Future gatekeeper of dance Jonas Rathsman brings his world class production and DJ skills to Skin & Bones on friday 10.10. Jonas and his label French Express have been regularly championed by Pete Tong on his Essential Selection show on BBC Radio 1. Any one following the current of dance music should have come across his great productions. If you haven’t, there’s a bigger reason to get involved!

Prepare yourselves for an up close and personal experience, because it will be a special debut appearance by the man himself in Helsinki. The dancefloor will be heated by resident Tapio K, so leave your favourite shoes at home.

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★Skin & Bones presents: JONAS RATHSMAN (FRENCH XPRESS)

★Warm up: TAPIO K

★Friday 10th October 2014

★Narikka 3e

★Entry: 5e

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Biography

An integral member of the French Express crew declared ‘Future Star of 2013’ by BBC Radio 1’s Pete Tong, Jonas Rathsman seemed to burst from nowhere with huge summer anthem ‘Bringing You Down’ earlier this year. But as with all ‘overnight successes’, the rise of this Gothenburg based producer and DJ is anything but…

Born and raised in a small village in Western Sweden, Jonas furthered his passion for music at the age of 18 when he began organizing parties and clubs in Gothenburg and quickly rose in the underground hierarchy of Sweden´s second largest city. Together with his close friend Fredrik Nyberg, aka DJ NIBC, they started releasing material under the alias Stuffa, which climaxed with the release of their third single ‘Proof’ on the legendary label, Defected.

But it was the decision to abandon all pseudonyms and release his distinctive productions under his own name on French Express in late 2011 that proved to be the turning point in Jonas’ career.

He found his own genre-defining sound early on with his first release for French Express, ‘Love Is My Middle Name’, a highlight from their second compilation. This was soon followed with his debut solo release ‘Tobago/Feeling You’ which had the likes of The Magician singing his praises when he featured it his Magic Tape Seventeen. Further singles ‘Since I Don’t Have You’ and ‘W4W’ continued to catch the attention of Pete Tong who granted Jonas and fellow French Express artist Perseus the highly coveted Essential Mix slot in January 2013.

With a new single planned for October and some sensational remixes to come, (Jonas is one man who admirably keeps to the ‘less is more’ adage when it comes to remixes) plus his own collective and fashion brand ‘Uniforms for the Dedicated’ to drive forward, Jonas Rathsman is set for a very busy, but hugely exciting future to confirm all notions that this versatile Swede is most definitely here to stay.