Pierre Jerksten

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Pierre Jerksten
Also known asHertz, Pierre J
Born (1972-09-20) September 20, 1972 (age 53)
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, E-Type, Eric Gadd, Meja, Emilia, Adolphson & Falk, Melodie MC featuring Jocelyn Brown, Fatima Rainey, Clubland, Alexia & Tellus 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 [4] 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. [5] He also wrote music to the programs Fotbollskväll, 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. [6] Pierre has been releasing on labels such as Defected, [7] Toolroom Records, Underwater Records, [8] Drumcode, [9] Recycled Loops, Craft Music, Tresor, Virgin & Universal. He also done events and festivals around Europe, among those at Dance Valley, [10] Awakenings, [11] 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. ↑ "1996 Best Swedish Producer, Remix and House/Technoartist (x2) – Pierre J".
  5. ↑ "J-Ol tar över "P3 Dans"".
  6. ↑ "Hertz". Discogs .
  7. ↑ "Defected Records".
  8. ↑ "Underwater Records - H2O102".
  9. ↑ "Various - Swedish Steel E.P." Discogs .
  10. ↑ Pierreified (27 June 2012). "Hertz (Pierre J) - Live at Dance Valley - 2004 - Netherlands" – via YouTube.
  11. ↑ Pierreified (27 March 2017). "Hertz at Awakenings in Amsterdam 2007" – via YouTube.
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