Jezper Söderlund
Encyclopedia
Jezper Söderlund is a Swedish record producer
and electronic music artist who records mainly under the name of Airbase. His experimentation with electronic music began in 1994 after he was introduced to a digital sequencer application called Scream Tracker
. Since 2004, he's been using Ableton Live
as his sequencer of choice and he's also known for posting HD tutorials on YouTube with various tips and tricks on how to make the most of Ableton Live.
He continues to influence and be influenced by other artists. Tiësto
, in April 2007, released his fifth solo album Elements of Life
. During the release party, he played one of Airbase's mixes, "Medusa". After that, Airbase remixed one of Tiësto's songs: "Break My Fall
".
In June 2009, Jezper began working on his first full length album, We Might Fall. The album was released on February 21, 2011.
Additionally, he is hosting a monthly radio show called Re-Mix on the online radio station Afterhours.FM
.
In 2005 together with his brother, Andre Söderlund, composed the anthem of Sensation
event in Belgium
under the name First and Andre with "Widescreen".
for Airbase's single "Denial", "Interfere" and "Wonders".
Jezper is also one of the three original creators of the dance music website Trance.nu
. Jezper is also credited with the base layout and graphics on the Trance.nu web site.
Aside from his musical career he's also known for being a gear head. Together with long time friend Tommie Podzemski, he hosts the weekly Swedish podcast "Slashat" where tech, IT, gadgets and web related news are being discussed.
On March 5, 2010, it was reported that Jezper emailed Apple CEO Steve Jobs
directly, asking if iPhone to iPad tethering was possible. The answer, directly from Steve Jobs, was "No".
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and electronic music artist who records mainly under the name of Airbase. His experimentation with electronic music began in 1994 after he was introduced to a digital sequencer application called Scream Tracker
Scream Tracker
Scream Tracker is a tracker . It was created by Psi of Finland's Future Crew It was coded in C and assembly language. The first popular version of Scream Tracker, version 2.2, was published in 1990...
. Since 2004, he's been using Ableton Live
Ableton Live
Ableton Live is a loop-based software music sequencer and DAW for Mac OS and Windows by Ableton. The latest major release of Live, Version 8, was released in April 2009. In contrast to many other software sequencers, Live is designed to be an instrument for live performances as well as a tool for...
as his sequencer of choice and he's also known for posting HD tutorials on YouTube with various tips and tricks on how to make the most of Ableton Live.
History
What started out as a hobby soon turned into a career in the trance scene. His popular works include remixes and original trance productions since landing his first recording contract in 2001. Although it is common practice in electronic genres for artists to use several aliases, Jezper is particularly notorious for having over a dozen pseudonyms. They include Scarab, First & Andre (together with his brother), Ozone, Moon, Inner State, J., J.E.Z.P., J.L.N.D., JZ, Loken, Mono, Narthex, One Man Army, Parc, Rah, and Mika J. However, since around 2005 he's been focusing almost exclusively on the Airbase moniker.He continues to influence and be influenced by other artists. Tiësto
Tiësto
Tijs Michiel Verwest, , known as Tiësto , is a Dutch musician, DJ and record producer of electronic dance music. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto...
, in April 2007, released his fifth solo album Elements of Life
Elements of Life
Note: In some territories , track 12 is "He's A Pirate" , a remix of the theme music of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl also featured on the CD single, and on initial retail shipments of Best Buy's exclusive version of the movie soundtrack...
. During the release party, he played one of Airbase's mixes, "Medusa". After that, Airbase remixed one of Tiësto's songs: "Break My Fall
Break My Fall
"Break My Fall" is a single track by Tiësto with vocals from BT in 2007 and released in July 2007. This song is off the album Elements of Life.-Formats and track listings:-Release history:-Charts:-Lyrics:...
".
In June 2009, Jezper began working on his first full length album, We Might Fall. The album was released on February 21, 2011.
