Julian Jordan

Biography

Julian Dobbenberg (born 20 August 1995), known professionally as Julian Jordan, is a Dutch DJ, remixer, and record producer from Apeldoorn. He is best known for the songs "Kangaroo" with Sander van Doorn and "BFAM" with Martin Garrix.

Life and career

As a child, Dobbenberg developed a passion for music. At the age of five, he took lessons at a music school and was interested in various percussion instruments. At the age of 14, he produced his first song "Yxalag" and published it on the internet. The song had attracted the attention of a few record labels. In 2012, he released the songs "Travel B" and "Lynxed" on the labels Suit Records and Plasmapool, respectively.
Before graduating from school, he signed a contract with Spinnin' Records, a then-independent Dutch record label. During this period, his music was characterized as electro and progressive house. Through Spinnin', he met and befriended Martin Garrix, who studied at Herman Brood Academy. That year, he released his debut single with Spinnin' titled "Rock Steady×Rock Steady19 March 2012 · ReleaseSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Rock Steady7:04", after which he also named his radio program Rock Steady Radio. He was later named by MTV as an artist to watch.
On 20 August 2012, he collaborated with Sander van Doorn to release the single "Kangaroo". That year in November, he released the single "BFAM" with Garrix. The song title is an acronym for "brother from another mother". In 2013, Dobbenberg released the singles "Ramcar" and "Childish Grandpa×Childish Grandpa15 July 2013 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Childish Grandpa4:38". The latter was created in collaboration with TV Noise. In 2014, a collaboration with German DJ duo Twoloud was released. The title was called "Rockin×Rockin14 February 2014 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Rockin (original mix)4:39" and the song was released on 14 February 2014.
On 16 February 2015, the song "Rage" was released as a single. It is a collaboration with Van Doorn and Dutch DJ duo Firebeatz. In May 2015, the single "Blinded By the Light×Blinded by the Light18 May 2015 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Blinded by the Light4:262Blinded by the Light (radio edit)3:14" was released. Dobbenberg later released the song "Lost Words×Lost Words28 August 2015 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Lost Words5:10" on Spinnin' Records. In 2016, Dobbenberg announced his termination of contract with Spinnin'. He later signed with Hardwell's Revealed Recordings with his debut single with the label being titled "Pilot×Pilot18 April 2016 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Pilot2:33", which was released on 4 April 2016. "A Thousand Miles×A Thousand Miles15 July 2016 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1A Thousand Miles3:15", a single released by Dobbenberg featuring singer Ruby Prophet, was his debut on his own record label Goldkid, which is an imprint of Armin van Buuren's Armada Music. Following the song, he released "Rebound" and "Midnight Dancers". Later that year, he collaborated with Garrix again to release the single "Welcome", which was included on Garrix's Seven EP and Dobbenberg's debut studio album It's Julian Jordan×It's Julian Jordan23 December 2016 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 17 tracks1Like It or Not (Joris Voorn remix)3:242Meteora3:473Yebisah3:214Set My Mind3:505A Thousand Miles3:156Lift3:217Memory3:038Crocodile Tears3:269Find Love3:2410How It Goes2:4011Pilot2:3312Ghetto3:1513Welcome3:0514Roll Up4:0315Rebound3:3816Midnight Dancers3:2417It's Julian Jordan (Full Continuous mix)1:01:00, which was released in December. "Find Love" was released as a single from the album.

In 2017, he released the songs "Always" and "Say Love×Say Love24 February 2017 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 1 track1Say Love2:40". He also re-designed his record label "Goldkid" and released "Saint" and "Chinook×Chinook14 July 2017 · SingleSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracks1Chinook2:492Chinook (extended mix)3:46" as singles. In September that year, he released the song "Night of the Crowd" as a collaboration with Steff Da Campo. Another single was released that year titled "Light Years Away", which was recorded with TYMEN. He was placed 94th on the 2017 DJ Mag Top 100 DJs poll. He became a resident DJ at Omnia at Caesars Palace.

Remixes

2012

Lights – "Banner" (Julian Jordan Remix)
Sander van Doorn and Mayaeni – "Nothing Inside" (Julian Jordan Remix)
Labyrinth – "Treatment" (Julian Jordan Remix)
DJ Fresh featuring RaVaughn – "The Feeling" (Julian Jordan Remix)
Neil Davidge – "To Galaxy" (Julian Jordan & Sander van Doorn Remix)
Matt Nash and Dave Silcox – "Praise You" (Julian Jordan Remix)
2017

Armin van Buuren - This Is A Test (Julian Jordan Remix)
Martin Garrix featuring Troye Sivan – "There for You" (Julian Jordan Remix)
2018

LNY TNZ featuring Laurell & Mann – "After Midnight" (Julian Jordan Remix)
2019

Martin Garrix and Matisse & Sadko featuring Michel Zitron – "Hold On" (Julian Jordan Remix)
2020

NOTD and Nina Nesbitt - "Cry Dancing" (Julian Jordan Remix)
2022

Illenium and Said the Sky - "I See You" (Julian Jordan Remix)