Jezper Söderlund

Biography

Jezper Söderlund (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈjɛ̌sːpɛ ˈʂø̂ːdɛˌɭɵnd]), better known by his main stage name Airbase, is a Swedish record producer and electronic music artist. His experimentation with electronic music began in 1994 after he was introduced to a digital sequencer application called Scream Tracker. Since 2004, he's been using Ableton Live 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, in April 2007, released his fifth solo album Elements of Life. During the release party, he played one of Airbase's mixes, "Medusa×Medusa13 July 2007 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracks1Medusa (Darren Porter Remix)2:352Medusa (Darren Porter Extended Remix)6:113Medusa (Radio Edit)3:17". 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×We Might Fall18 February 2011 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 11 tracks1Escape (2011 album mix)9:452Less Than More7:083Sun City6:474Asylum6:315Sand & Sorrow8:066Silent Music for Quiet People3:367Last Door on the Left7:068We Might Fall6:509Affirmation7:221040 Miles6:4711St. Emilion7:32. 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 Sensation event in Belgium 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 had gotten engaged to his then girlfriend, Jessica Ramboldt, who provided lyrics as Floria Ambra for Airbase×Airbase2002 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1Dreamer10:182JT (radio edit)3:303Sparrow6:404Spin7:425Rise With Me7:536Open Up9:237Wild Nature8:368Lobe6:299JT7:3010Runaway9:19's single "Denial×Denial23 September 2008 · EPSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracks1Denial7:072Denial (Airbase Remix)7:073Denial (Radio Edit)3:43", "Interfere" and "Wonders×Wonders20 July 2009 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 3 tracks1Wonders8:082Wonders (Virtual Vault remix)8:283Wonders (Virtual Vault dub)8:24".
Jezper is also one of the three original creators of the dance music website Trance.nu. Jezper is also credited with the base layout and graphics on the Trance.nu website.
Aside from his musical career, he is also known for being a gearhead. Together with longtime friend Tommie Podzemski, he hosts the weekly Swedish podcast "Slashat" where tech, IT, gadgets and web-related news are discussed.
On 5 March 2010 it was reported that Jezper emailed Apple CEO Steve Jobs directly, asking if iPhone to iPad tethering was possible. The answer, directly from Steve Jobs, was "No".