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Justin Space a.k.a. Tommi Sirkia
Born in 16.10.1977
As an active producer of electronic music for the past 18 years, Tommi "Justin Space" Sirkia has released 8 albums with projects such as Headphonics, Highpersonic Whomen, Haltya, PeLinPaLa and a good number of other published works ever since his first release in 1998. Tommi Sirkia is considered to be one of Finlands most internationally experienced electronic music producers/DJ's today. He has performed a great number of gigs around the globe during his carrer and his DJ & Live performances have been heard in countries such as Finland, Russian Federation, Brazil, Israel, Netherlands, Denmark, Turkey, Cuba, Ukraine, Romania, Australia & Japan to name a few.
Alongside of performing at electronic music events, he has also presented his music at art exebitions in Finland. He has charted 20 tracks within its genres on Beatport top 100 in 2008 with his projects and his tracks have been played by many legendary trance, breaks and techno DJ's, many of which have featured a track on their DJ mixes, including John "00" Fleming for Ministry of Sound Recordings "Euphoria" compilation. Within the last 10 years, after his first international realeases, he has shared the stage with many wellknown mainstay acts & Dj's world wide and his works have achieved the support of such names as the emeritus chief conductor of Helsinki's Philharmonic Orchestra and professor of conducting at the Sibelius Academy maestro Leif Segerstam, Annie Nightingale at BBC Radio One, Finnish contemporary opera composer Olli Kortekangas & conductor/professor Markus Lehtinen.
Justin Space has released his works on various compilations from international labels including Ministry Of Sound Records, Simon Posford's Twisted Records, legendary Finnish Exogenic Music Group, Novatekk, Bombtraxx, Com.pact records, MPDQX label group, Digital Structures, Cymbidium, U.S.T.A & Millenium among others.
His remixes include Tommi H's "kaikki tai ei mitaan" Headphonics RMX which topped the number 1 spot twice on Finland's only major electronic music radio station Basso's peoples choice chart in 2007. Other reworks worth noticing include a remake for African Bambaataa's "Planet Rock", also charting the top 10 on basso radio for many weeks in a row.
Justin Space is one of the original producers for the project Highpersonic Whomen. Their debut album Alternative Energy source was claimed by some critics to be the progressive trance album of the year 2002. The follow up album released june 2007 "Push the Limit" got an outstanding 5/5 stars in DJ MAG, supported with commets such as : "This has to be one of the best albums i've heard for a very long time."
Tommi's interest for music and various types of musical instruments inspired him to study music and music production in the Conservatoire of Pop & Jazz music of Helsinki, Finland. Born to a musician family, Tommi Sirkia grew up with music travelling the world with his father who is a classical opera singer. His Family settled down for 7 years in Germany during Tommi's childhood, because of his father's residency at a opera house in Dortmund. This is where Tommi first got in touch with electronic music as it was getting very popular in Germany at that time due to acid house and Techno. As a multi-instrumentalist Tommi masters several instruments, such as: piano, drums, guitar, bass, vibraphone among others. Playing and producing various musical genres from jazz to rock, techno to electro, and experimenting in the electronic fields of music has expanded his knowledge for music which is to be heard in his projects.
Although Justin Space had been DJ:ing in parties since the year -94 he never really considered himself a DJ until some party promoters wanted to hear his talents on the decks with such enthusiasm that he decided to take up the challenge for real.
The Musical style of Justin Space has varied a lot during the years. What Tommi defines to be a peak moment in his DJ carrer was the production work in Highpersonic Whomen, because the release of the debut album allowed Tommi to play abroad and feel the dancefloor vibes in different countries. His musical style of Dj:ing for the dancefloors has totally changed durring the years and is nowadays in the style of techno, tech-house, minimal, & electro. However first and foremost Tommi is a true music freak and therefore respects all kinds of musical styles in all genres.
Justin Space is a recident DJ and founding member of Planetaria Club & Kuuloke Club who host regular nights at Helsinki's rosegarden.
