Sten Hallström, also known by his stage name StoneBridge, is a Swedish DJ and record producer.[1] He received international acclaim with the remix of the 1993 hit "Show Me Love" with Robin S. and his remix for "Closer" by Ne-Yo which received a 2008 Grammy nomination.
StoneBridge | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Sten Hallström |
| Born | 2 July 1961 Sweden |
| Genres | remix |
| Occupation(s) | DJ, record producer |
| Labels | Playground Music Scandinavia |
StoneBridge is also a resident at Sirius XM/Utopia with his show The StoneBridge Show every Friday 9pm (PST) and Saturday 11pm (PST) over North America. He also mixes his weekly StoneBridge HKJ podcast and runs record label Stoney Boy Music.
Biography
editStoneBridge started releasing remix records in the 1980s with the label Remixed Records, he had also been running the Swedish DJ/remix outfit SweMix, formed at the end of the 1980s.[2]
He has released several 12" remixes, CDs, and has several singles, including "Put 'Em High", "Take Me Away" and "Freak On" from the debut album 'Can't Get Enough' 2005. Some of his singles featured the Swedish vocalist Therese. In 2006, he released a DJ mix album, The Flavour The Vibe, as well as started working on his follow-up album Music Takes Me, which was released in 2007. A follow-up to The Flavour The Vibe Vol 2 was released in 2008, as well as a Best of Stoney Boy Music two one mixes for iTunes. A third artist album, 'The Morning After' was released 2010. In recent years StoneBridge has released several successful singles such as 'Be Kind' (with Crystal Waters 2014), 'You Can Have It All' (featuring Koko LaRoo 2015), 'Believe It' (featuring Koko LaRoo 2015), Turn It Down For What (featuring Seri 2017), #1 Billboard Club Chart singles 'If You Like It (featuring Elsa Li Jones 2016)', Put 'Em High 2016 (featuring Therese), Meet In The Middle (featuring Haley Joelle 2018).
In 2008, StoneBridge remixed Ne-Yo's track "Closer", and the comeback single from New Kids on the Block, featuring Ne-Yo, entitled "Single". StoneBridge garnered a Grammy Award nomination for his remix of "Closer". In 2012 StoneBridge received a BMI Songwriter of the year award for his contribution to Jason Derulo 'Don't Wanna Go Home'.
In the following decades contemporary remixes have included Ariana Grande 'No Tears Left to Cry', Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull 'Move to Miami', Pink 'Beautiful Trauma', Diana Ross classics 'Upside Down/I'm Coming Out' and 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough'. Classic remixes include "Me and My Imagination" by Sophie Ellis-Bextor, "Talkin' 2 Myself" by Ayumi Hamasaki, and "Gimme More" by Britney Spears.
In 2023 StoneBridge released singles Starry Night featuring K Syran, You Can Have It All (2023 Mixes), Too Late featuring Kiyoné, StoneBridge - You Don't Know (2022 Remixes) on 'Stoney Boy Music' Supported by Hedkandi, RTE, Gaydio, Radio Metro, Hot Hits UK, Classic Central Radio and many more.
Discography
editAlbums
edit- StoneBridge – All Nite Long (Mix album) (1998)
- StoneBridge – Fast Funky & Furious (Mix album) (2000)
- Can't Get Enough (Artist album) (2004)
- The Flavour, the Vibe (Mix album) (2006)
- Music Takes Me (Artist album) (2007)
- The Best of Stoney Boy Music (Mix album) (2008)
- The Flavour, the Vibe Vol 2 (Mix album) (2008)
- The Flavour, the Vibe Vol 3 (Mix album) (2009)
- The Morning After (Artist album) (2010)
- Can't Get Enough 2016 Deluxe Version (Artist album) (2016)
- RMXD (Compilation album) (2022)
Singles
edit| Title | Year | Chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [3] |
UK [1][4] | ||
| "Put 'Em High" (featuring Therese) | 2004 | 33 | 6 |
| "Time of Our Lives" | – | – | |
| "Take Me Away" (featuring Therese) | 2005 | 47 | 9 |
| "Freak On" (vs. Ultra Naté) | 60 | 37 | |
| "SOS" | 2007 | – | – |
| "You Don't Know" | – | – | |
| "All I Can Think of Is You" | – | – | |
| "Close to Heaven" | 2008 | – | – |
| "Let It Go" | – | – | |
| "The Morning After" | 2010 | – | – |
| "Trip'en" | – | – | |
| "Rescue Me" (with Chris Kaeser and Anita Kelsey) | – | – | |
| "Love Me" (with Chris Kaeser and Krista Richards)[5] | 2012 | – | – |
| "Sthlm Sunrise" (with Chris Sammarco)[6] | 2013 | – | – |
