Petter

1 Petter Real Name Petter Alexis Askergren Born 1974 Was Not The First Swedish MC. Neither Was He The One That Made Swedish An Accepted Language On The Domestic Hip-Hop Scene That Honor Goes To The Latin Kings. But Petter Was The First Swedish Hip-Hop Artist Breaking Through To A Mass Audience Making The Genre Marketable And By That Making Way For A Great Number Of Younger MCs. Growing Up In Södermalm Stockholm He Was A Member Of The Bands Vanguards And Blacktop Dandelions Still Rapping In English. But It Was Not Until He Started Writing Lyrics In Swedish He Managed To Get A Contract On BMG. In August 1998 He Released His First Album Mitt Sjätte Sinne My Sixth Sense With Help From Ayo PeeWee And Sleepy Among Others Parts Of A Loosely Held Together Collective Called Natural Bond. The Album Got Mixed Reviews But Sold Well If Not Exceptional. But The Coming Year Petter's Star Rose When He Began Receiving Immense Attention From Media And Better Gigs Than Any Other MC In Sweden. When The Second Album Bananrepubliken The Banana Republic Was Released In 1999 Petter Was Already A Big Star. This Album Was More Up-Tempo Sold Better Than Any Other Swedish Hip-Hop Album Before And Got Good Press. While Being Heavily Influenced By American Prototypes Petter Managed To Put The Lyrics In An Understandable Swedish Context Thus Distinguishing Him From Many Of His Contemporaries. The Songs Also Had A Good Down-To-Earth And Sing- Or Rather Rap- Along Quality. From The Position He Held After The Second Album He Was Able To Get Backing From BMG To Start His Own Label Bananrepubliken Where He Signed A Mix Of Old Friends And New Discoveries Like Eye-N-I Feven And Ayo. Though By 2001 Petter Was Not Unique In Doing What He Did Anymore He Was Still By Far The Biggest Star Of Hip-Hop In Sweden And The One Person Who Had Done The Most To Make It A Mainstream Genre. He Has Released 15 Albums Mitt Sjätte Sinne Banarepubliken Petter Ronin P God Damn It En Räddare I Nöden Samlar Ut Den Början På Allt Mitt Folk Skeppsholmen Lev Nu 9818 And Dö Sen. 2 Petter Nordqvist Is A 20 Year Old DJ And Producer From Stockholm In Sweden Who Is Fast Forging His Own Unique Niche In The Musical Spectrum. Petter Has Won Himself Fans From All Corners And A More Solidly Diverse Young Talent You’d Struggle To Find. Petter’s Music Wears Its Diverse Influences On Its Sleeve Fusing Together Techno Electro Dub Ambient Acid Breaks And Deep House In His Own Unique Style. Sasha Is A Confirmed Follower Recently Reviving And Remixing ‘These Days’ For His ‘Involver’ Compilation But Petter’s Tracks Are Equally At Home In The More Offbeat Sets Of The Likes Of Laurent Garnier Josh Wink Trevor Jackson And The Hacker. The Young Swede Is Also Gaining A Bit Of A Reputation For His Own Live And DJ Sets An Equally Unique Hybrid Of Electro-Tinged Dubbed-Out House And Techno. read less