Additionally, he is hosting a monthly radio show called Re-Mix on the online radio station Afterhours.FM
Afterhours.FM
Afterhours.FM is an Internet radio broadcaster that plays trance and progressive dance music shows from DJs around the world...
.
In 2005 together with his brother, Andre Söderlund, composed the anthem of Sensation
Sensation (event)
Sensation is an indoor electronic dance music event which originated in the Netherlandsand organized by ID&T. The original event, which ran exclusively in the Amsterdam ArenA for a period of five years until 2005, is now located throughout Poland, Spain, Austria, Chile, Germany, Belgium, Hungary,...
event in Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
under the name First and Andre with "Widescreen".
Personal life
Jezper made a personal announcement on his Airbase website on October 1 stating that on September 27 he got engaged to his girlfriend, Jessica Ramboldt, who provided lyrics as Floria AmbraFloria Ambra
Floria Ambra or Floria is a singer/songwriter from Sweden whose been working with great artists and producers like Airbase and Leon Bolier . With an unusual and charismatic voice she caught the attention of the Trance/electronic music industry...
for Airbase's single "Denial", "Interfere" and "Wonders".
Jezper is also one of the three original creators of the dance music website Trance.nu
Trance.nu
Trance.nu is an independent English trance-oriented music site including news, reviews, interviews and forums.The site is notable for its compilation releases and interviews with artists such as Tiësto, Ferry Corsten and Armin van Buuren...
. Jezper is also credited with the base layout and graphics on the Trance.nu web site.
Aside from his musical career he's also known for being a gear head. Together with long time friend Tommie Podzemski, he hosts the weekly Swedish podcast "Slashat" where tech, IT, gadgets and web related news are being discussed.
On March 5, 2010, it was reported that Jezper emailed Apple CEO Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs was an American businessman and inventor widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer of the personal computer revolution. He was co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc...
directly, asking if iPhone to iPad tethering was possible. The answer, directly from Steve Jobs, was "No".
Discography
- Airbase - Collection (Self-Released - No Label)
- Parc - Nangiala
- JZ - Genie II
- JZ - Maya Bay
- Parc - Gibson
- Parc - Silver Cell
- JZ - My Life
- Parc - White Feather
- Airbase - Hypno
- JZ - Monday P.M.
- JZ - Monday A.M.
- Airbase - We Might Fall (Intuition)
- Airbase - Escape (2011 Album Mix)
- Airbase feat. Floria Ambra - Less Than More
- Airbase - Sun City
- Airbase - Asylum
- Airbase - Sand & Sorrow
- Airbase - Silent Music For Quiet People
- Airbase - Last Door On The Left
- Airbase - We Might Fall
- Airbase feat. Ilana - Affirmation
- Airbase feat. Empyreal Sun - 40 Miles
- Airbase - St. Emilion
- Airbase - Lucid (Moonrising Records)
- Airbase - Tangerine / Spion (Intuition)
- Airbase - Escape / For The Fallen (Intuition)
- Airbase - One Tear Away / Rest In Peace / Medusa (Intuition)
- Airbase - Roots (Moonrising Records)
- Airbase - Garden State / Moorea (Somatic Sense)
- Airbase - Sinister (Gesture Music)
- Airbase - Emotion (Alphabet City)
- Airbase - Genie (Alphabet City)
- Airbase - Pandemonium / Ocean Realm (Alphabet City)
- Airbase - August (Airbase / No Label)
- Airbase feat. Floria Ambra - Denial (Black Hole RecordingsBlack Hole RecordingsBlack Hole Recordings B.V. is a Dutch record label founded by Tijs Verwest and Arny Bink in 1997. The label is currently distributed by E1 Entertainment Distribution, known as Koch Entertainment Distribution until January 22, 2009...
