To listen to Billy Gillies is to capture true joy, because every song he produces and DJ set he performs radiates pure passion and vibrant spirit.

 

The Northern Irishman’s blend of quirky Eurodance synths, uplifting trance grandeur and hard-hitting bass rhythms goes beyond catchy melodies and expert timing, as breakout hits “Lagoon” and “Youth” tap into the very essence of what makes a night spent on the dancefloor with your best mates such a special experience.

 

That’s why he’s earned more than 145 million views on TikTok, filled a Creamfields tent with thousands of ravers at 1 p.m. on a Sunday, and why he’s managed to get an official remix of Madison Avenue’s 1999 hit “Don’t Call Me Baby” after ripping the iconic vocal off the internet.

 

Crowds chant his name from Taiwan to Texas because Billy Gillies dares to do something different; something unique to himself. Now, Billy Gillies is the next superstar-DJ-in-the-making, poised to take over the world.

 

Billy’s musical obsession started in the 2000s when his older sister started buying Clubland compilation CDs and dating a local DJ. One night, the boyfriend came over and brought his decks, but when the couple left to go dancing, 11-year-old Billy snuck into his sister’s room and started playing with the turntables.

 

“I was like, ‘what is this music? I love this,’” he laughs. “On the Christmas list for that year was a set of decks.”

 

His mom delivered with his first set of Kam belt drives, and Billy’s been mad for mixing ever since. Each Saturday, he’d head out of the house with a five Pound note and spend it on a new record (Tiesto’s Traffic being particularly influential). In turn, he’d spend the next week learning to mix that record in and out of his steadily growing collection.

 

When he was 17, he got his first taste of true Clubland. A year underaged, he caught an hour-long bus from Belfast to Banbridge and talked his way into a club called Coach. Japanese DJ Yoji Biomehanika and the UK’s own Lisa Lashes dropped heavy hard-house records all night, and Billy started dreaming of his own chance to rock a crowd, proper.

 

He knew that if he wanted to be an in-demand DJ, he’d have to come up with some original songs. In 2011, he locked himself in his bedroom with a copy of Ableton Live and didn’t come out until he’d mastered the basic trance sound.

 

He fell in love with music production and started sending his tracks to BBC Radio 1 DJ Judge Jules, who played them on his show every Friday night. For 19-year-old Billy, there was nothing better.

 

After spending much of his 20s as a self-described “party animal,” 28-year-old Billy once again locked himself inside his bedroom and churned out a ton of original tunes. The result? A spot on the lineup of Luminosity 2019 alongside major trance legends Paul Van Dyk, Ferry Corsten, Gareth Emery and more. He played a set of all-original material, and when a recording was posted to Soundcloud, it earned more plays than any of the headliners.

 

“I’d brung a fresh sound into the trance scene,” Gillies says. “Everyone was making the same type of thing, where I just look back at my influences growing up and crammed it into the main trance style.”

 

International booking requests flooded in, sending him to Argentina to Australia—and then COVID struck. Many of his peers saw no point releasing music to a locked-down crowd, but Billy saw a chance to experiment.

 

“People need music in hard times, not just for clubs,” he says. “The music I was making around that time was proper emotional melodies, and it was resonating with everyone.”

 

He’d share each tune in a rough clip to Facebook or TikTok, and every post brought shares in the thousands. His fan base wasn’t just growing, it was ballooning, due in part not only to his masterful skills in the studio but also his effervescent personality that spills into each tune.

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From closing for Tiesto at his sold out Kaleidoscope concert (2010), Coloursfest 2011 and Party In The Park (2012) to busting rhymes with hip-hop legends Chuck D & Professor Griff  a.k.a. Public Enemy ...

Topping the bill at cutting edge dance events and Festivals  around the world such as Colourfest, Planet Love, Inside Out, EH1 (UK) & Utopia (Australia) to playing a classic set at the massive Fantasylands and Fantazia events and even rocking the infamous READING & LEEDS ROCK FESTIVALS - just show's you how wide an appeal this man has !

Now with the launch of his latest label MLXL, gaining rave review in MIXMAG, DJ MAG & IDJ etc along with support from just about every A list DJ on the planet.

Mallorca is focusing more on developing his unique take on Electro, Tech, Trance and the harder side of Dance for his label and debut solo album "XL" smashed and his follow up album "COMPUTER GAMES" has been hailed as "THE FUCKING BEST ALBUM EVER MADE" ! lol 

The multi-talented Producer/DJ/MC has sold over 4 MILLION records worldwide making him, undeniably, Scotland's most enduring and groundbreaking underground DJ/Producer. Having released over seven artist albums and countless singles that have blazed an unmitigated trail thru acid house, rave, hip-hop, rock and pop for almost two decades.

Each week Mallorca takes his energetic DJ/MC performances around the world alongside a wide range of A list DJ's such as Slam, PVD, AVB, SVD, Mauro Picotto, Marco V, Scott Project, Yoji and Tiesto.  (Mallorca's first ever DJ set was at The Ministry Of Sound, London!) At every show, no matter how big the festival or how dark the club we are drawn into his spell and continually reminded how he won his way into our head and hearts, not to mention our record collection, in the first place.

Lets have it XL !

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