55 Facts About Basshunter

Basshunter started producing music at the age of 17, and later he started performing in local venues in his early career.

Basshunter has taken part in the seventh series of the British reality television show Celebrity Big Brother, episodes of the Swedish game show Fangarna pa fortet, and an episode of the British television quiz show Weakest Link.

Basshunter's accolades include a European Border Breakers Award, a Musikforlaggarnas pris, a Telia award, and nominations for a BT Digital Music Award, two Grammis, an MTV Europe Music Award, and a Rockbjornen.

Basshunter has a younger brother, Joakim; the family lived near Tylosand.

Basshunter sang for two years in a rock band, where he became acquainted with experimental music.

Basshunter attended Kattegattgymnasiet secondary school with a technical specialization, but moved after two years to Sturegymnasiet, a secondary school in Halmstad with a music specialization.

Basshunter finished secondary school in 2005, after which he attended college, but did not complete his education.

Basshunter chose the stage name "Basshunter" in a reference to his musical style, and described the name as commercial and powerful.

Basshunter's father was tired of hearing the constant pounding when Basshunter was producing music inside the bedroom, so he built him a clubhouse.

In 2004, Basshunter was chosen in an online poll and performed live for the first time at a rave party in Almhult.

Basshunter recorded a YouTube video, entitled Basshunter Tutorial, showing his recording process in FL Studio.

Basshunter published his music mainly through the Internet for free download on platforms such as chat channels and gaming websites.

Basshunter was registered on online communities like Efterfest, LunarStorm, Nattstad, Porrigt, Playahead, Skunk and Trance.

In March 2006, Basshunter published his song "Boten Anna" online and within twenty-four hours, it had been downloaded 37,000 times.

Jarny contacted his friend Henrik Uhlmann at Extensive Music and in April 2006, Basshunter signed with Extensive Music and Warner Music Sweden.

Basshunter worked on the album for three and a half weeks, during which Ali Payami helped him with three songs.

Basshunter described it as a connection of vocal music with hard dance and hard trance music; Basshunter's use of vocals is a significant departure from his earlier works.

In 2008 Basshunter became the 11th-best-selling singles songwriter in the United Kingdom according to eight months of data compiled by Official Charts Company.

Basshunter's following single "Northern Light" was released on 14 May 2012 and the next single "Dream on the Dancefloor" was released on 18 November that year.

In 2012, Basshunter moved to Dubai and he lived in Mallorca for six months.

Basshunter recorded more than 30 tracks for Calling Time and selected the final fifteen; he said he "tried to grow as an artist" with an album that has "classic Basshunter sounds" and previously unreleased music.

On 26 July 2013 Basshunter announced he was retiring from singing to focus on DJing, producing, and songwriting.

Basshunter met new artists and invited them to sing on his songs.

Basshunter made the decision after four exhaustive performances in four days.

In 2014, Basshunter announced a new album was in work.

In 2016, Basshunter returned to recording; he said he would not release a new studio album but would focus on recording singles in accordance with prevailing trends in music industry.

Basshunter's 2022 "End the Lies" is a collaboration with Italian duo Alien Cut.

Basshunter says it is cheerful, full of energy and very melodic, stating it does not sound like other types of music, and that producers and artists display their own identities in their works.

Basshunter is passionate about basslines and uses them in his music.

Basshunter has at least five unknown pseudonyms under which he produces music in secret.

Basshunter always takes his laptop on concert tours so he can spontaneously record ideas and return to them when he is back in his main studio.

Basshunter composes music and writes lyrics himself, though sometimes his agent helps with the lyrics to find the right English words.

In 2018 Basshunter said that the music industry changed in previous years and it is harder now more than ever to stand out from other artists because it is easier to produce music.

Basshunter added that it is more important than ever to adapt and an artist has to create something that people haven't heard before and described it as a holy grail.

In 2020 Basshunter described himself as quite an emotional producer after a few years break from producing music.

Basshunter listened to many underground tracks that had never been released or are not widely known by the general public, as well as German and Dutch techno music, trance, reggae, funk and blues music; particularly the music of Ray Charles.

Basshunter considers Ali Payami as one of the best music producers, songwriters and DJ's.

Basshunter's work has influenced Avicii, The Bird, Bladee, DCPA, Earmake and Thaiboy Digital.

Basshunter said people think he listens to techno in his headphones all the time but he rarely listen to the music he produces, which gives him a wider perspective.

Basshunter considers his fan base to be very important for his career and knows many of his non-Scandinavian fans actually prefer his songs to be in Swedish.

Basshunter tries to plan the shows but actually presents his live performances as improvisations.

Basshunter has performed at many festivals including Elama lapselle, Hity Na Czasie twice in 2007 and 2009, T4 on the Beach, Youth Beatz, Allsang pa Skansen, Hull Pride, Nottinghamshire Pride, Emmabodafestivalen, The Gathering and Lundakarnevalen.

Basshunter appeared on BBC Switch Live and in 2014 performed on Sochi Medals Plaza during the awards ceremony of Winter Olympic Games.

Basshunter has performed on many tours, including New Zealand Tour, Dance Nation Tour and Australian Tour.

Basshunter released remix of "Calcutta 2008" for Dr Bombay's compilation album The Hits.

In 2008, Basshunter remixed Alina's song "When You Leave ".

In 2008 and 2010, Basshunter appeared at the charity event Cash for Kids.

In 2009, Basshunter was a guest of television shows Red Bull Rivals and Never Mind the Buzzcocks.

Basshunter appeared in the Swedish television game show Fangarna pa fortet and in the British quiz show Weakest Link in 2010.

Basshunter played Counter-Strike at semi-professional level and his clan won two tournaments in Sweden.

Basshunter appeared during the Danmarks Bedste Gamer in 2008 and during The Gathering in 2019.

Basshunter initially planned to release a continuation of LOL album titled either ROFL or KTHXBYE for free but was unable to after signing with a record label.

In 2011, Basshunter appeared in the film Playing with Arnold, in which he invites people to play the video game Mortal Online.

Basshunter has stated he did not enjoy life as a married man and described the need to numb his emotions with work and alcohol.

Basshunter has Tourette syndrome and has described himself as a spontaneous person, though he has said he has a sensitive side.