Basshunter

Basshunter is the pseudonym of Jonas Erik Altberg. He was born on December 22, 1984, in Halmstad, Sweden. Basshunter is a musician and DJ and he describes his own music as eurodance. He has become famous for songs like "Boten anna" or "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA".



Jonas lived near a famous Swedish beach with his parents and his younger brother. He released his first album, The Bassmachine, in 2004, by the name of "Busshunter", through his own home page. After some time publishing his music on the Internet, he started to get phone calls from some clubs that wanted to hire him as a DJ. He signed his first contract with Warner Music in 2006, releasing his first single, "Boten Anna". His song became a hit in Scandinavia and it was the first ever Swedish language song to reach number one on the Dutch Top 40 Chart. His album LOL was a success and launched him into the forefront of dance music. In 2007 he rewrote "Boten anna" with the tittle of "Now you are gone" to become popular between the English audience. Afterwards the song stayed for 5 weeks on the UK Singles Chart.



Throughout 2007, Basshunter worked on "Now you're gone: The album". After, he released "Please don't go" which is an English re-recording of "Vi sitter i Ventrilo och spelar DotA".

I think he has succeeded because he has a different style, that's not so usual. His music is very popular with young people and in the pubs and discos because it's great to dance and to have a good time to.