PROJECTS:
Justin Space
Headphonics (with Markku Louhio, Tuukka Mielonen & Vesa Pasanen)
Haltya (with Jyrgen Sachau until 2005)
Highpersonic Whomen (with Markku Louhio, formerly with Jyrgen Sachau until 2004)
Pelinpala
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
Havanna Jazz Festival 03 (Cuba)
Soulclipse Festival 06 (Turkey)
Savonlinna Opera Festivals 94, 95 & 96 (Finland)
Pori Jazz Festival 01 (Finland)
Mind Over Matter 06 (Australia)
Sisto Festival 05 & 06 (Russian Federation)
6D Soundz 07 (Japan)
Transylvania Calling 06 (Romania)
Fear and Loathing in Amsterdam 07 (Netherlands)
Earthdance 06 (Brazil)
Japanamatic 07 (Ukraine)
Konemetsä Festival 04 - 08 (Finland)
Tranzylvania calling 05 (Romania)
Koneisto Festival 00, 01 & 02 (Finland)
Circus World (Usa)
Tundra Festival 08 (Lithuania)
Moksha & Tushita (Israel)
Bryggen 04 (Denmark)
Waves of Sound 04 (Brazil)
Pure Rio 06 (Brazil)
Hill Top Festival 05 (Slovakia)
Rainbow Serpent 08 (Australia)
DISCOGRAPHY:
Albums:
Pelinpala : Cd album My Cd has landed on the next door neighbours dog .. Demon Tea Recordings 1999
Haltya : Cd album Forest Flavour Exogenic Rec 2001(Finland)
Highpersonic Whomen : Cd album Alternative Energysource Thirteen Records (Finland)2002
Haltya : Cd Album Electric Help Elves Exogenic Rec. (Finland) 2004
Highpersonic Whomen : CD Album Push The Limit, Exogenic Records 2007
Haltya: Cd Album Book of Nature, Exogenic Records 2008
Headphonics, Evolution of Funk, Opus 1, Exogenic Records 2008
Headphonics, Evolution of Funk, Opus 2, Exogenic Records 2008
singels and e.p..s
Haltya : Digital release "Borboleta purpura", Exogenic Records 2008 Haltya : 12" vinyl e.p. Project Haltya , Exogenic REcords 2000
Haltya : 12" vinyl e.p. Hero Exogenic Records 2004
Highpersonic Whomen : 12" vinyl e.p. Clone collective, Thirteen Records
2003 Headphonics : Protect! vinyl single, Exogenic breaks
2006 Headphonics : Sprudel Wasser, Digital release, Exogenic Breaks
2008 Tommi H: "Kaikki tai ei mitään" (Headphonics remix) - Digital Release, Exogenic Breaks 2007
Appears on:
Pelinpala Roboman Exogenic Records Fusion vs. Confusion
1998 Pelinpala Light..s atoms & molecules, Surreal Audio Beats and beyond
2000 Pelinpala Oota ei oo , Surreal Audio Records Open
2000 Pelinpala Dance like a tree Kavator Records Electric Kool aid (Sweden)
2000 Pseudo Stereo Move on Demon Tea recordings Not my cup of tee (Australia)
2000 Sizzilian Sizzle Stick Closed Circle Thirteen Records Recreational Drugs (Finland)
2000 Sizzilian Sizzle Stick Info Thriteen Records Recreational Drugs (Finland) 2000
Highpersonic Whomen, Push the Limit, Ministry Of Sound Records 2007
Highpersonic Whomen Wunderbaum U.S.T.A. Records Digital Drops (Israel) 2003
Highpersonic Whomen Des Pudels Kern Com.Pact Records Fata Morgana (Israel) 2003
Highpersonic Whomen Space Elevator Nova TeKk GoaHead Vol. 17 2003 (Germany)
Highpersonic Whomen Easy Does it Twisted Records Backroom Beats 2 (UK) 2003
Highpersonic Whomen Easy Does it Millenium Records Shanti Bar (UK) 2003
Highpersonic Whomen Clone Collective MPDQX Label Group, Digital Structures (Sweden) 2004
Highpersonic Whomen & Setherian : Compilation, Oxygen (France) 2006
Highpersonic Whomen, Free Space, compilation Interchill Records (Kanada) 2007
Headphonics, Sunday cut, Helsinki cooler, Cymbidium Records 2007
Headphonics: 'Behind The Case', Abstract Boundaries Vol. 1 - V/A, Cinetiks 2007
Haltya : Spelle, snap crackle and drop combilation, Morning monsters records 2007
Haltya, Fire Escape, Kiwa on the Frequency, Exogenic Records 2007
Justin Space, Dirty Appetite, Halu Beats Volume 1, Halu Beats 2008
Homepages:
www.myspace.com/justinspacedj
www.headphonics.net
www.myspace.com/headphonics
www.haltya.net
www.myspace.com/haltya
www.highpersonic.net
www.myspace.com/highpersonicwhomen
www.exogenicmusicgroup.com
regular updates about gigs and more info @ www.myspace.com/justinspacedj
Booking: Haltya (at..) gmail.com
johanna (at..) exogenic.com
phone: 040 4618541
