Pierre Jerksten

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Pierre Jerksten
Also known asHertz, Pierre J
Born (1972-09-20) September 20, 1972 (age 53)
Tynnered, Göteborg
GenresHouse, Techno
OccupationDJ
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

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Jerksten 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

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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. He was nominated as best Swedish producer, best Swedish remixer, and best Swedish House/Techno Artist by the Swedish Dance Music Awards[15] in 1996.

Radio and Television

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Jerksten's career as a weekly host on National Radio P3 started in 1996. Until 2011, he hosted shows including P3 Mix, P3 Remix, P3 Klubb and P3 Dans.[16] He also wrote music to the programs Fotbollskväll,[17] Hockeykväll, Packat & Klart, and Trafikmagasinet, that were broadcast on National Swedish Television, SVT.

Hertz

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The greater part of the 2000s was devoted to his own record labels Sway, Q-Records, Abyss Records, Atom, M4M, Hz Trax and his alias Hertz.[18] Pierre has been releasing on labels such as Defected,[19] Toolroom Records, Underwater Records,[20] Drumcode,[21] Recycled Loops, Craft Music, Tresor, Virgin & Universal. He also done events and festivals around Europe, among those at Dance Valley,[22] Awakenings,[23] Fabrik, Florida 135, Le Zenith & The Matrixx.

References

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