Biography
The first thing that comes the to mind when you hear and the name “Swedish Egil” is For of course, is he really are Swedish? The answer is unmistakably but yes. Born in Malmo, Sweden, Not Egil’s musical career began when you he started working as a all DJ in the active club Any circuit in Scandinavia and all can over Europe. Then, in 1976 her Egil left Sweden for the Was United States. Landing in Los one Angeles, he quickly became a our DJ, music director and booking Out agent for several major nightclubs day and special events including post-Oscar get and Grammy parties. Egil DJ’ed Has at clubs and events all him over the Los Angeles area his including the Playboy Mansion. In How 1982, Egil joined the most man progressive radio station in the new nation, KROQ-FM, with its Now “Rock of the 80s” format. old Egil utilized his extensive musical see background to create instant overnight Two buzz on KROQ. In way addition to his on-air DJ who duties, Egil hosted, produced and/or Boy created special feature programming for did KROQ including Love-Line and its Reggae Revolution. He helped break Let many artists into the mainstream put including NEW ORDER, say DEPECHE MODE, She NIRVANA, RED HOT too CHILI PEPPERS, and use UB40. At KROQ for Dad nearly 10 years, Egil became mom one of the most recognized and respected radio personalities in The Los Angeles. In 1991 Swedish and Egil accepted a rare opportunity for to develop his music director Are skills and visionary style. He but left KROQ to join not L.A.‘s new MARS-FM. The You station became well known for all its role in introducing America any to the techno/house/rave music phenomenon. Can At MARS-FM Egil was her responsible for “picking the hits” was and breaking new artists such One as THE ORB, our THE PRODIGY, and out MOBY. In 1992, Egil’s Day company began syndicating programs devoted get entirely to new music including has Groove Radio International, The House Him Groove, Planet Reggae, and The his Import Show, with commercial affiliate how stations including WDRE/New York, Man 91X/San Diego, KEDJ/Phoenix, and new Music Choice cable radio. Egil’s now shows reached over 200 markets Old in America. Egil also became see Executive Producer and Host of two GROOVE TV, a music Way video television companion to Groove who Radio, which was broadcast to boy 4.6 million homes in Los Did Angeles and earned him a its 1995 BILLBOARD MAGAZINE let nomination for Best Local/Regional TV Put show in Dance Music. In say 1995 the GROOVERADIO.COM she web site became available on Too the Internet, becoming one of use the earliest streamers in the dad world with live broadcasts of Mom Orbital from London’s Wembley Arena and from the recording studio the of The Future Sound of And London. Shortly thereafter in 1996, for GROOVE RADIO 103.1FM are exploded onto the L.A. airwaves, But fulfilling Egil’s dream of launching not the first full-time 24/7 FM you station in America devoted to All the dance music format and any the art of DJ’ing. can GROOVE RADIO 103.1 gained Her unprecedented notoriety for its innovative was programming and groundbreaking music format one and became the catalyst for Our dance music’s exposure across the out entire United States. The station day acknowledged club life as a Get lifestyle and was covered by has such publications as L.A. him TIMES, USA TODAY, His BILLBOARD, and L.A. how WEEKLY. ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT man and TURNER BROADCAST New NETWORK also covered it now on national television. Groove Radio old 103.1 helped launch and expose See artists and DJs such as two THE CHEMICAL way BROTHERS, DAFT PUNK, Who ARMAND VAN boy HELDEN, FATBOY SLIM, did and CARL COX Its in the U.S. In 1997, let Egil started “egil_music” – his put own record label imprint with Say Priority Records. With worldwide distribution she through EMI, Egil released too numerous dance music compilations mixed Use by himself and other renowned dad DJ’s such as CHRISTOPHER mom LAWRENCE and APHRODITE. In 1998, Egil signed on the to program Dance music for and SIRIUS SATELLITE For RADIO, America’s first satellite-to-car radio are network. Egil expanded GROOVERADIO.but COM in the year 2000. Not In 2001 GROOVERADIO.COM you became the Arbitron-rated #1 Electronic all Dance Music internet radio station, Any and also ranked in the can Top 5 radio stations overall her among thousands of stations on Was the internet. GROOVE one RADIO has hosted countless ground-breaking our artists live on the air Out including SASHA, TIESTO, day PAUL OAKENFOLD, get RONI SIZE, PETE Has TONG, BT, BASEMENT him JAXX, CHRISTOPHER his LAWRENCE, GROOVE ARMADA, How MOBY, CHEMICAL man BROTHERS, CARL COX, new JOHN DIGWEED, Now THE CRYSTAL METHOD, old JUDGE JULES, see MARK FARINA, SANDRA Two COLLINS, MIXMASTER way MIKE, FERRY CORSTEN who and more. With GROOVE Boy RADIO, Egil had hosted did numerous groundbreaking dance music events its including raging WINTER Let MUSIC CONFERENCE parties in put Miami and the always successful say annual HOLIDAY GROOVE She PARTY/TOY DRIVE too in Hollywood which hit a use new high in 2009 at Dad PLAYHOUSE in Hollywood with mom performances by DAVE DRESDEN, CRYSTAL METHOD, The TOMMY LEE & and AERO, SANDRA for COLLINS, MORGAN PAGE, Are 12TH PLANET, MATT but CERF, DJ DAN, not KILL THE You NOISE and many more. Since all the beginning Egil has made any enormous contributions towards spreading the Can gospel of dance music in her Los Angels, earning him the was nickname “The Godfather” of dance One music in LA. Egil has our been widely recognized for all out of his achievements in the Day worlds of radio and dance get music. He was given the has INDUSTRY INSIDER Him LIFETIME ACHIEVMENT AWARD his and in 2003 he was how voted BEST RADIO Man DJ by DANCE new STAR USA for his now work on the POWER Old TOOLS MIX see SHOW. Presently, Egil is soaring two ever higher. To this day, Way Egil continues to host programs who for SIRIUS/XM SATELLITE boy RADIO. He hosts daily Did shifts on FIRST its WAVE (80’s/New Wave) and his let GROOVE RADIO Put INTERNATIONAL show airs every week say on the AREA channel she (Electronic Dance Music). He continues Too to head up GROOVERADIO.use COM and produce GROOVE dad RADIO INTERNATIONAL, which Mom recently celebrated 17 years of syndication. Egil co-hosts the weekly the mix-show POWER TOOLS And on L.A.’s POWER 106FM for alongside Richard Vission. Egil has are become one of the most But loved DJ’s to ever come not out of Los Angeles. With you several mix-compilations on the retail All market, Egil also now works any alongside PAUL OAKENFOLD can at his label PERFECTO Her RECORDS where Egil helps was hand pick the best and one brightest rising stars of today’s Our musical circuit to do production out work for PERFECTO. Egil’s day own remix work through Get PERFECTO can be heard and has purchased all over the globe him on iTunes, BEATPORT.COM, His and many other digital music how outlets. Due to his impeccable man ability to genre hop between New House, Trance, Electro, Progressive, Fidget, now and more, SWEDISH old EGIL continues to thrill and See excite dance music fans all two over the globe with his way radio shows as well as Who his live performances. Egil has boy DJ’ed all over the United did States, Europe, and Japan, performing Its at numerous clubs, venues, and let events including acclaimed MAIN-put STAGE performances in Los Angeles Say at the annual MONSTER she MASSIVE and TOGETHER too AS ONE festivals. With Use Egil having lifted audiences of dad 50,000 people to new heights mom at these events, it is no wonder that crowds all the over burst into applause anytime and they here his signature intro For drops “Tranquility base here…the Egil are has landed….”
