Eric Prydz is one of the most commercial properties in dance music at the moment, but his career didn’t exactly get off to the best of starts. Faced with a severe lack of equipment, Eric suffered an early setback when he was put into Swedish reform school for stealing keyboards from his school music department.
Petty theft behind him, he travelled to Stockholm where he became accepted into the Swedish dance music aristocracy, people like Steve Angello and Alexander Kowalski. Influenced by the ‘first generation’ of Stockholm talent, such as Hakan Libdo and Adam Beyer, he began working from his underground studio in the heart of Stockholm to develop his trade mark hard-hitting sound; a fusion of Depeche Mode esque early electronica with a nod to the melodies of 1980’s dance music. Now he is respected throughout the dance industry and record buying public for writing infectious, funk-fuelled hooks and melodies and spanning styles from house to techno.
His big break came after he was approached by giants EMI, from which he moved to the label’s flagship dance imprint Credence. He quickly began to make his mark there releasing the highly successful (but unimaginatively titled) “EP1”. Two records later and he had become one of the labels heavyweights and developed into one of the most well known producers in house music. As word spread, he began to accept lucrative remix jobs. With countless labels fighting for a slice of his talent, he has seen his tracks and remixes released across the world by the like of Junior, the Ministry of Sound, Oxyd, International Deejay Gigolo, Duty Free, Parlophone and many others. Most importantly, his tracks have enjoyed a resounding popularity across the dance world and hit a note with the scene’s leading trendsetters