Eric Prydz

Eric Prydz
Background information
Also known as	AxEr, A&P Project, Cirez D, Dukes of Sluca, Groove System, Hardform, Pryda, Moo, Sheridan, Tonja Holma, Fiol Lasse
Born	(1976-07-19) July 19, 1976
Origin	Täby, Stockholm, Sweden
Genres	House, techno, progressive house, tech house
Occupation(s)	Musician, producer, disc jockey
Instruments	Turntables Keyboard Guitar
Years active	2002–present
Labels	Pryda, Mouseville, Pryda Friends, Virgin/EMI, Astralwerks
Website	ericprydz.tv

Eric Sheridan Prydz (/ˈprɪdz/; born July 19, 1976), also known by his stage names Pryda /ˈpraɪ.də/ and Cirez D,/ˈsaɪ.rɛz.diː/ is a Swedish DJ and producer based in Los Angeles, California.

Personal life

Aside from producing music, Prydz also runs the record labels Pryda, Pryda Friends and Mouseville, which release most of his own music. On Pryda, he releases music as Pryda. On Mouseville Records, started in 2002, he releases techno tracks as Cirez D.

Career

Prydz is perhaps best known for his 2004 hit single "Call on Me", which sampled the Steve Winwood hit "Valerie". It topped the UK singles charts for five weeks and was also number one on the German Top 100 for six consecutive weeks. Although this track made him immensely popular, Eric has stopped playing it in his shows in an attempt to distance himself from the track. In some respects he has succeeded, and with his newer songs, Eric has gained recognition from both underground and mainstream fans. In 2006, he released a remixed version of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2", entitled "Proper Education", with a video.

On 21 May 2012, Prydz released his debut artist album as a 3 disc set through Virgin Records. Disc 1 is made up of new unreleased Pryda productions, which some fans may have heard as works in progress (including Shadows, Agag, Mighty Love, Allein and the intro edit of Pjanoo). Discs 2 and 3 bring together many of the classic tracks from the Pryda catalogue, sequenced and mixed by the man himself, including some of his special re-edits.

The Ministry of Sound club in London hosted the launch of the 'Eric Prydz Presents Pryda' album on 14 April 2012, where Eric played some of the tracks from the album.

Inserting the CD in a computer and visiting Eric Prydz' Facebook page provides access to a download of 'Tijuana', a track previously known as 'Space Miami ID' in .WAV format.

His 2013 essential mix was named Essential Mix of the Year by Pete Tong.

Eric Prydz' "Pryda Snare" (contained in his song Miami To Atlanta) is a popular technique in house and trance music consisting of using a compressed and sustained snare sample at the end of a bar. Commonly used to mark progressions in a song structure, many consider it to be one of the most sampled sounds in the electronic dance music world, especially in the Beatport Top 100, which is notably used by producers such as Martin Garrix, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, and W&W.

2014 was the 10th year of Prydz's label Pryda Recordings, and as a result, on 9 January 2014, Prydz announced a special upcoming artist album which was initially due for release later that year. On 4 May 2015, Prydz announced PR(10)DA, a collection of unreleased tracks from January 2004 to December 2014. It will be released over three EPs, each consisting of four tracks, leading up to an album to be released in October 2015.

On 19 May 2014, Prydz announced via social media the third installment of his concert, Eric Prydz In Concert, titled EPIC 3.0. Promising the 'world's largest indoor hologram', new music, and new visuals, the show was to be held at Madison Square Garden during the Fall.

Prydz performed his EPIC 3.0 show on 27 September 2014, playing a large range of new and unreleased material. The show incorporated a 20m, 4K hologram, and 32 lasers.

On 4th July 2015, Prydz was the first DJ with a set featured as a "One Mix" on Beats 1, the worldwide radio station on Apple Music.