| "Music Man" (with Caroline D'Amore)[7] | – | – | |
| "Hold On" (StoneBridge UK Mix; with Matt Aubrey & Holevar)[8] | 2014 | – | – |
| "Global Warning" (with Caroline D'Amore)[9] | – | – | |
| "Be Kind" (with Crystal Waters)[10] | – | – | |
| "You Can Have It All" (with Luv Gunz and Koko LaRoo) | – | – | |
| "Losing Control" (with Amie M) | 2015 | – | – |
| "Out of Nowhere" (with Jamie Lee Wilson) | – | – | |
| "Believe It" (with Luv Gunz and Koko LaRoo) | – | – | |
| "If You Like It" (featuring Elsa Li Jones) | 2016 | – | – |
| "Put 'Em High 2016" (featuring Therese) | – | – | |
| "Turn It Down for What" (featuring Seri) | 2017 | – | – |
| "Meet in the Middle" (featuring Haley Joelle) | – | – | |
| "Right Here Right Now" (featuring Haley Joelle) | 2018 | – | – |
| "Boyface" | – | – | |
| "Be Cool Be Nice" | – | – | |
| "Not Alone" (featuring DiscoVer.) | 2019 | – | – |
| "Chilled" | – | – | |
| "Love Terminator" (featuring Crystal Waters) | 2021 | – | – |
| "And It Hurts" (with DaYeene; StoneBridge 2021 Remixes) | – | – | |
| "Somebody" (featuring Elsa Li Jones) | – | – | |
| "She Comes for Ya" (featuring Diandra Faye) | 2022 | – | – |
| "You Don't Know" (2022 Remixes) | – | – | |
| "Too Late" (featuring Kiyoné) | 2023 | – | – |
| "Starry Night" (featuring K-Syran) | – | – | |
Selected remixes
edit- Alexandra Burke — "Start Without You"
- AP3 (featuring Flo Rida) — "Have It All"
- Ariana Grande — "no tears left to cry"
- Axwell — "Jazzplayer"
- Ayumi Hamasaki — "Talkin' 2 Myself"
- Britney Spears — "Gimme More"
- Cher — "You Haven't See the Last of Me"
- Dario G — "Say What's On Your Mind"
- Diana Ross — "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
- Deborah Cox — "Let the World Be Ours Tonight"
- Deborah Harry — "Two Times Blue"
- Enrique Iglesias — "Escape"
- Eurythmics — "Here Comes the Rain Again"
- Jennifer Hudson — "If This Isn't Love"
- Justice — "New Lands"
- Jessica Jarrell — "Armageddon"
- La Bouche — "Sweet Dreams"
- Lily Allen — "The Fear"
- Locnville — "Sun In My Pockets"
- Lucie Vondrackova — "Ty jsi ten nej"
- Lulu — "Goodbye Baby and Amen"
- Melanie C — "I Turn to You"
- Metro (featuring Nelly Furtado) — "Sticks & Stones"
- Missy Elliott (featuring Ciara & Fatman Scoop) — "Lose Control"
- Natasha Bedingfield — "Pocketful of Sunshine"
- Ne-Yo — "Closer"
- *NSYNC — "Here We Go"/"Tearin' Up My Heart"
- Paradiso Girls (featuring Lil' Jon & Eve) — "Patron Tequila"
- Paul Morrell (featuring Katherine Ellis) — "Keep On Loving Me"
- Paul Smith — "Hey Pluto! (Inspire By Original Mickey Mouse Cartoons)"
- Robin S — "Show Me Love"
- Roxette — "The Centre of the Heart"
- Shaggy — "Boombastic"
- Sia — "The Girl You Lost to Cocaine"
- Sophie Ellis-Bextor — "Me and My Imagination"
- Usher (featuring Young Jeezy) — "Love in This Club"
- Dannii Minogue — "Touch Me Like That"
- The Pussycat Dolls — "Whatcha Think About That"
- Sybil — "Stronger"
- Taio Cruz — "Dynamite"
- WTS (featuring Gia) — "One Night"
- Yoko Ono — "Give Me Something"
- 2Pac (featuring The Notorious B.I.G., Dramacydal, and Stretch) - "Runnin' from tha Police"
References
edit- ^ a b Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 534. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
- ^ IMO Records. "Stonebridge Biography" Archived 5 September 2012 at archive.today, IMO Records. Retrieved on 17 April 2011.
- ^ Peaks in Australia:
- All except noted: "Discography StoneBridge". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
- "Freak On": Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 269.
- ^ Everyhit.com Archived 12 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine - accessed February 2011
- ^ "Love Me [Hed Kandi Records] :: Beatport". Beatport. Archived from the original on 15 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ^ "Sthlm Sunrise - EP by StoneBridge on Apple Music". iTunes.apple.com. 21 October 2013.
- ^ "Music Man (Original Mix) by Stonebridge, Caroline d'Amore on Beatport". Beatport.com.
- ^ "StoneBridge, Matt Aubrey & Holevar - Hold On (StoneBridge UK Mix) (RELEASE)". Turnupthebass.net. 13 December 2013.
- ^ "Global Warning from Juicy Music on Beatport". Beatport.com.
- ^ "StoneBridge & Crystal Waters 'Be Kind' (Sirius XM/BPM Debut)". Soundcloud.com.