Jezper Söderlund (), better known by his main stage name Airbase, is a Swedish

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and electronic music artist. His experimentation with electronic music began in 1994 after he was introduced to a digital

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application called

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. Since 2004, he's been using

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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 Tijs Michiel Verwest (; born 17 January 1969), known professionally as Tiësto ( ), is a Dutch DJ and music producer from Breda. He was voted "the Greatest DJ of All Time" by '' Mix'' magazine in a 2010/2011 poll amongst fans. In 2013, he was ...

, in April 2007, released his fifth solo album ''

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''. 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 21 February 2011. Additionally, he is hosting a monthly radio show called ''Re-Mix'' on the online radio station Afterhours.FM, which was later renamed to "Touchdown Airbase". In 2005 together with his brother, Andre Söderlund, composed the anthem of

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event in

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under the name First and Andre with "Widescreen".

Personal life

Jezper made a personal announcement on his Airbase website on 1 October 2008, stating that on 27 September 2008 he got engaged to his then girlfriend, Jessica Ramboldt, who provided lyrics as Floria Ambra 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 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. Tran ...

. Jezper is also credited with the base layout and graphics on the Trance.nu website. Aside from his musical career, he's also known for being a gear head. Together with longtime friend Tommie Podzemski, he hosts the weekly Swedish podcast " Slashat" where tech, IT, gadgets and web related news are being discussed. On 5 March 2010 it was reported that Jezper emailed Apple CEO

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directly, asking if iPhone to iPad

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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 Recordings Black Hole Recordings is a Dutch record label founded by Tijs Verwest (Tiësto) and Arny Bink in 1997. In August 2009, Tiësto decided to leave Black Hole Recordings, setting up the record label Musical Freedom in association with PIAS Entertai ...

) * Airbase - Back (Black Hole Recordings) * Airbase - Uppercut (A State of Trance (label) /

Armada Music Armada Music is a Dutch independent record label that specialises in releasing electronic dance music. The name Armada derives from the first two letters of the founders' first names: Armin van Buuren, Maykel Piron and David Lewis. Signed a ...

) * Airbase - Modus Operandi (A State of Trance (label) /

) * Airbase - Mondegreen (A State of Trance (label) /

) * 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 Records Platipus Records was a British trance music record label that was based in London, England. It was founded in 1993 by Simon Berry, and early releases included Union Jack and Art of Trance. Later, the label included artists like Dawnseekers a ...

) * Rah - Glow / Wave (Platipus Records) * J. - I Scream / Breaking The Silence (

) * 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) * Airbase - Idun (Record Union)

Remixography

feat. BT - Break My Fall (Airbase Remix) *

Armin Van Buuren Armin Jozef Jacobus Daniël van Buuren ( , ; born 25 December 1976) is a Dutch DJ and record producer from Leiden, South Holland. Since 2001, he has hosted ''A State of Trance'' (ASOT), a weekly radio show, which is broadcast to nearly 40&nbs ...

- Wall Of Sound (Airbase Pres. Parc Rmx) *

Imogen Heap Imogen Jennifer Heap (born 9 December 1977) is a British musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. Her work has been considered pioneering in pop and electropop music. Heap classically trained in piano, cello and clarinet starting at ...

- 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 Darey Matthew Jonathan Darey (born 29 November 1968) is an English trance music producer and performer. Darey has sold over two million albums and singles with numerous top 10 and top 20 chart hits. Music career Darey was born in Leicester, England. ...

pres. Tekara - I Wanna be an Angel (Airbase Rmx) * Above & Beyond - Far From In Love (Airbase Rmx) *

Blank & Jones Blank & Jones are a German electronic music duo, consisting of the members Jan Pieter Blank (born June 15, 1971), known as Piet Blank; René Runge (born June 27, 1968), better known as DJ Jaspa Jones; and the producer Andy Kaufhold (N*D*K) (born ...

- Watching The Waves (Moon Rmx) *

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- 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 Burt - 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 Richard Mowatt, commonly known by his stage name Solarstone (formerly spelled Solar Stone), is an Irish trance DJ and producer based in Wales. The music project Solarstone was founded as a trio, and also used the pseudonyms Young Parisians, Liq ...

- Solarcoaster (Airbase Remix) *

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& 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) * Nebulus - Destination Paradise (Ozone Remix) * DJ Tandu & Michael Parsberg - Budi's Theme (Airbase Remix) * Kenny Hayes - Daybreaker (Airbase Elektech Remix) * Matanka - Near Me (Airbase Remix) * Calanit - Sculptured (Airbase Remix) * Duderstadt - Mahananda (Airbase Remix) * Talla 2XLC - Carry Me (Airbase Remix) * Denleo - Naked (Airbase Remix) * Jamaster A - Bells Of Tiananmen (Airbase Remix) * Jamaster A - One Night in Beijing (Airbase Remix) * Shane 54 - Valahol (Airbase Remix) * Yamin feat Marcie - So Tired (Airbase Remix) * Arksun - Arisen (Airbase pres. Parc Remix) * Undersun feat. Mark Otten - Capoeira (Scarab Remix) *

Gouryella Gouryella is a solo trance music, trance project of Dutch musician Ferry Corsten. Gouryella was originally a Netherlands, Dutch production team, comprising Corsten and Tiësto, who later left. The word itself means "heaven" in an Australian aborig ...

- Ligaya (Airbase Remix) *

(Airbase Remix) * Airbase - Roots (incl Andy Blueman remix)

Awards

*2004

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Airbase Remixers Swedish dance musicians Living people 1980 births Swedish trance musicians Tracker musicians Ableton Live users Swedish record producers