) - Airbase - Back (Black Hole Recordings)
- First & André - Cruiser (High Contrast Recordings)
- First & André - Widescreen (High Contrast / Be Yourself Music)
- Inner State - Changes (Gesture Music)
- Scarab vs Inzite - Unity Of Earth 2002 (EMT Design)
- Scarab - Vagabond (Armada Music)
- Ozone - Ionize (Gesture Music)
- Ozone - Rock (Gesture Music)
- Ozone - Rock (Take A Stand) (Gesture Music)
- Ozone - Q (Gesture Music)
- Jezper Söderlund - Angel (Alphabet City)
- Rah - Pole Position / Seven (Platipus RecordsPlatipus RecordsPlatipus Records was a popular trance music record label that was based in London, UK. It was founded in 1993 by Simon Berry. The early releases were almost exclusively limited to Berry's various projects, including Union Jack, Clanger, and Art of Trance...
) - Rah - Glow / Wave (Platipus Records)
- J. - I Scream / Breaking The Silence (Armada)
- Mono - Rise (Mondo Records)
- Narthex - Bully (Discover Dark)
- One Man Army - The Anthem / Ballroom Dancer (J00F)
- Jezper - Monastery Hill (Afterglow Records)
- Jezper - Requiem (Afterglow Records)
- J.L.N.D. - The Sound of Nothing (Kompressed Records)
Remixography
- TiëstoTiëstoTijs Michiel Verwest, , known as Tiësto , is a Dutch musician, DJ and record producer of electronic dance music. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto...
feat. BTBT (musician)Brian Wayne Transeau is a classically trained and Grammy-nominated American music producer, composer, audio technician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter better known by his stage name, BT. He is an artist in the electronic genre...
- Break My FallBreak My Fall"Break My Fall" is a single track by Tiësto with vocals from BT in 2007 and released in July 2007. This song is off the album Elements of Life.-Formats and track listings:-Release history:-Charts:-Lyrics:...
(Airbase Remix) - Armin Van Buuren - Wall Of Sound (Airbase Pres. Parc Rmx)
- Imogen HeapImogen HeapImogen Jennifer Jane Heap is a Grammy Award-winning English singer, composer and songwriter from Havering, Essex. She is known for her work as part of the musical duo Frou Frou and her solo albums, which she writes, produces, and mixes...
- The Moment I Said It (Airbase Pres. Scarab Remix) - Majai - Lightwave (Airbase Rmx)
- Stan Void - When You Know (Airbase Rmx)
- Carl B - Social Suicide (Airbase Pres. Parc Rmx)
- Matt DareyMatt DareyMatthew Jonathan "Matt" Darey has been a trance music producer since 1994. He is also a member of Lost Tribe with Red Jerry. He is perhaps best known for his work in the Euphoria trance series and for 'Gamemaster' and his remixes of Agnelli & Nelson's "El Niño". In 2005, his first major U.S...
pres. Tekara - I Wanna be an Angel (Airbase Rmx) - Above & BeyondAbove & Beyond (band)Above & Beyond are a British trance music group formed in 2000 and consists of the members Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness, and Finnish Paavo Siljamäki. They have their own record label Anjunabeats, which releases trance and progressive music, and they also host their own weekly radio show Trance...
- Far From In Love (Airbase Rmx) - Blank & JonesBlank & JonesBlank & Jones is a Cologne, Germany based Trance duo, consisting of the members Jan Pieter Blank , known as Piet Blank; René Runge , better known as DJ Jaspa Jones; and the producer Andy Kaufhold...
- Watching The Waves (Moon Rmx) - Safri DuoSafri DuoSafri Duo is a Danish percussion duo composed of Uffe Savery and Morten Friis . Initially classically oriented, by 1999 they were discovered by a label executive working on classical music. After being signed, a track mixing both tribal sound and modern electronica was set to be released in 2000...
