Burns was a member of the popular British band
BBMak, along with Mark Barry and
Stephen McNally. The group sold nearly three million albums worldwide and had a top 5 single with "
Back Here", in the UK. In the United States, "
Back Here" reached No. 13 on the Hot 100 and received heavy video play on
MTV and
TRL. In 2003, the band broke up, and all the members went on to pursue solo careers. Since then Burns has been collaborating with other artists and dance projects. In 2007, he worked with
Tiësto on the track "In the Dark", for the album
Elements of Life. He collaborated with Tiësto again on the track entitled "
Power of You", where Tiësto used the alias Allure. He has also collaborated with
Benny Benassi, on the song "Love and Motion", and American singer
Jes Brieden on the song "As We Collide". He is featured heavily on electronic musician
BT's 2010 album
These Hopeful Machines, co-writing the songs "
Suddenly", "The Emergency", and "Forget Me". He provides lead vocals on "Suddenly" and backing vocals on "The Emergency" and "Forget Me". He also collaborated with
Richard Durand on "Night & Day", and with
Armin van Buuren on "This Light Between Us", taken from his album
Mirage. Other collaborations include tracks by
Matt Darey,
Sebastian Ingrosso, and
Dirty South. Burns's debut solo album is called
Simple Modern Answers and was released on 25 October 2013. In 2012, Burns began a collaboration with BT on a single entitled "
All Hail the Silence," eventually leading to a full studio album initially set for release in the late summer or fall of 2012, but was postponed until after both are done with their solo albums. "All Hail the Silence" and the subsequent album are notable in that they were created using
analog synthesizers without the aid of a computer. On 21 July 2014, Transeau and Burns announced that their band would be touring with
Erasure in the fall of 2014 for the album
The Violet Flame. On 24 August 2016 the band announced that they would release a limited edition colored 12"
vinyl collectible
extended play entitled
AHTS-001 with
Shopify on 19 September 2016. On 28 September 2018, the band released their first official single, "Diamonds in the Snow", along with its accompanying music video. The band's first album,
Daggers, was released on 18 January 2019. In 2016, Burns, instrumentalist
Jonathan Radford Mead and drummer
Ash Soan formed a band called The Blind Love. Their first song, "Without You", was released and premiered on the episode "Coming Home Was a Mistake" on the television series
The Vampire Diaries. Their next song, "Run (Where the Lights Are)", premiered on 30 November 2016 on the episode "Interference" for the television series
Frequency. A third song, "Wild Horses", was released on 2 April 2018. Their first extended play was released on 14 May 2018. The second extended play was released on 13 August 2018. The band released two new singles in 2020 – "The Long Way Home" and "Surrender". In 2018, Burns and songwriter/producer
Steve Chrisanthou formed a duo called Fear The Hopeful, and released an EP called "Wait For Love". Burns announced a solo album to be released by
Black Hole Recordings in 2019. The album, titled
Love Songs from Suburbia, was released on 4 June 2021. The album hit #1 on the iTunes US dance album chart shortly after release. Burns reunited with members Barry and McNally in 2020 for a tour and a new BBMak album,
Powerstation, the same year. In March 2023, Burns and BT formed a sub-label for Black Hole Recordings, KSS3TE Recordings. Burns collaborated with
Cosmic Gate on the song
Brave, which was first played at
A State of Trance in March 2024. == Discography ==