Pierre Jerksten
Pierre Jerksten | |
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Also known as | Hertz, Pierre J |
Born | Tynnered, Göteborg | September 20, 1972
Genres | House, Techno |
Occupation(s) | DJ |
Years active | (1994–present) |
Labels | Defected, Toolroom Records, Underwater Records, Drumcode, Recycled Loops, Craft Music, Tresor, Virgin, Universal, Sway, Q-Records, Abyss Records, Atom, M4M, Hz Trax |
Website | http://www.pierrej.com/?lang=en |
Discjockey[]
Pierre started out as a DJ[1] 1989 in Gothenburg but became famous in Sweden when he participated in DMC DJ Championship[2] and ended up as number 2 in Sweden and Europe and the following year was number 1 in Sweden and number 5 [3] in the DMC World DJ Championship.
Pierre J[]
During the 90s he produced and remixed artist like Dr Alban,[4] E-Type,[5] Eric Gadd,[6] Meja,[7] Emilia,[8] Adolphson-Falk,[9] Melodie MC Featuring Jocelyn Brown,[10] Fatima Rainey,[11] Clubland,[12] Alexia[13] & Tellus[14] on over 200 records. Constantly nominated as best producer and remixer [15] in Sweden.
Radio and Television[]
The career as host on National Radio P3 started. During 15 years you could hear him on shows like P3 Mix, P3 Remix, P3 Klubb and P3 Dans [16] until the year 2011. He also wrote music to the programs Fotbollskväll,[17] Hockeykväll, Packat & Klart and Trafikmagasinet that were broadcast on National Swedish Television, SVT.
Hertz[]
The greater part of the 2000s has been devoted to his own record labels Sway, Q-Records, Abyss Records, Atom, M4M, Hz Trax and his alias Hertz.[18] Pierres been releasing on many established labels such as Defected,[19] Toolroom Records, Underwater Records,[20] Drumcode,[21] Recycled Loops, Craft Music, Tresor, Virgin & Universal. He also done many events and festivals around Europe, among those at Dance Valley,[22] Awakenings,[23] Fabrik, Florida 135, Le Zenith & The Matrixx.
References[]
- ^ "Gott nytt Kompass-år!". 9 December 2010.
- ^ DMCWorld.com, Dan @. "DMC World DJ Championships".
- ^ Pierreified (26 June 2016). "Pierre Jerksten (Sweden) - DMC World DJ Championships 1992 - Final" – via YouTube.
- ^ "Dr. Alban - Born In Africa".
- ^ "E-Type - Life".
- ^ "Eric Gadd - What Once Was".
- ^ "Meja - All 'Bout The Money (Remixes)".
- ^ "Emilia - Big Big World (The Mixes)".
- ^ https://www.discogs.com/Adolphson-Falk-Ta-Den-Kärlek-Du-Kan-Få-Nu-Lever-Jag-Igen/release/1464846
- ^ "Melodie MC Feat. Jocelyn Brown - Embrace The Power".
- ^ "Fatima Rainey - Hey".
- ^ "Clubland featuring Zemya Hamilton - Peace Of Luv".
- ^ "Alexia - Happy".
- ^ "Tellus".
- ^ "1996 Best Swedish Producer, Remix and House/Technoartist (x2) – Pierre J".
- ^ "J-Ol tar över "P3 Dans"".
- ^ Nostalgikanalen_93 (23 June 2016). "Fotbollskväll - Intro 2005-04-25" – via YouTube.
- ^ "Hertz".
- ^ "Defected Records".
- ^ "Underwater Records - H2O102".
- ^ "Various - Swedish Steel E.P."
- ^ Pierreified (27 June 2012). "Hertz (Pierre J) - Live at Dance Valley - 2004 - Netherlands" – via YouTube.
- ^ Pierreified (27 March 2017). "Hertz at Awakenings in Amsterdam 2007" – via YouTube.
External links[]
- 1972 births
- Living people
- Swedish DJs
- Electronic dance music DJs