Live sets
Nujazz mix
Beach house mix
Biblos 2001 trancemix
Discography
12" official releases
CD Releases
White labels
Unreleased
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#1 Club DJ in Norway
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Early days
He
got his name from his grandmother who called him "her
little prince" when he was a baby, Since then family and
friends has called him Prince. The DJ also
known as Vikram Rai was born in New Delhi, India, but
he has been raised in Stavanger, Norway. DJ Prince was enlightened in 1986 by DJ
Cheese (world record mixing champion of '1986) live
performance in Stavanger. DJ Prince has participated in the
DMC Norwegian mixing championship finals in 1989 and 1990 and
has been rated as one of Norways top jocks for many years.
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Technology
is #1
DJ Prince
is a freelance DJ in the weekends, and during office hours he
works as a senior system consultant/advisor at Bouvet. Working primary with Microsoft technology and web
based solutions.
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A passion for musical
excellence
DJ Prince is a very busy man indeed, besides DJ'ing, daytime
job, webmaster for
www.djprince.no and active personal life he is also involved in various musical projects, either as a
producer or as a remixer. He has with collaborating parties had
several top dance hits in Scandinavia, Europe, Japan and USA.
His music has received good reviews both in MixMag and Muzik
magazine. Currently signed to Strengholt musicgroup in the
Netherlands.
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Billboard
dancechart
The
Summer of 2000 he released the whitelabel titled "Mixmad -Got
to have" with "partner in crime" Justin
K. This
record was a instant smash and huge success all over the
world. After the sample (Felix-Don't you want my love) was cleared the record got an
official release on Mobizz records in 2001. "Got to have" is
featured on over 30 compilations around the world, from South Africa to
Japan. In USA it went to number 3 on the Billboard dance
chart and in Norway it stayed at no 1 for 3 weeks on the
Norwegian dance chart. It was also featured in
the poplular american tv series called
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The
importance of good company
He has been DJing in Mallorca from 1992 through 1995 and
also been traveling all around Norway playing at the
biggest clubs and events. In 2001 he signed up with
Klubbheads label Mobizz. DJ Prince has been
featured many times in magazines, newspaper and national
TV. His mixes and mashups are often to be heard on
various radio stations all over the world. He has also contributed with his
knowledge on harmonic mixing in the book "HOW TO DJ (PROPERLY)" by music journalists Bill Brewster
and Frank Broughton. DJ Prince is also mentioned in the book
"DJing for dummies, regarding harmonic mixing.
Click here for book review.
BBC review
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Music
style
DJ Prince enjoys a wide range of music, from lounge based
gigs with soul, funk and latin grooves to warehouse
based trance parties with over 1000s of guests. DJ
Prince has 3 residencies in Norway. Contra bar(Bergen),
Mood nightclub(Bergen) and Hall Toll(Stavanger. DJ
Prince has also played at various festivals and special
happenings. With his unique mixing skills, using
harmonic mixing blended with some turntable trix, including
scrathing and juggling he is truly
a dj`s dj.
In 2009 DJ Prince won the Norwegian Pepsi Max /NRJ DJ
Battle...check video here;
DJ Prince recently played at the international jazz
festival(www.maijazz.no)
in Stavanger, Norway. He did several with his concept,
Nordic NuJazz Ensamble. Mixing live pa with dj, using
sax, trumpet and a percussionist. |
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