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Also known as Cirez D, Pryda, Tonja Holma

Swedish DJ and record producer (born 1976)

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Eric Prydz is a Swedish male disc jockey, record producer, composer, and recording artist. Born on July 19, 1976, in Täby, he began his professional work period in 2001. His musical output spans house music, progressive house, and tech house, with additional associations to electronic dance music, trance, and techno. He performs on the electronic keyboard and has released music through the Astralwerks record label.

Prydz is also active under the pseudonyms Cirez D, Pryda, Sheridan, and Tonja Holma. His work has been cataloged with five recorded works. He maintains an official website and has accumulated 912,986 social media followers. On the Last.fm platform, his music has been played 15,979,370 times by 1,520,762 listeners.

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Sweden
Active from
1976
edmelectroniceuropeanhousepop and chartprogressive

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,520,762
Total plays
15,979,370

Tags

Housedanceelectronictrancetechno

Eric Prydz is a Swedish DJ and producer best known for his 2004 hit single "Call On Me," his remix of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall" (known as "Proper Education"), and more recently the anthem "Pjanoo." He also releases music under the aliases of Cirez D, Pryda and Sheridan. Prydz produces electronic music across a variety of subgenres, most notably house (including electro house and tech house), minimal, and techno. Aside from producing music <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Eric+

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Key facts

Also known as
AxEr A&P Project Cirez D Dukes of Sluca Groove System Hardform Pryda Moo Sheridan Tonja Holma Fiol Lasse
Born
Eric Sheridan Prydz , ( 1976-07-19 ) 19 July 1976 (age 49)
Origin
Täby , Stockholm County , Sweden
Genres
House techno progressive house tech house
Occupations
DJ record producer
Years active
2001–present
Labels
Pryda Mouseville Pryda Friends Virgin EMI Astralwerks Ministry of Sound Arista
Formerly of
Swedish House Mafia
Website
ericprydz .com

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Eric
Gender
male
Citizenship
Sweden
Place of birth
Täby
Record label
Astralwerks
Official website
www.ericprydz.com
Image
Eric Prydz at Glastonbury 2009.jpg
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Commons category
Eric Prydz
date of birth
1976-07-19
birth name
Eric Sheridan Prydz
start of work period
2001-00-00
name in native language
Eric Prydz
pseudonym
[CELL]
social media followers
390000
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Encyclopedic overview

Eric Sheridan Prydz (/prɪdz/, Swedish: [ˈêːrɪk ˈɕêːrɪdan ˈprʏts]; born 19 July 1976), also known by his many aliases including Pryda (/ˈpraɪdə/) and Cirez D (/ˈsaɪrɛz/), is a Swedish DJ and record producer. He rose to prominence with his 2004 hit single "Call on Me", and saw continued chart success with "Proper Education" in 2007, "Pjanoo" in 2008, and "Opus" in 2015. In 2016, he released his debut studio album, Opus.

In 2017, he won DJ of the Year at the Electronic Music Awards and was also nominated for Live Act of the Year.

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