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Good news! Ercola will treat us to a special live gig! Really looking forward to this. The schedule for the evening will be posted next week. Below the bios of the guys.
Ercola
Ercola has been involved in music since his childhood. In 1999 he released his first 12" Brothom States EP (with Lassi Nikko & Antti Koivisto) on Exogenic Records.Since then he has been working on many different genres producing artists like: Annie, Nicole Willis, Rinneradio, The Millioners, Uusi Fantasia, Anna Abreu.
In 2002 he released the first 12" "Try 2 B Calm" as Ercola on MN2S, which received DJ support from the likes of Roger Sanchez, Mark Farina, Sasse, etc. This was followed by Bonus Level EP on Rikos Records. During 2002-2004 Ercola worked with Uusi Fantasia on their "Top 10" album (Telle Records) which received DJ support from Rob Da Bank, Matthew Herbert, Jose Padilla, just to name a few.
After this he worked with Annie on her Anniemal album (679/Warner/Atlantic) which received lot of positive press and reviews. Ercola also helped to engineer/mix Annie´s DJ-KiCKS compilation
record which featured a track from one of Ercola's side projects "Motiivi:Tuntematon". In 2005 Ercola collaborated with Annie and released the single "Follow Me" (Eyezcream/Gut) which was a small ,underground hit and was featured on compilations.
In 2007 Motiivi:Tuntematon released "I Don't Feel Good" 12" on legendary Kompakt label. The single received a lot of DJ support and was titled by John Digweed as "The Tune Of 2007".
In 2008 Ercola vs Heikki L "Deep At Night" was released which went to become a Top 10 hit on the US Billboard Hot Dance Airplay chart, and was eventually licensed to Data in UK and Nervous in US.
In 2008 Ercola collaborated with Canadian singer Daniella, on "Every Word" which sky rocketed to #1 on US Billboard Hot Dance Airplay chart and stayed in Top 10 on the chart for over 40 consecutive weeks, it was also the most played track in year 2008 on BPM XM Radio. In 2009 Every Word also charted #1 on UK Club Chart and was playlisted on every major radio station in UK for two months.
Currently Ercola is busy working on his new material as well as producing gold and platinum selling artists.
JS16 / Jaakko Salovaara
Behind the name JS16 is the Finnish musician Jaakko Salovaara who released his first vinyl Hypnosynthesis at the age of 16 (hence the name). His interest in composing dance and house music was inspired by DJ:ing which he picked up at the age of 14. This dance artist has a solid classical background as he began taking cello lessons already at the age of five and has even played in the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra.
Jaakko is well known also for his work as producer for Darude and Bomfunk MC's which both are received top chart positions and gold and platinum sales status in country after country. Darude's track Sandstorm was an enormous hit around Europe, Australia and USA in years 2000-2001. Bomfunk MC's track Freestyler was the best selling single in Europe in year 2000.
In 2003 Jaakko joined forces with his long time friend and great producer Heikki Liimatainen and formed Dallas Superstars. Their first single release Helium was a great clubbers favourite, followed by Fast Driving, Crazy and the album Flash. In 2006 their track Higher and second album Higher State also caught the attention of top DJs.
Now JS16 has returned with his new electro house single Rosegarden which immediately swept clubbers and DJs off their feet. The track has been well played by top DJs in UK and all around Europe.
Sasse / Freestyle Man
Born in Finland in 1973, Klas Lindblad has been djing since the end of the 80s, dwelling first thru pop music and eventually finding electronic music in the early 90s. He was running one of the first house clubs in Turku, Finland from 92-96 and was a regular guest at the major parties in the Finnish electronic scene.
At this time he also started to work on production and soon the first releases came out on Sähkö/Puu as Freestyle Man. His early work has been considered a milestone in the Scandinavian house sound and the original 12-inches are still very much sought after.
Fast forward to 1999 and Sasse leaves Finland for Frankfurt am Main to start a residency at the famous Robert Johnson club. He is running his highly successful Finnish First nights there from 2000 - 2003 after which he decides to move to Berlin.
Over the last 5 years, the success of his productions and remixes brought him to nearly all good house clubs worldwide. Doing his monthly residency at Cookies club and the frequent Moodmusic nights in Panorama Bar he surely keeps the Berlin club land busy!
He is about to release a new album under his Freestyle Man moniker called "The Bottom Line" which will see the day of light in February 2010 on Hairy Claw Records in the UK. Furthemore there will be a Sasse EP on Moodmusic in early 2010 and lots of of remixes to rock the floors to.
He will tour in 2010 to promote the album with confirmed gigs in Europe, Australia and USA.
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