- Rise (Airbase Damage Remix) - Arc In The Sky - Kissed (Airbase pres. Parc Remix)
- iiO - Smooth (Airbase Remix)
- Lost Witness - Love Again (Airbase Remix)
- Mike Foyle & Signalrunners - Love Theme Dusk (Airbase pres. Parc Remix)
- Lennox - Flying Among The Stars (Airbase Remix)
- Alex Morph - Flaming Clouds (Airbase Rmx)
- Jaron Inc - Nothing To Lose (Airbase Remix)
- Jacob & Mendez - Moondust (Airbase Rmx)
- Mat Silver & Tony BurtMat Silver & Tony BurtMat Silver & Tony Burt are a German & New Zealand dance music production team, composed of Matthias Scheffler and Tony Burt .-History:...
- Ultimate Wave (Airbase Rmx) - Envio - Touched By The Sun (Airbase Rmx)
- Michael Splint feat. Sasha - Secrets Broke My Heart (Airbase Rmx)
- Anergy vs. Nordlicht - In Music (Airbase Remix)
- Double N - Forever And A Day (Airbase Rmx)
- Solarstone - Solarcoaster (Airbase Remix)
- John O'CallaghanJohn O'Callaghan (DJ)John O'Callaghan is an Irish DJ, mainly producing electronic dance music. He also produces music under the alias of Joint Operations Centre, Mannix and Stenna. He has also collaborated with fellow Discover artists such as Bryan Kearney, Neal Scarborough , Thomas Bronzwaer and Greg Downey as well...
& Kearney - Restricted Motion (Airbase Remix)
- DJ Stigma - The Answer (Scarab Rmx)
- Labworks - Ibiza Sunrise (Scarab Rmx)
- Avanto - The Flute (Airbase Remix)
- Inner Motion - Seven Seals (Scarab Rmx)
- Inner Motion - How Did You (Scarab Rmx)
- Simon Paul and Tissot - Love Again (Airbase Remix)
- Unknown Source - Nadjanema (Airbase Rmx)
- NebulusAlphazoneAlphazone is a German hard trance group, comprising Alex Zwarg and Arne Reichelt. The group was formed in 1995. In 1996 they released their first single - "Overload"...
- Destination Paradise (Ozone Remix) - Tajana - Badis Theme (Airbase Remix)
- Kenny Hayes - Daybreaker (Airbase Elektech Remix)
- Matanka - Near Me (Airbase Remix)
- Calanit - Sculptured (Airbase Remix)
- Duderstadt - Mahananda (Airbase Remix)
- Talla 2XLCTalla 2XLCTalla 2XLC, real name Andreas Tomalla, is an electronic music producer and DJ whose work has spanned from industrial music to trance music.-History:In 1979, Talla 2XLC began DJing with the sounds of Kraftwerk, YMO, and Depeche Mode....
- Carry Me (Airbase Remix) - Denleo - Naked (Airbase Remix)
- Jamaster A - Bells Of Tiananmen (Airbase Remix)
- Jamaster A - One Night in Beijing (Airbase Remix)
- Shane 54Shane 54Shane 54 is a dance music producer and DJ based in Budapest. He's known for his mashups, bootlegs and remixes. He's remixed such leading acts as Paul Oakenfold, Above & Beyond, and Lange amongst others, and worked with labels like Vandit, Anjunabeats, Nebula, AVEX Japan, Logic US and Lost...
- Valahol (Airbase Remix) - Yamin feat Marcie - So Tired (Airbase Remix)
- Arksun - Arisen (Airbase pres. Parc Remix)
- Undersun feat. Mark Otten - Capoeira (Scarab Remix)
- GouryellaGouryellaGouryella were a Dutch trance act comprising Ferry Corsten and DJ Tiësto. The word itself means "heaven" in an aborigine language. They are best known for the self-titled song "Gouryella" and the follow-up single "Walhalla", both epic trance tracks....
- Ligaya (Airbase Remix) - TiëstoTiëstoTijs Michiel Verwest, , known as Tiësto , is a Dutch musician, DJ and record producer of electronic dance music. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto...
- Elements of LifeElements of LifeNote: In some territories , track 12 is "He's A Pirate" , a remix of the theme music of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl also featured on the CD single, and on initial retail shipments of Best Buy's exclusive version of the movie soundtrack...
(Airbase Remix)