Biography
balErik (Erik Molthe) is based in Oslo, Norway. He started djing late 2000. His vinyl collection rapidly started to grow and about 8 months later he got his first warm-up gig at Oslo's leading progressive house night, "Odyssey" Where balErik played his trademark sexy, deep, funky house and techno music. In 2003, balErik started a monthly club night in Oslo, with occational other one off parties being thrown in other Norwegian cities, "Dirty grooves" (www.dirtygrooves.com). The night has been a great success and got nominated for best clubnight in a Norwegian online clubbing magazine same year. The year after he also got into promoting another clubnight called Timeslip also a monthly night based in Oslo. The main ideas with both club nights are happy vibes and amazing house music. This night has recently celebrated its second birthday and is still going strong.
"A deejay to watch out for in 2006, Desyn masiello." Source Dj Mag Oct. 2005
He has has played together with Rowan Blades, Luke Fair, Seaumus Haji, Chris Fortier, Yousef, Kingkade, Greg Vickers, Ricky Ryan, Rollo, Nick DK, Tom Morgan, Jeff Bennett, Nils Noa, Omid 16B, Desyn Masiello and Inkfish, to name a few known names. Some of balEriks favorite djs and influences are Danny Howells, Rollo (Israel), Luke Fair, Desyn Masiello and Rowan Blades. Recently he also got into re-editing which is a small start of getting into producing. Some of his edits have been played by Deep Dish, Sander Kleinenberg, John Digweed, Nic Fanciulli, Demi, Max Graham and Behrouz. Aswell he just got asked to work as A R scout for the infamous Alternative route record label from the UK, where its his job to find the unsigned diamonds for the future. which also opens more possibilities to work on original material for him in the future. He has played all over Oslo at all the main venue's and also last year has seen him started travelling abroad for gigs at Turnmills in London, San Fransisco USA, Schezchin in Poland, Sofia in Bulgaria, Riga in Latvia, Stockholm in Sweden. In his spare time he is constantly looking for hot tunes, making contacts and trying to promote himself in the best possible way. Keep an eye out for balErik and his dirty grooves in the future. Nominated for dj of the year in Norway's nattguiden awards 2004 and 2005.
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