StoneBridge (DJ)

StoneBridge is the pseudonym for the Swedish DJ and record producer Sten Hallström.

History

StoneBridge won international renown with the remix of the 1993 hit "Show Me Love" with Robin S. Until then, he had been running the Swedish DJ/remix outfit SweMix, formed at the end of the 1980s. He has released several 12" remixes, CDs, and has several singles, including "Put 'Em High", "Take Me Away" and "Freak On" from the debut album 'Can't Get Enough' 2005. Some of his singles featured the Swedish vocalist Therese. In 2006, he released a DJ mix album, The Flavour The Vibe, as well as started working on his follow-up album Music Takes Me, which was released in 2007. A follow-up to The Flavour The Vibe Vol 2 was released in 2008, as well as a Best of Stoney Boy Music two one mixes for iTunes. A third artist album, 'The Morning After' was released 2010. In recent years StoneBridge has released several successful singles such as 'Be Kind' (with Crystal Waters), 'You Can Have It All' and 'Believe It'.

Mixes in 2007 included "Me and My Imagination" by Sophie Ellis-Bextor, "Talkin' 2 Myself" by Ayumi Hamasaki, and "Gimme More" by Britney Spears. In 2008, StoneBridge remixed Ne-Yo's track "Closer", and the comeback single from New Kids on the Block, featuring Ne-Yo, entitled "Single". StoneBridge garnered a Grammy Award nomination for his remix of "Closer". In 2012 StoneBridge received a BMI Songwriter of the year award for his contribution to Jason Derulo 'Don't Wanna Go Home'. StoneBridge is also a resident at Sirius XM/BPM with his show Epic Mix with StoneBridge every Saturday 10pm (PST) over North America. He also mixes a weekly guest mix for Hed Kandi Japan. Besides running his two record labels Stoney Boy Music and Dirty Harry Records, StoneBridge tours worldwide as a DJ with recent shows in Las Vegas, Detroit, New York, Sydney, Jakarta, Chicago, Stockholm and Dubai.

Discography

Albums

• StoneBridge - All Nite Long (Mix album) (1998)
• StoneBridge - Fast Funky & Furious (Mix album (2000)
• Can't Get Enough (Artist album) (2004)
• The Flavour, The Vibe (Mix album) (2006)
• Music Takes Me (Artist album) (2007)
• The Best of Stoney Boy Music (Mix album) (2008)
• The Flavour, The Vibe Vol 2 (Mix album) (2008)
• The Flavour, The Vibe Vol 3 (Mix album) (2009)
• The Morning After (Artist album) (2010)

Singles

Year	Title	Chart positions
		UK	ARIA
2004	"Put 'Em High" (featuring Therese) †	6	33
	"Time of Our Lives"	-	-
2005	"Take Me Away" (featuring Therese) †	9	-
	"Freak On" (vs. Ultra Naté) ‡	37	-
2007	"SOS"	-	-
	"You Don't Know"	-	-
	"All I Can Think of Is You"	-	-
2008	"Close to Heaven"	-	-
	"Let It Go"	-	-
2010	"The Morning After"	-	-
	"Trip'en"	-	-
	"Rescue Me (with Chris Kaeser & Anita Kelsey)"	-	-
2012	"Love Me (with Chris Kaeser & Krista Richards)"	-	-
2013	"Sthlm Sunrise (with Chris Sammarco)"	-	-
	"Music Man (with Caroline D'Amore)"	-	-
2014	"Hold On (StoneBridge UK Mix) (with Matt Aubrey & Holevar)"	-	-
	"Global Warning (with Caroline D'Amore)"	-	-
	"Be Kind (with Crystal Waters)"	-	-
2015	"Losing Control (with Amie M)"	-	-
	"Out of Nowhere (with Jamie Lee Wilson)"	-	-

• † StoneBridge featuring Therese
• ‡ StoneBridge vs Ultra Naté

Selected remixes

• Alexandra Burke — "Start Without You"
• Axwell — "Jazzplayer"
• Ayumi Hamasaki — "Talkin' 2 Myself"
• Britney Spears — "Gimme More"
• Cher — "You Haven't See the Last of Me"
• Dario G — "Say What's On Your Mind"
• Deborah Harry — "Two Times Blue"
• Enrique Iglesias — "Escape"
• Eurythmics — "Here Comes the Rain Again"
• Jennifer Hudson — "If This Isn't Love"
• Jessica Jarrell — "Armageddon"
• Lily Allen — "The Fear"
• Locnville — "Sun In My Pockets"
• Lucie Vondrackova — "Ty jsi ten nej"
• Lulu — "Goodbye Baby and Amen"
• Mel C — "I Turn to You"
• Missy Elliott (featuring Ciara & Fatman Scoop) — "Lose Control"
• Natasha Bedingfield — "Pocketful of Sunshine"
• Ne-Yo — "Closer"
• *NSYNC — "Here We Go"/"Tearin' Up My Heart"
• Paradiso Girls (featuring Lil' Jon & Eve) — "Patron Tequila"
• Robin S — "Show Me Love"
• Roxette — "The Centre of the Heart"
• Shaggy — "Boombastic"
• Sia — "The Girl You Lost to Cocaine"
• Sophie Ellis-Bextor — "Me and My Imagination"
• Usher (featuring Young Jeezy) — "Love in This Club"
• Dannii Minogue — "Touch Me Like That"
• The Pussycat Dolls — "Whatcha Think About That"
• Sybil — "Stronger"
• Taio Cruz — "Dynamite"
• Yoko Ono — "Give Me Something"

External links

• Official StoneBridge homepage
• StoneBridge discography at Discogs
• The History of SweMix with Interview by StoneBridge