name: DJ Mr.A
age: 35
occupation: DJ, Producer, Label Manager
location: Helsinki
years played: 10+
radio: DANCETERIA SHOW @ Bassoradio, every second WEDNESDAY of the month at 20-22. www.bassoradio.com / 102,8 fm
label: www.danceteriamusic.com
contact: [email protected], or www.misc.fi (International Bookings),www.myspace.com/djmra
biography:
Mr.A has been tipped as the number one house / prog / tribal DJ in Finland. At 35 years of age, his career spuns now close to 15 years. From the early days of more uplifing and balearic sounds through hard edged techno, the evolution has taught him well. " I love to take elements from different genres, different sounds and incorporate them to my set. Recently I 've been extremely lucky to do these 5-6 hour slots, where building the mood for the night and not wearing out the so-called big tracks beforehand is crucial." He was voted Dj of the Year in his hometown Helsinki in 2002, and so far has placed twice in top 4 at the annual Finnish Club Awards.
Productionwise he feels like he's just begun. "I 've been working with different producers for the past 5 years, all of them representing all corners of electronic music. It's been really educational and I'm very excited of whats to come..trying to dissolve all the information and knowledge of producing to the next piece of music, that's really interesting. The next big thing is to launch our recordlabel "DanceteriA Music", a project we've been working on for quite some time now - with 3 releases on the pipeline before the end of year 2006.
You can find Mr.A playing regularly all over Finland, Scandinavia, Baltic and Europe, making guest appearances in radio and various other media. He has played in every major Event and Club in Finland including Koneisto Festival, Ministry Of Sound Tours, Konemetsä Festival and played alongside the world renown superstars such as Sasha, Danny Howells, Sander Kleinenberg, Desyn Masiello, Omid 16b, Tom 'Superchumbo' Stephan, Rob Di Stefano, John Creamer ; Smokin Jo, Kings Of Tomorrow and Dave Clarke.
productions:
-Cristal Snow - Pump it Up / Miika Kuisma&Mr.A rmx (HMC)
-Miika Kuisma&Mr.A - Honey (Danceteria Music)
-Miika Kuisma & Mr.A feat. Elena Mady : Smoky Room (tbr 2006)
-Mr.A presents : Tupayumi [Igloo records,UK] 2001 (Jarkko Pietiläinen & Mr.A)
-Northside : Arthur's Revenge / Salamander [Torque records,UK] 2001 (Mikko Nieminen & Mr.A)
-LBJ : Haikea Juoppo / Tutti Hukka [Botchit Breaks,UK] 2003 (co-produced)
-LBJ : Funkers [Botchit Breaks,UK] 2005 (co-produced)
-JBL : Follow the Leader / Bad [bootleg,UK] 2004 (co-produced)
mixes:
-mr.a presents Smokey Beats vol.1,vol.2
-Jack cd mixed by Orkidea & Mr. A
6,5H LIVE @ DANCETERIA : http://www.net-mix.org/djs/mr-a
upcoming gigs 2007:
15-17.03 DanceteriA vs Fokused Club Cruise (Viking Line,Ms.Mariella)
17.03 Club Romance (Laterna,Tampere)
18.03 Junior Vasquez Afterparty (Stockhom Diskotek,Helsinki)
30.03 21 Steps Underground (Diva,Kuopio)
06.04 DanceteriA (DTM)
08.04 Heartbreakers
14.04 Ahjo Klubi
20.04 Club Amigo (Nummela)
04.05 DanceteriA (DTM)
11.05 Jyväskylä TBC
19.05 Rosegarden
01.06 DanceteriA 2 Year Birthday Party (DTM)
02.06 Choon (Turku)
10.06 Pussy Club Afterhours
23.06 Danceteria @ RMJ (TBC)
charts:
MR.A - MARCH 2007
01. Kingpin Cartel-Ghetto
02. Stereotyp-Keepin Me (fauna flash mix)
03. Marc Romboy-Atlas
04. KLMNT-Zouin
05. U&K-Wider Please
06. Leo Girardi&Saul B-Manga (sam perez&dariush mix)
07. Professional Losers-Bigfatnastyfilthybass (michael pasberg mix)
08. Toby Tobias-Dave's sex bits
09. Scope-Strung out
10. Deep Forest-Sweet Lullaby (bs deep mix)