Suckley and Sam Jones – Wilma – Damadeg Records – Black Hole Recordings *2017 – Jordan Suckley – Suspect 1 – Damaged Records – Black Hole Recordings *2017 – Jordan Suckley and Kutski – Survelliance – Damaged Records – Black Hole Recordings *2018 – Jordan Suckley and

Ferry Corsten Ferry Corsten OON (; born 4 December 1973) is a Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer. He is well known for producing many pioneering trance tracks during the 1990s–2000s under his numerous aliases, including System F, Moonman, Pulp Victim an ...

– Rosetta – Flashover Recordings *2018 – Jordan Suckley – C.Y.M. – A State of Trance *2018 – Jordan Suckley – Rocket Punch – Damaged Records – Black Hole Recordings *2018 – Jordan Suckley and Paul van Dyk – Accelerator – Vandvit *2019 – Jordan Suckely – Moskva – Damaged Records – Black Hole Recordings *2019 – Major League – Wonder? (Jordan Suckley Remix) – Damaged Records – Black Hole Recordings *2019 – Markus Schulz Pres. Dakota – The Spirit of the Warrior (Jordan Suckley Remix) – Coldharbour Recordings *2020 - Jordan Suckley & Sam Jones - Space Jam - Damaged *2020 - Jordan Suckley - Another Dimension - Vandit *2020 - Jordan Suckley - Hold Me - Pure Trance Neon *2020 - Jordan Suckley & onTune - Tranceformations Anthem 2020 - Damaged *2021 - Jordan Suckley - Just A Dream - Vandit *2021 - Jordan Suckley & Clara Yates - Let Me Be Your Fantasy - Damaged *2021 - Jordan Suckley - Retro Tech - Damaged *2022 - Jordan Suckley - Cruise Control/ Break The Spell - Damaged *2022 - Jordan Suckley - Palermo / Summer Kicks - Damaged *2022 - Jordan Suckley - Tribal Sense - Vandit *2022 - Waves_On_Waves & Jordan Suckley - Sandcastle - Severe Records

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Suckley, Jordan 1985 births English electronic musicians Living people Musicians from Liverpool English electronic dance music DJs English radio DJs English record producers