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Ian Wiedenman (born 2 November 1994), better known by his stage name Kirue (often stylized as KIRUE), is an America DJ, musician, record producer and film composer based in Los Angeles, California.

He began his career in 2010 when he started writing and recording his own music as a freshman at Loyola High School, before releasing his debut EP Private World in May of 2011 with his band of the same name as the EP. On September 15, 2012, he left Private World to pursue a solo career in trap music production and film composition.

He gained recognition for his remix of MAX's "Indestructible", which currently has over 54 thousand views on SoundCloud. He has released music on several record labels including Dim Mak. He has also released several of his singles including "Universe" and "Reunion" independently.

Background
Ian Wiedenman was born on November 2, 1994 in Torrance, California. He learned piano from his mother at age 11 by studying classical music and composing music in that style. He performed covers and original compositions at various venues as early as 2006.

Van Dijck studied music production and guitar at Codarts. He graduated in 2012. Before he became a well-known DJ and producer, he was teaching children to play guitar. After years of working with bands, Van Dijck began ghost producing for DJs. His production experienced considerable commercial success, which led him to consider going solo and creating the stage name, San Holo.

2013: Corellia and Demons EP's
In early 2013, San Holo released his little known debut EP, Corellia. Later that year in October he released his second EP, Demons.

2014: Heroic Recordings and Walt Disney Pictures
San Holo began making music in 2013 and began to gain attention in 2014, when he was signed by Heroic Recordings. Cosmos EP was released on 18 September 2014 and was in the Top 100 Electronic category of iTunes.

In November 2014, he released a remix of Dr. Dre's "The Next Episode", which has had over 150 million views on YouTube.

In September 2014, Walt Disney Pictures threatened a lawsuit against producer Sander van Dijck. They thought his stage name San Holo was too similar to Han Solo, a character in the Star Wars movies. Heroic Recordings label stated: "We are shocked by the instituted proceedings. That is very unfortunate for Sander. It should be clear that he has chosen his name for love of Star Wars. To interpret it in completely the opposite way is crazy. We find his latest release fantastic and hope that this will not stop him in his success as an artist."

2015: Monstercat and Spinnin' Records
On 4 May 2015, he released a song called "Victory" on Monstercat. On 25 May 2015, he also released a music video of his song "Hold Fast" in Monstercat; both songs become part of Monstercat's 22nd album titled Contact and San Holo's Victory EP, also from Monstercat. On 4 September 2015, he released a video of his single with "Father Dude" called IMISSU on Spinnin' Records. On 2 October 2015, he released a remix of Porter Robinson's song titled "Natural Light". The remix became a part of Robinson's Worlds Remixed album.

2016: OWSLA and bitbird
On 26 January 2016, he released a single with Yellow Claw named "Alright" through OWSLA. This was van Dijck's second song in OWSLA. The song later became a part of a compilation album by OWSLA called OWSLA Worldwide Broadcast. On 11 March 2016, he released the New SkyFeaturing David Chris EP with a second single and music video on Monstercat called "They Just Haven't Seen It". This, as well as his main single in the EP, became part of Monstercat's 026 - Resistance. On 5 June 2016, he teased an unreleased song "RAW", which appeared as the background track of the credits in Episode 7 of Season 3 in the American comedy series Silicon Valley. It was then fully released on 19 July 2016.

On 7 June 2016, he released a single named "Still Looking" on his own label bitbird. On 22 November 2016, he released his single "Light" on bitbird which debuted on #38 on the Billboard Hot Dance/Electronic Songs the week of 17 December 2016. The following week it made the highest gains on the chart rising 12 spots to #26 following a strong streaming performance. The next week it continued to climb to #19 for the tracking week of 31 December 2016 after continued streaming performance. The track reached its peak position at #13 on 11 February 2017, after climbing up from the 27th position the week before. "Light" spent a total of 20 weeks on the Hot Dance/Electronic chart.

2017: bitbird
On 25 April 2017, he released an acoustic version of his hit song We Rise. Five months later, on September 8, 2017, he released The Future, his first single in 2017. The song featured James Vincent McMorrow, an award winning musician.

On September 12, 2017 Holo released his second single of 2017, titled “I Still See Your Face” featuring his own vocals, followed by the remixes of the song on October 31, 2017. His last single of 2017 was his song titled “One Thing”, which was released on November 17, 2017. The final part of 2017 for Holo was his EP titled The Trip EP, which was released on December 26, 2017.

2018: bitbird Continues
He released the first volume of remixes to his single One Thing on January 12, 2018. The second volume of remixes to his single “One Thing” was released on February 9, 2018. Both volumes of the remixes were released on Holo’s record label bitbird.