Basshunter is a famous singer, producer and DJ from Sweden. His real name is Jonas Erik Altberg. And "basshunter" literally means "bass hunter" in translation, so Jonas loves the sound of low frequencies.
Childhood and youth of Jonas Erik Oltberg
Basshunter was born on December 22, 1984 in the Swedish town of Halmstad. For a long time he lived with his family in his hometown, not far from the popular beach.
Young people liked this place so much that one of the compositions of Strand Tylösand was named after it.
At an early age, the artist was diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome (a genetic disorder of the central nervous system, in which nervous tics and spasms often occur in different parts of the body).
Because of this unpleasant disease, he had to go through a lot, but now Jonas has almost “beaten” his diagnosis and is living a full life.
He took up writing music in his youth, namely at the age of 15. He is introduced to music from a simple Fruity Loops program. And until now, he works in it, which causes bewilderment and admiration on the part of colleagues.
Basshunter career
In 2004, Jonas was able to release The Bass Machine's first full length album. The Internet was quickly filled with the singer's tracks, thanks to which he was popular - he was invited to large clubs to work as a DJ.
In 2006, the artist signed the first ever contract with the Warner Music Group. The second LOL album was released in early September 2006.
The singer's work is usually attributed to such musical genres as techno, electro, trance, club music, etc.
- The third album The Old Shit was released in the same 2006.
- The fourth album Now You're Gone was released in 2008.
- It was followed in 2009 by Bass Generation's fifth album.
And the last one to date is the sixth album, Calling Time, released back in 2013. There are three compositions in the work of Jonas with his own remix of the Swedish anthem: Sverige, Du Gamla Du Fria, Stolt Svensk.
The first song, thanks to which the singer became famous almost all over the world, was the composition Boten Anna. This is one of many Basshunter songs in Swedish.
There is also an English version of the song called Now You're Gone. Both songs topped the European charts. And the video for the Swedish-language version of the song has become one of the most popular videos on YouTube.
Undisputed hits are such songs as: Boten Anna, All I Ever Wanted, Every Morning, etc. The musician is active not only musically, but also socially, and is friends with many people from show business.
So, Aylar Lee (a popular modern model) participated in such video clips as All I Ever Wanted, Now You're Gone, Angelin the Night, I Miss You, I Promised Myself and Every Morning.
Basshunter is one of the biggest figures in the world of this type of music. He constantly performs with tours around the world.
The personal life of an artist
Since 2014, he has been married to Makhija Tina Altberg, with whom he met and lived together for several years before his marriage. Makhija graduated from the University of California and now makes her living designing yachts.
Basshunter now
Currently, the musician often gives concerts in different cities of the world.
Until recently, he lived in the Swedish town of Malmö, and now for several years he has been living in Dubai with his wife.
He actively maintains accounts on such social networks as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, where you can also find the page of his wife.
Interesting facts about the artist
- The musician told the bike about another version of the origin of the pseudonym - he admitted to being indifferent to the female back of the body. And if we discard the first letter "B", which, as Jonas swears, was not originally there, it will turn out literally "ass hunter", which means "ass hunter" in translation. To leave such an extravagant pseudonym, apparently, modesty prevented.
- A tattoo in the form of the same "B" is on the back of the singer.
- Jonas confessed his love for computer games, which is reflected in his songs - a significant number of songs are dedicated to them. The singer's favorite games are Warcraft, Dot A, etc.
- Jonas passion is remixes. In addition to the reworked version of the Swedish anthem, his arsenal includes Jingle Bells, In Da Club 50 Cent, and even Lasha Tumbai, which was originally sung by the notorious Serduchka.
- There are many funny, even ridiculous, parodies from different countries on the video clip of the song Boten Anna.
- The story of the aforementioned song, according to Jonas, is based on real events. The fact is that while communicating in some chat, the singer was mercilessly "banned" and thought that this was the work of a bot. But no, the real girl Anna was to blame for everything, which he probably took offense at.
- In 2008, in honor of the fact that the musician's number of subscribers on the My Space service exceeded 50 thousand, he released a curious song Beer in the Bar - My Space Edit.
- Not a very positive fact about the biography of the singer: he was accused of sexual harassment of a girl in a Scottish bar. However, the information was denied, and the singer was acquitted.
