With a slew of acclaimed productions and remixes under his belt, Mr. A’s name is fast spreading through the house music world after cutting his teeth in on the dance music scene in his native Finland. The originator behind the acclaimed Danceteria Music label and accompanying nights (the busiest monthly house party in Finland), he regularly headlines all of his home country’s major events, festivals and club nights, playing alongside everyone from Sasha to Howells and Derrick Carter to Dixon. He also runs a bi-weekly Danceteria show on Bassoradio, co-owns a bar in Helsinki named Loop and promotes his Cosmic Dance parties at Redrum, alongside local hero Lil´ Tony, on a deeper, groovier tip.

Mr. A left his home town in Lapland back in 1990 to broaden his mental and musical horizons, spending a year studying in the US – Las Vegas no less. On returning to Finland, he moved to Helsinki, having been bitten by the acid house bug. He began to mingle with the key players of the country’s electronic music scene, spending his spare money on vinyl to feed his newly discovered DJ habit and picking up DJ gigs alongside the country’s biggest names.
 
Slowly building up his rep over the next decade, he began producing in 2000 when he moved to London, releasing his first track Tupayumi on UK label Igloo Records after working at a local vinyl emporium. Once the ball was rolling, plenty more acclaimed productions were to follow – first breaks on nu skool scene-leaders like Botchit Breaks, and then later when he relocated back home, more house music. Alongside friends Miika Kuisma and Heikki L, he set up the Danceteria Music label in 2006– his home turf in terms of own productions.

His DJ sets combine everything from tech-house, heady progressive moments, and groovy, eclectic techno, while he cites influences such as Danny Tenaglia, Pink Floyd and Depeche Mode. His musical vision and charisma saw him voted as Finland’s Number 1 DJ by City Magazine (the equivalent to Time Out in the UK and elsewhere). Since then he’s spread his dance music gospel across the whole of Scandinavia, U.K, Germany, Russia, Bulgaria, Poland, Lithuania, Estonia and more.

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