# Mike Saint-Jules

Mike Saint-Jules (born 1983) is an American DJ and EDM producer from Long Island, New York. Known best for his remixes for artists such as Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Solarstone, Markus Schulz, and JES.

## Career

Saint-Jules began his career as both a record producer and DJ in 2004. He was first introduced to Electronic Dance Music in 2002 via a television documentary, showcasing the sounds of DJ Tiesto. As the years progressed, Saint-Jules had gained both his influences and inspirations from Artists like Andy Prinz (Astura), Ferry Corsten, Alex M.O.R.P.H. and Breakfast (Casey Keyworth).
In 2008, Saint-Jules earned wide praise for his first solo work titled, "Sunlit Clouds", which was released on Dutch Trance Artist Ferry Corsten's "Flashover Recordings". From there, Saint-Jules had proved his talents later by having the opportunity to work alongside Artists like Breakfast with their collaborative efforts for tracks titled, "Lifeforms" and "Only Two Should Know".

### Notable remixes and collaborations

In 2009, some of Saint-Jules's first notable accomplishments were remixing Ferry Corsten's 6th studio album single, "Twice In a Blue Moon" which also saw a vinyl release. Another accomplishment was having the opportunity to collaborate with Filo & Peri for a single on their debut Artist album titled, "Nightplay". The single received massive support from Artists like Paul van Dyk and Armin van Buuren.
In 2013 Saint-Jules remixed the track entitled, "Precious" by Armin van Buuren which was a single off his debut album, 76. It was first played by Armin on his world renown radio show, "A State of Trance" Episode 638. The remix was later released on the "A State of Trance 650 New Horizons" CD Box set. It has since then received long lasting support during Armin's live performances throughout the year, including his performance at Ultra Europe in July 2014.

### Black Hole Recordings

Saint-Jules is currently signed with Black Hole Recordings, where he first signed the Dutch label in 2010 with a track called, "Timeslider" under the Saint X alias. He then moved forward with additional singles under the main imprint and the sub-label imprint, "In Trance We Trust" . Some of the tracks included released are, "Flash Bomb", "The Final Frontier", "The Landing", "Belly of The Beast", and Colour (Feat. Molly Bancroft).

### CD compilation

In 2014, Saint-Jules was presented the opportunity to be one of three Artists to mix the 20th edition to the "In Trance We Trust" CD compilation in which the series began in 1998. The other Artists who mixed their own respective discs were Dutch Trance Artist Menno de Jong and Irish Trance Artist, Andrew Liggett (aka Sneijder).

### DJ performances

In 2006, Saint-Jules first started to play in clubs on Long Island and then eventually moved onto other venues based in New York City throughout the years. While not touring, Saint-Jules can regularly be seen playing at iconic New York City clubs such Cielo, Pacha, and Webster Hall. Additionally, his recent performances have brought him to cities across the United States such as San Francisco, Miami, Kansas City, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, and Washington D.C.
Saint-Jules mixes a variety of Electronic Dance Music genres with the ideology of Space related themes and events into his sounds. Saint-Jules is primarily classified as Progressive Trance.