Pierre Jerksten

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Pierre Jerksten
Also known asHertz, Pierre J
Born (1972-09-20) September 20, 1972 (age 52)
Tynnered, Göteborg
GenresHouse, Techno
OccupationDJ
Years active(1994–present)
LabelsDefected, 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

Pierre Jerksten is a Swedish disc jockey known for hosting radio shows and his work under his alias Hertz.

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Disc jockey

Jerksten 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. He was nominated as best Swedish producer, best Swedish remixer, and best Swedish House/Techno Artist by the Swedish Dance Music Awards [15] in 1996.

Radio and Television

Jerksten's career as a weekly host on National Radio P3 started in 1996. Until 2011, he hosted shows including P3 Mix, P3 Remix, P3 Klubb and P3 Dans. [16] 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 was devoted to his own record labels Sway, Q-Records, Abyss Records, Atom, M4M, Hz Trax and his alias Hertz. [18] Pierre has been releasing on labels such as Defected, [19] Toolroom Records, Underwater Records, [20] Drumcode, [21] Recycled Loops, Craft Music, Tresor, Virgin & Universal. He also done events and festivals around Europe, among those at Dance Valley, [22] Awakenings, [23] Fabrik, Florida 135, Le Zenith & The Matrixx.

References

  1. ↑ "Gott nytt Kompass-år!". 9 December 2010.
  2. ↑ DMCWorld.com, Dan @. "DMC World DJ Championships".
  3. ↑ Pierreified (26 June 2016). "Pierre Jerksten (Sweden) - DMC World DJ Championships 1992 - Final" – via YouTube.
  4. ↑ "Dr. Alban - Born In Africa". Discogs .
  5. ↑ "E-Type - Life". Discogs .
  6. ↑ "Eric Gadd - What Once Was". Discogs .
  7. ↑ "Meja - All 'Bout The Money (Remixes)". Discogs .
  8. ↑ "Emilia - Big Big World (The Mixes)". Discogs .
  9. ↑ "Adolphson-Falk - Ta den Kärlek du Kan Få / Nu Lever Jag Igen (PJ's Dance Summer Remix '96)". Discogs .
  10. ↑ "Melodie MC Feat. Jocelyn Brown - Embrace The Power". Discogs .
  11. ↑ "Fatima Rainey - Hey". Discogs .
  12. ↑ "Clubland featuring Zemya Hamilton - Peace Of Luv". Discogs .
  13. ↑ "Alexia - Happy". Discogs .
  14. ↑ "Tellus". Discogs .
  15. ↑ "1996 Best Swedish Producer, Remix and House/Technoartist (x2) – Pierre J".
  16. ↑ "J-Ol tar över "P3 Dans"".
  17. ↑ Nostalgikanalen_93 (23 June 2016). "Fotbollskväll - Intro 2005-04-25" – via YouTube.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  18. ↑ "Hertz". Discogs .
  19. ↑ "Defected Records".
  20. ↑ "Underwater Records - H2O102".
  21. ↑ "Various - Swedish Steel E.P." Discogs .
  22. ↑ Pierreified (27 June 2012). "Hertz (Pierre J) - Live at Dance Valley - 2004 - Netherlands" – via YouTube.
  23. ↑ Pierreified (27 March 2017). "Hertz at Awakenings in Amsterdam 2007" – via YouTube.
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