Corey Soljan (born 30 July 1987 in

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), better known by his artistic name Code Black, is an Australian

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- DJ and music producer. 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. His initial claim to fame was with "Red Planet" in 2011 and "Can't Hold Me Back" in 2012. He has played at various events including

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, HardBass, Decibel, Euphoria and both of the

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music festivals held in The Netherlands and Australia. He mainly produces and plays euphoric

tracks, but also produces and plays some rawstyle tracks. Code Black's solo career began when he was signed to the label

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at the end of 2011. His first solo release, "Red Planet" in the same year, had great success within the

community. Arguably his most successful release, "Brighter Day" in 2013, reached number 28 on the Dutch Dance Chart. In 2013, he was listed as the 15th best DJ on the Australian "National Top 50 DJs" list. In addition, he joined

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's label,

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. In 2014, he was listed in ''DJ Mag'''s list for the first time as a new entry at number 92 and was named as "a breakout artist" by

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.DJ Mag: Code Black page
/ref> In 2015, Bioweapon got back together for a short tour after 4 years of silence. Today, it is part of the "I am hardstyle" label with Brennan Heart, Toneshifterz, The Pitcher and Aftershock.

Discography

Albums

2019 * Journey

EPs

2012 * Activated / Your Moment (with Wasted Penguinz) 2018 * Chapter 1 * Chapter 2 * Chapter 3

Singles

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

) * Accelerate (Official XXlerator Anthem 2014) (with

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) * Starting Over (with

) * Unleash The Beast (Defqon.1 Australia Anthem 2014) * Tonight Will Never Die (Audiotricz Remix) (with

) 2015 * Draw Me Closer * Accelerate (Darren Styles Edit) (with

) * 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

and Jonathan Mendelsohn) 2018 * Sparks (with Darren Styles) 2019 * GTFO (with Hard Driver) 2020 * Shake Ya Shimmy (with Da Tweekaz) * F*CK YEAH!!! (with

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, and Toneshifterz) * All Or Nothing (whit

and Toneshifterz)

On Albums

2018 * Before You Go (with Toneshifterz, on Toneshifterz - ''Shifting To The Source'')

On Compilations

2012 * About The Music (with Toneshifterz, on ''Hard With Style'') 2013 * Running Late (Brennan Heart & Code Black MF Earthquake Rawmix) (with

, on ''Be Yourself Dance Vol. 2'') 2016 * Survive (with DV8 Rocks! and Zany, on ''Gary D. pres. 50 D.Techno Traxx'')

Remixes

2012 * Black & White - Get Ya Hands Up 2017 * Gareth Emery ft. Christina Novelli - Concrete Angel (with

Coone Koen Bauweraerts (born 30 May 1983), better known by his stage name Coone, is a Belgian hardstyle producer and DJ. Career Coone first started producing in 1998 at age 15. He released his first EP in 2002, "Protect The Innocent". Under the p ...

) 2020 * Let There Be Light, Code Black remix (with Audiotricz)

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