Piers Baron (born 29 October 1983) is an English musician and record producer, he has written for

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, Jetman - "Young Feathers",

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- "Never Not Part 2", and

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. He is best known for his

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music production, particularly in

drum and bass Drum and bass (also written as drum & bass or drum'n'bass and commonly abbreviated as D&B, DnB, or D'n'B) is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by fast breakbeats (typically 165–185 beats per minute) with heavy bass and sub-ba ...

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s and pop.

Career

Drum and bass

Producing music under the name "Baron", he joined up with

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and was known for dance-floor tracks, releasing "At the Drive In". His drum and bass records were featured on

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, and were successful on UK dance charts, with a number one hit, seven top tens and six top three hits. He scored a number 1 on the

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with his track "Drive In, Drive By"."Operation Pipe Dream" by Baron has been cited by

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as the driving force to him becoming a DJ.

Soundtrack

Baron has worked extensively in the soundtrack genre. His credits include ''

'', Nike - "Never Not Part 2", Jetman - "Young Feathers",

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- "The Fourth Phase", HBO's ''

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'', and the Ty Evans-directed "The Flat Earth", "We Are Blood", "The Last Maniac", and "Unbeleafable 3D".

Bleitch

Baron is one-half of electronic pop band Bleitch with

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. The band released their debut single "This Is Our Youth" in July 2014 and their follow-up single "Paint By Numbers" in May 2015.

Discography

Singles (as Piers Baron)

* 2018 - "Planet Phatt" (music from ''The Flat Earth'' - original motion picture soundtrack) * 2018 - "Leap of Faith" * 2017 - "Majesty" (music from ''The Flat Earth'' - original motion picture soundtrack) * 2017 - "Broken" (music from ''The Flat Earth'' - original motion picture soundtrack) * 2017 - "The Light Will Follow Us" * 2017 - "Lost Souls Make It" * 2017 - "Sentinel" * 2016 - "Race to Be Human" * 2016 - "The Last Night on Earth" * 2015 - "As Our Witness" * 2015 - "Cold Call" * 2014 - "Underwater Universe"

Soundtracks (as Piers Baron)

*2020 - ''Accomplice'' by Teton Gravity Research (original soundtrack composer) *2017 - ''The Flat Earth'' by Ghost Digital Cinema (original soundtrack composer) *2017 - ''Cries from Syria'' by HBO (credits song producer w/ Diane Warren & Cher) *2017 - ''Gran Turismo Sport'' by Sony (original soundtrack composer) *2016 - ''The Fourth Phase'' by Red Bull (original soundtrack composer) *2016 - ''The Last Maniac'' by Ghost Digital Cinema (original soundtrack composer) *2015 - ''Gran Turismo Sport'' by Sony (original soundtrack composer) *2015 - ''We Are Blood'' by Brainfarm (original soundtrack composer) *2015 - ''Jetman Young Feathers'' by X Dubai (original soundtrack composer) *2013 - ''Never Not Part 2'' by Nike (original soundtrack composer)

Live

*2017/18 - David Blaine Live (original soundtrack composer)

Production

*2019 - Maejor - "Nirvana" - (co-wrote and produced) *2017 - Cher - "Prayers For This World" - music from HBO's ''Cries From Syria'' (produced) *2017 - Robbie Williams - "Eyes on The Highway" (co-wrote, produced and mixed) *2017 - Robbie Williams - "Bambi" (co-wrote, produced and mixed) *2017 - Robbie Williams - "International Entertainment" (co-wrote, produced and mixed)

Singles (with Bleitch)

*2014 - "This is Our Youth" (co-wrote, produced and mixed) *2015 - "Paint by Numbers" (co-wrote, produced and mixed) *2015 - "Crime" (co-wrote, produced and mixed) *2015 - "Speaking of Moments" (co-wrote, produced and mixed)

Singles (with Maize)

*2016 - "Remember to Lose" *2016 - "Out to Find Love" *2016 - "I Like You"

Remixes (with Maize)

*2015 -

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- "Blue" (MAIZE) remix *2015 -

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- "Criminals" (MAIZE) remix *2015 -

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- "Used to Love You" (MAIZE) remix *2016 -

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- "Basically Over You" (MAIZE) remix *2016 - All Saints - "This is a War" (MAIZE) remix

Drum and bass (as Baron)

*"The Way It Was" / "Redhead" UKDance No. 2 *"Supernature" (with

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) UKDance No. 3 *'Guns at Dawn" (with

) UKDance No. 3 *"At The Drive In" / "Decade" UKDance No. 3 *"Drive In, Drive By" / "St. Elmo" UKDance No. 1 *"Endless Summer" / "Dr. Agnostic" UKDance No. 3 *"Turn up the Sun" / "Blinking with Fists" UKDance No. 4

References

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