Discography

Albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		BEL	UK
Eric Prydz Presents Pryda	Released: May 18, 2012 Labels: Virgin Records Formats: CD, Digital download	84	40
PR(10)DA	Released: October 2015	—	—

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions										Certifications	Album
		AUT	BEL	FRA	GER	IRE	NL	SWE	SWI	UK	US Dance
"Call on Me"	2004	1	4	1	1	1	10	1	2	1	29	AUS: Platinum FRA: Gold SWE: Gold SWI: Gold	Non-album singles
"Woz Not Woz" (with Steve Angello)	2005	—	—	50	63	—	—	—	84	55	—
"Proper Education"	2006	20	2	10	4	9	4	7	12	2	1	DEN: Gold
"Pjanoo"	2008	22	8	21	34	7	3	6	31	2	—
"Niton (The Reason)"	2011	—	68	—	66	—	82	—	—	45	—
"Every Day"	2012	—	55	—	—	—	61	—	—	—	3
"Liberate"	2014	—	100	—	—	—	—	—	—	71	28
"Tether" (vs. CHVRCHES)	2015	—	83	—	—	—	—	—	—	107	—
"Generate"	2015	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	36
"Opus"	2015	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	36
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released

Other charted songs

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		US Dance
"Allein"	2012	12	Eric Prydz Presents Pryda

Eric Prydz

2001

• "Bass-Ism" / "Groove Yard" (with Marcus Stork)

2003

• "In & Out (feat. Adeva)"

2004

• "Slammin'" / "Inner Space"

2011

• "2Night"

2012

• "We Are Mirage" (with EOTS)

Pryda

2004

• "Human Behaviour" / "Lesson One"
• "Spooks" / "Do It"

2005

• "Nile" / "Sucker DJ"
• "Aftermath" / "The Gift"

2006

• "Remember" / "Frankfurt"

2007

• "Genesis"
• "RYMD" / "Armed"
• "Ironman" / "Madderferrys"
• "Muranyi" / "Balaton"
• "Europa" / "Odyssey"

2008

• "Pjanoo" / "F12"
• "Evouh" / "Wakanpi" / "Rakfunk"

2009

• "Animal" / "Miami To Atlanta" / "Loaded"
• "Melo" / "Lift" / "Reeperbahn"
• "Waves" / "Alfon"

2010

• "Inspiration" / "RYMD 2010"
• "Emos" / "Viro"
• "M.S.B.O.Y." / "The End"
• "Niton" / "Vega"
• "Illusions" / "Glimma"

2011

• "Mirage" / "Juletider" / "With Me"
• "2Night"

2012

• "Bergen" / "Recomondos"

2013

• "Power Drive"
• "Layers"
• "Rotonda"
• "Lycka" / "F.A.T."

2014

• "Mija" / "Origins" / "Backdraft" / "Axis"

2015

• "Rebel XX" / "Run" / "Loving You" / "Neuron" [PR(10)DA Vol.1]
• "Welcome To My House" / "Annexet" / "Clapham" / "Snaz" / "Rush" / "T.I.D" [PR(10)DA Vol II]
• "TBA..." [PR(10)DA Vol III]

Cirez D

2003

• "Diamond Girl" / "It's Over" / "W-Dizco"

2004

• "Control Freak" / "Hoodpecker"
• "Deep Inside"

2005

• "Knockout" / "Lost Love"
• "Re-Match" / "B-Boy"
• "Teaser" / "Lollipop"

2006

• "Punch Drunk" / "Copyrat"
• "Mouseville Theme"

2007

• "Horizons" / "Tigerstyle"

2008

• "Läget?"
• "Stockholm Marathon" / "The Journey"

2009

• "The Tunnel" / "Raptor"
• "On/Off" / "Fast Forward"

2010

• "Glow"
• "Bauerpost" / "Glow (In the Dark Dub)"
• "The Tumble" / "EXIT"

2011

• "Full Stop"
• "Tomorrow" / "Sirtos Madness" (with Acki Kokotos)
• "Mokba"

2013

• "Thunderstuck" / "Drums in the Deep"

2014

• "Accents" / "Revolution" (free download)
• "Ruby"

Sheridan

2002

• "Sunlight Dancing"
• "Wants vs. Needs"

2004

• "High On You"

2006

• "Fatz Theme" / "Flycker"

Moo

2002

• "Seashells"

2003

• "Jonico (Mediterranean Mix)" (with Luciano Ingrosso)
• "Sunset At Keywest"

AxEr

2006

• "123" / "321" (with Axwell)

