Pierre Jerksten
Musical artist
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Pierre Jerksten is a Swedish disc jockey known for hosting radio shows and his work under his alias Hertz.
Pierre Jerksten | |
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| Also known as | Hertz, Pierre J |
| Born | September 20, 1972 Tynnered, Göteborg |
| Genres | House, Techno |
| Occupation | DJ |
| Years active | (1994–present) |
| Labels | Defected, Toolroom Records, Underwater Records, Drumcode, Recycled Loops, Craft Music, Tresor, Virgin, Universal, Sway, Q-Records, Abyss Records, Atom, M4M, Hz Trax |
| Website | http://www.pierrej.com/?lang=en |
Disc jockey
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
During the 90s he produced and remixed artist like Dr Alban, E-Type, Eric Gadd, Meja, Emilia, Adolphson & Falk, Melodie MC featuring Jocelyn Brown, Fatima Rainey, Clubland, Alexia & Tellus 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[4] in 1996.
Radio and television
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.[5] He also wrote music to the programs Fotbollskväll, Hockeykväll, Packat & Klart, and Trafikmagasinet, that were broadcast on National Swedish Television, SVT.
Hertz
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.[6] Pierre has been releasing on labels such as Defected,[7] Toolroom Records, Underwater Records,[8] Drumcode,[9] Recycled Loops, Craft Music, Tresor, Virgin & Universal. He also done events and festivals around Europe, among those at Dance Valley,[10] Awakenings,[11] Fabrik, Florida 135, Le Zenith & The Matrixx.