Pierre Jerksten

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

Discjockey

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.

gollark: I checked the "koch's postulate" thing the conspiracy people were obsessed with, and apparently it's just an outdated set of criteria which doesn't actually recognize the existence of viruses.
gollark: You have a rotating communism logo. Okay then.
gollark: That is quite an impressive strawman.
gollark: ????
gollark: I don't think anyone is going to take claims that influenza is not contagious very seriously unless you have extremely good evidence and an explanation of how *else* flu pandemics work.

References
  1. "Gott nytt Kompass-år!".
  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".
  5. "E-Type - Life".
  6. "Eric Gadd - What Once Was".
  7. "Meja - All 'Bout The Money (Remixes)".
  8. "Emilia - Big Big World (The Mixes)".
  9. https://www.discogs.com/Adolphson-Falk-Ta-Den-Kärlek-Du-Kan-Få-Nu-Lever-Jag-Igen/release/1464846
  10. "Melodie MC Feat. Jocelyn Brown - Embrace The Power".
  11. "Fatima Rainey - Hey".
  12. "Clubland featuring Zemya Hamilton - Peace Of Luv".
  13. "Alexia - Happy".
  14. "Tellus".
  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.
  18. "Hertz".
  19. "Defected Records".
  20. "Underwater Records - H2O102".
  21. "Various - Swedish Steel E.P."
  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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