A&P Project

2003

• "Sunrize (feat. Zemya Hamilton)" (with Steve Angello)

The Dukes of Sluca

2002

• "Don't Stop" / "Steam Machine" / "Always Searching" (with Andreas Postl)

2003

• "Mighty Love (vs. Apollo)" (with Andreas Postl)

Groove System

2001

• "Vacuum Cleaner" / "Chord Funk" (with Marcus Stork)

Hardform

2003

• "Dirty Souls" / "Fear Tha Pimps" / "Back to the Groove" (with Marcus Stork)

ToNjA Holma

2007

• "Loco" (unreleased)
• "Gemo" (unreleased)

2012

• "Bern" (unreleased)

2013

• "Spanish Delight" (unreleased)

2015

• "Trippleton" (unreleased)

Fiol Lasse

2009

• "Svedala"

Remixes

2002

• "Outfunk – Echo Vibes (Eric Prydz Remix)"
• "Star Alliance – PVC (Eric Prydz Remix)"
• "Par-T-One – I'm So Crazy (Eric Prydz Remix)"

2003

• "Harry's Afro Hut – C'mon Lady (Eric Prydz Remix)"
• "Outfunk – Lost in Music (Eric Prydz Remix)"
• "Steve Angello – Voices (Eric Prydz Remix)"
• "Snap! vs. Motivo – The Power (Of Bhangra) (Eric Prydz Remix)"
• "M Factor – Come Together (Eric Prydz Remix)"
• "The Attic – Destiny (Eric Prydz Remix)"
• "Futureshock – Pride's Paranoia (Eric Prydz Remix)"
• "Oliver Lieb & Shakeman Presents: Smoked – Metropolis (Eric Prydz Remix)"
• "Pet Shop Boys – Miracles (Eric Prydz Remix)"
• "Aloud – Sex & Sun (Eric Prydz Remix)"

2004

• "Duran Duran – (Reach Up For The) Sunrise (Eric Prydz Remix)"
• "The Shapeshifters – Lola's Theme (Eric Prydz Remix)"
• "Mutiny vs. Lorraine Cato – Holding On (Eric Prydz Remix)"
• "Alter Ego – Rocker (Eric Prydz Remix)"

2005

• "Axwell - Feel The Vibe (Eric Prydz Remix)"
• "Howard Jones – And Do You Feel Scared? (Eric Prydz Remix)"
• "Eric Prydz & Adeva – In & Out (Eric Prydz Remix)"

2006

• "Double 99 - R.I.P. Groove (Cirez D Remix)"
• "Switch – A Bit Patchy (Eric Prydz Remix)"
• "Paolo Mojo – 1983 (Eric Prydz Remix)"
• "Michael Jackson – Thriller (Eric Prydz Remix)"
• "Duran Duran – Nice (Eric Prydz Remix)"
• "Inner City – Good Life (Eric Prydz Summer 2006 Edit)"

2007

• "Sven Väth – The Beauty & The Beast (Eric Prydz Re-edit)"

2008

• "Jim Rivers & Paolo Mojo – Ron Hardy Said (Eric Prydz Remix)"
• "Christian Smith & John Selway - Total Departure (Cirez D Remix)"

2009

• "Sébastien Léger – The People (Eric Prydz Remix)"
• "Calvin Harris – Flashback (Eric Prydz Remix)"

2010

• "Faithless - Not Going Home (Eric Prydz Remix)"
• "Felix Da Housecat - Thee Anthem (Eric Prydz Remix)"

2011

• "Eric Prydz feat. Jan Burton - Niton (The Reason) (Pryda '82' Mix)"
• "Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again (Eric Prydz Remix)"
• "Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus (Eric Prydz Remix)"
• "Digitalism - Circles (Eric Prydz Remix)"
• "Guy J & Henry Saiz - Meridian (Pryda Remix)"

2012

• "M83 - Midnight City (Eric Prydz Private Remix)"

2014

• "Sailor & I - Turn Around (Ame Remix) (Eric Prydz Private Remix)"
• "deadmau5 - The Veldt feat. Chris James (deadmau5 vs Eric Prydz Edit)"

External links

• Official website
• Eric Prydz on Myspace
• Eric Prydz on Twitter