Pierre Jerksten
Also known asHertz, Pierre J
Born (1972-09-20) September 20, 1972
Tynnered, Göteborg
GenresHouse, Techno
Occupation(s)DJ
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
Websitehttp://www.pierrej.com/?lang=en

Pierre Jerksten is a Swedish disc jockey known for hosting radio shows and his work under his alias Hertz.

Disc jockey

Pierre 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,[4] E-Type,[5] Eric Gadd,[6] Meja,[7] Emilia,[8] Adolphson & Falk,[9] Melodie MC Featuring Jocelyn Brown,[10] Fatima Rainey,[11] Clubland,[12] Alexia[13] & Tellus[14] on over 200 records. Constantly nominated as best producer and remixer [15] in Sweden.

Radio and Television

The career as host on National Radio P3 started. During 15 years you could hear him on shows like P3 Mix, P3 Remix, P3 Klubb and P3 Dans [16] until the year 2011. He also wrote music to the programs Fotbollskväll,[17] Hockeykväll, Packat & Klart and Trafikmagasinet that were broadcast on National Swedish Television, SVT.

Hertz

The greater part of the 2000s has been devoted to his own record labels Sway, Q-Records, Abyss Records, Atom, M4M, Hz Trax and his alias Hertz.[18] Pierres been releasing on many established labels such as Defected,[19] Toolroom Records, Underwater Records,[20] Drumcode,[21] Recycled Loops, Craft Music, Tresor, Virgin & Universal. He also done many events and festivals around Europe, among those at Dance Valley,[22] Awakenings,[23] 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. ↑ "Dr. Alban - Born In Africa". Discogs.
  5. ↑ "E-Type - Life". Discogs.
  6. ↑ "Eric Gadd - What Once Was". Discogs.
  7. ↑ "Meja - All 'Bout The Money (Remixes)". Discogs.
  8. ↑ "Emilia - Big Big World (The Mixes)". Discogs.
  9. ↑ "Adolphson-Falk - Ta den Kärlek du Kan Få / Nu Lever Jag Igen (PJ's Dance Summer Remix '96)". Discogs.
  10. ↑ "Melodie MC Feat. Jocelyn Brown - Embrace The Power". Discogs.
  11. ↑ "Fatima Rainey - Hey". Discogs.
  12. ↑ "Clubland featuring Zemya Hamilton - Peace Of Luv". Discogs.
  13. ↑ "Alexia - Happy". Discogs.
  14. ↑ "Tellus". Discogs.
  15. ↑ "1996 Best Swedish Producer, Remix and House/Technoartist (x2) – Pierre J".
  16. ↑ "J-Ol tar över "P3 Dans"".
  17. ↑ Nostalgikanalen_93 (23 June 2016). "Fotbollskväll - Intro 2005-04-25" – via YouTube.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  18. ↑ "Hertz". Discogs.
  19. ↑ "Defected Records".
  20. ↑ "Underwater Records - H2O102".
  21. ↑ "Various - Swedish Steel E.P." Discogs.
  22. ↑ Pierreified (27 June 2012). "Hertz (Pierre J) - Live at Dance Valley - 2004 - Netherlands" – via YouTube.
  23. ↑ Pierreified (27 March 2017). "Hertz at Awakenings in Amsterdam 2007" – via YouTube.
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