Alex Kunnari
With a history of 20 years in electronic dance music and several international dance hits under his belt Alex Kunnari is Finland's leading international DJ. In addition to his sought after performances Alex has given Finland the nations leading club brand, Colors, and the largest electronic music event of Northern Europe, Summer Sound Festival. For the last 14 years the biggest DJs like Tiësto, David Guetta, Armin van Buuren, Markus Schulz, Paul van Dyk and countless others have performed in Colors
events and the club continues to bring the biggest and most exciting electronic dance music stars to the sold-out events in Helsinki. Colors is not only the leading Finnish club brand, Colors events have gained the reputation as one of the largest brands in Europe, where thousands of EDM fans have experienced the world’s best DJs in an unbelievably exciting atmosphere.
So it's clear that Alex, voted number one DJ in Finland last year, is the leading figure of the Finnish EDM scene, but it does not end there: his achievements place him in the ranks of the world's DJ elite. He has performed on the club island of Ibiza over 200 times, and rocks the crowds at the worlds greatest clubs on regular basis. He has performed at all of Ibiza's leading venues such as Amnesia, Eden, Es Paradis, Pacha, Space and in the season of 2008 he played at Privilige in front of over 10,000 clubbers when he was asked by Tiësto to play the opening set. He is the first Finnish DJ to host his own weekly club night in Ibiza, at the prestigious Es Paradis where his Alex Kunnari presents Colors night is now running for the second consecutive year.
Dance floors all over the planet have gone crazy for his hit productions. He is still remembered for the incredible success he harvested with 'Lifter'; a hit that was hammered by Tiësto, Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Paul van Dyk, Judge Jules and many others. The song was played for a huge 9 weeks on Judge Jules BBC Radio 1, and was also featured in 'Tiësto’s Club Life', 'Armin van Buuren A State Of Trance' and 'Paul van Dyk Vonyc Sessions'. Up to this day Alex delivers successful single after single. Originally playing under the alias ‘Modulation’, he had great success with his tune 'Darkstar', which peaked at number 11 in the UK Cool Cuts chart in Winter 2002, with support from all major DJ’s. Another huge hit under ‘Modulation’ was his tune “Spirits” which achieved support from many big name artists, being heavily played back in 2003 by Judge Jules on his BBC Radio 1 show for an amazing 5 weeks, and supported by all the major DJs. Following on from his success under ‘Modulation Alex went onto produce music under his own name. In 2011 he released 'New Life', 'Helsinki', 'Lost', 'You & Me' (featuring Emma Lock) and 'Music'. And he shows no signs of slowing down, 'Taste The Sun' and the recent 'Sweet Melody' have set dance floors on fire all over the globe. All Alex’s tunes are published on one of the world’s most famous labels, Black Hole Recordings, created by the world's number one DJ, Tiësto. He has also provided his golden touch as a remixer for some of the biggest names in dance music, such as Tiësto, Paul van Dyk and Chicane. So whether it's his crowd rocking DJ performance or his new hit production, make sure you are listening. There are only a few things this hot coming from so far north.
events and the club continues to bring the biggest and most exciting electronic dance music stars to the sold-out events in Helsinki. Colors is not only the leading Finnish club brand, Colors events have gained the reputation as one of the largest brands in Europe, where thousands of EDM fans have experienced the world’s best DJs in an unbelievably exciting atmosphere.
So it's clear that Alex, voted number one DJ in Finland last year, is the leading figure of the Finnish EDM scene, but it does not end there: his achievements place him in the ranks of the world's DJ elite. He has performed on the club island of Ibiza over 200 times, and rocks the crowds at the worlds greatest clubs on regular basis. He has performed at all of Ibiza's leading venues such as Amnesia, Eden, Es Paradis, Pacha, Space and in the season of 2008 he played at Privilige in front of over 10,000 clubbers when he was asked by Tiësto to play the opening set. He is the first Finnish DJ to host his own weekly club night in Ibiza, at the prestigious Es Paradis where his Alex Kunnari presents Colors night is now running for the second consecutive year.
Dance floors all over the planet have gone crazy for his hit productions. He is still remembered for the incredible success he harvested with 'Lifter'; a hit that was hammered by Tiësto, Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Paul van Dyk, Judge Jules and many others. The song was played for a huge 9 weeks on Judge Jules BBC Radio 1, and was also featured in 'Tiësto’s Club Life', 'Armin van Buuren A State Of Trance' and 'Paul van Dyk Vonyc Sessions'. Up to this day Alex delivers successful single after single. Originally playing under the alias ‘Modulation’, he had great success with his tune 'Darkstar', which peaked at number 11 in the UK Cool Cuts chart in Winter 2002, with support from all major DJ’s. Another huge hit under ‘Modulation’ was his tune “Spirits” which achieved support from many big name artists, being heavily played back in 2003 by Judge Jules on his BBC Radio 1 show for an amazing 5 weeks, and supported by all the major DJs. Following on from his success under ‘Modulation Alex went onto produce music under his own name. In 2011 he released 'New Life', 'Helsinki', 'Lost', 'You & Me' (featuring Emma Lock) and 'Music'. And he shows no signs of slowing down, 'Taste The Sun' and the recent 'Sweet Melody' have set dance floors on fire all over the globe. All Alex’s tunes are published on one of the world’s most famous labels, Black Hole Recordings, created by the world's number one DJ, Tiësto. He has also provided his golden touch as a remixer for some of the biggest names in dance music, such as Tiësto, Paul van Dyk and Chicane. So whether it's his crowd rocking DJ performance or his new hit production, make sure you are listening. There are only a few things this hot coming from so far north.