John Dahlbäck
Biography
John Dahlbäck, full name John Erik Åke Allan Dahlbäck, is a Swedish musician, disc jockey and producer born on 13 October 1985 in the parish of Ösmo, Stockholm. He moved at a very young age to a small village near the capital.
He grew up in a musical environment, with his parents and almost all of his family being musicians. It was thanks to his older cousin Jesper Dahlbäck that he discovered house music and began producing his own tracks.
His first production was released on the label of Pawel Kobak, Route 33, and his first 12″ appeared on the Chicago-based label Deep4life. Subsequently, he released records on labels such as Dessous Recordings, Morris / Audio, Tangent Beats and Affected Music, with planned releases on Shva Muzik, Immigrant and Deeplay.
In collaboration with his cousin Jesper Dahlbäck, he launched the Dahlbäck Records label. After evolving from techno to more house-oriented sounds, he founded the Pickadoll Records and Mutants Records labels. More recently, he created his solo label Bajonett.
John Dahlbäck is also active under several pseudonyms, including Huggotron, Hug, Kaliber, Jetboy (2) and Demure (5), through which he explores different facets of electronic music. His musical style falls into the progressive house and EDM genres.