Like A Tim

Like A Tim a.k.a. Tim van Leijden was born in 1973 in Rotterdam (Holland) and has lived there ever since. The name Like A Tim comes from the nickname other kids called him at school. They thought he looked like a dead person so they called him "lijke-Tim" which is Dutch for "corpse Tim" (German: leiche-Tim) and is pronounced similar to the English "Like A Tim".
He became interested in music around the age of 10 and was caught by electronic pop that appeared around that time (NiNiNiNiNineteen, Rock It, etc.). Later on in the eighties, hip hop had a big impact on him. He bought his first Casio sampler in 1987 and after a few years of playing around with the Casio and turntables he started buying more professional equipment and in 1991 his first records were put out.
Since then more than 30 releases have appeared on Rephlex, Djax Up Beats, Clone/DUB, and Geist. During this period Tim developed his own style of electronic music, inspired by hip hop, funk, pop and techno.
In 2003 he started his own label Like Records which is distributed through Clone .
At this moment 11 records have been released on Like. Check the discography on the left.
Tim also takes care of the artwork for all releases.
New EP "LIKE 11"
Like Records (Like 11)
out now
Like Records releases are also available as download at these stores:
Beatport
iTunes
Bleep
Juno
Dj Download
Trackitdown
Beats Digital
Rhapsody
Napster
and others