- Basshunter
Infobox musical artist
Name = Basshunter
Img_capt = Basshunter at a concert inPoland
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Jonas Erik Altberg
Born = Birth date and age|1984|12|22Halmstad ,Sweden
Instrument =Singing ,synthesizers
Genre =Eurodance , electro, club, dance
Occupation =Singer , producer
Years_active = 1999–present
Label =Warner Music Group / Hard2Beat
Associated_acts =
URL = [http://www.basshunter.se/ basshunter.se]Jonas Erik Altberg (born
December 22 ,1984 , inHalmstad ,Sweden ), better known by thepseudonym Basshunter, is a Swedishmusician and DJ. Basshunter describes his own music asEurodance , while others may also interpret it aseurotrance , club, and other electronic music genres.Fact|date=June 2008 Basshunter is managed by former Warner Music A&R agent Henrik Uhlman, and is represented in the United States byMayar Zokaei .He has become famous for his songs "
Boten Anna " and "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA ", in part owing to their references togeek culture .Biography
Jonas Erik Altberg was born on
22 December 1984 inHalmstad ,Sweden . He lived with his parents and younger brother near Tylösand, a famous Swedish beach. He started to produce music under thestage name "Basshunter" in 1999 with the computer program , and released his first album, "The Bassmachine ", through his ownhome page in 2004. His interest in music became greater as he progressed. After several demo songs spread over the internet, he started to get phone calls from dance clubs that wanted to hire him as a DJ. In April 2006, he signed his first contract with Warner Music, releasing his first single, "Boten Anna ". In Scandinavia, the song became a hit instantly and was the first everSwedish language song to reach number one on the Dutch Top 40 Chart. Hismajor label debut album, "LOL <(^^,)>" would chart all over Europe and launch him into the forefront of dance musicFact|date=October 2008. When Basshunter reached 50,000 friends onMySpace , he celebrated by releasing "Beer in the Bar - Myspace Edit" and chatting viawebcam with fans] . In 2007, Altberg released a re-recording of "Boten Anna ", titled "Now You're Gone", featuring entirely rewritten lyrics to appeal to a foreign market. The song subsequently charted at number one on theUK Singles Chart , and stayed there for 5 weeks.Throughout 2007, Basshunter has been working on a new album, titled "", after the leading single, was released on
14 July 2008 . He has also released a small clip of "Camilla", while the song "I Can Walk On Water, I Can Fly" leaked unintentionally. After a planned release, "Please Don't Go", another single, was cancelled in an email to subscribers of the Hard2Beat newsletter. The single release was instead switched to "All I Ever Wanted", an English re-recording of "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA ", in the vein of "Now You're Gone". Within the single newsletter, it was also revealed that the next album was indeed "on its way", along with the single, and that the album would be English reworkings of classic Basshunter songs.The third single to be released in the UK will be "Angel in the Night" and not "Please Don't Go", which many fans speculated would be released instead.When interviewed by
Mirror.co.uk , Basshunter stated he would like to do a collaboration withMadonna as well asRobbie Williams stating their legends.Personal life
Altberg has been diagnosed with
Tourette syndrome . [cite web
url = http://expressen.se/index.jsp?a=607653
title = Hitmakaren Jonas: De ville göra narr av mig
accessdate = 2006-09-27
last = Joo
first = Nathalie
date =2006-06-11
work =Expressen
publisher = Kvällstidningen Expressen| language = Swedish] [Mendoza, Nadia. [http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/music/article1426407.ece 'I was bullied for my Tourette's',] "The Sun"July 15 ,2008 . Retrieved onJuly 18 ,2008 .]Discography
Studio albums
References
External links
* [http://www.basshunter.se/ Official site (Sweden)]
* [http://www.basshunter.fr/ Official site (France)]
*MySpace|basshunterdance|Basshunter
*YouTube|QBYxCFCk3GQ|Basshunter & Alina - When You Leave (Numa Numa) Official Video
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3imOrj2Of24/ Mirror.co.uk Interview Basshunter]
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