Denniz PoP   (Sweden)

AKA : Dag Volle
EuroDance producer
Added : 20/11/2001
18592
† 00/08/1998

Productions, co-production, executive production

	Kayo - Another Mother	1990	BUY X
	Dr Alban - Hello Afrika	Jul 1990	BUY X
	Dr Alban - No Coke	Sep 1990	BUY X
	Dr Alban - Sing Shi-Wo-Wo (Stop The Pollution)	1991	BUY X
	Leila K - Open Sesame	1992	BUY X
	Dr Alban - It's My Life	Apr 1992	BUY X
	Leila K - Slow Motion	1993	BUY X
	Leila K - Carousel (album)	1993	BUY X
	Dr Alban - Sing Hallelujah	Jan 1993	BUY X
	Carousel - Save Your Love	1994	BUY X
	Dr Alban - Look Who's Talking	Feb 1994	BUY X
	Dr Alban - Away From Home	May 1994	BUY X
	Herbie - Pick It Up	7th Jul 1994	BUY X
	E-Type - Set The World On Fire	18th Jul 1994	BUY X
	E-Type - So Dem A Com	1995	BUY X
	E-Type - This Is The Way	Mar 1995	BUY X
	Herbie - Right Type Of Mood	6th Mar 1995	BUY X
	Rednex - Wish You Were Here	6th May 1995	BUY X
	Herbie - I Believe	8th Jun 1995	BUY X
	Herbie - Big Funky Dealer	27th Sep 1995	BUY X
	Herbie - Rainbowchild	21st Nov 1995	BUY X
	Michele - Do Me Baby	1996	BUY X
	Leila K - C'Mon Now	1996	BUY X
	Herbie - Clap Your Hands	1996	BUY X
	E-Type - Free Like A Flying Demon	Sep 1996	BUY X
	Jessica - I Do	1998	BUY X

Arrangement, recording, engineer

	Leila K - Slow Motion	1993	BUY X
	Leila K - Carousel (album)	1993	BUY X

Compositions

	Leila K - Open Sesame	1992	BUY X
	Leila K - Slow Motion	1993	BUY X
	Leila K - Close Your Eyes	1993	BUY X
	Dr Alban - Look Who's Talking	Feb 1994	BUY X
	Sash! - Hello South Africa	2010	BUY X

Songwriting

	Kayo - Another Mother	1990	BUY X
	Dr Alban - Hello Afrika	Jul 1990	BUY X
	Dr Alban - No Coke	Sep 1990	BUY X
	Dr Alban - Sing Shi-Wo-Wo (Stop The Pollution)	1991	BUY X
	Dr Alban - U & Mi	Jan 1991	BUY X
	Dr Alban - It's My Life	Apr 1992	BUY X
	Leila K - Ca Plane Pour Moi / Check The Dan	1993	BUY X
	Dr Alban - Sing Hallelujah	Jan 1993	BUY X
	Herbie - Big Funky Dealer	27th Sep 1995	BUY X
	Michele - Do Me Baby	1996	BUY X
	Leila K - C'Mon Now	1996	BUY X
	Herbie - Clap Your Hands	1996	BUY X
	Jessica - I Do	1998	BUY X

Denniz PoP biography

Denniz PoP was born Dag Volle in April 26th, 1963 to the Norwegian immigrants Jarl Gregar Volle and Anna Innstøy. He was a DJ, remixer, producer and songwriter. He took the name "Denniz" from a comic book and then added "pop" to it.

He started his career as a DJ in the early 80's in the local youth recreation centre in Tullinge, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden. He soon became one of the most famous DJ's in the Stockholm dance scene for years. He played in all the famous clubs (such as the Alphabet street where he discovered Dr Alban).

In 1985, together with some of the other among the best DJ's in Stockholm, he came up with the idea of creating a remix service just like the DMC (Disco Mix Club in UK) or the US Disconet and Hot Tracks. And in the beginning of 1986, with René Hedemyr, StoneBridge, Emil Hellman, Rob Below and JJ, he founded SweMix. Denniz PoP fast became one of Sweden's most wanted remixers. SweMix fast became well-known and record labels and artists (such as Michael Jackson himself) soon approached them with their songs to remix their work.

In 1989 SweMix started to sign own artists and the company was divided into SweMix Records & Publishing and SweMix Productions. Wanting to work with more mainstream pop acts the producer left Swemix in 1992 to form another imprint. With Tom Talomaa, he founded the Cheiron Studios on Kungsholmen in Stockholm.

Denniz PoP was responsible for the success of artists like Ace Of Base, Dr Alban, E-Type, Safe, The Backstreet Boys, N' Sync (I Want You Back), Solid HarmoniE (I'll Be There For You), 5ive (Slam Dunk Da Funk), Ultimate Kaos (My Lover), Jessica (Tell Me What You Want), and many more wellknown artists. Jessica Folcker was his girlfriend

In December 1997 he was diagnosed with stomach cancer and he was operated just weeks later. In February 1998 he was too sick to be able to collect his Grammy at the Swedish awards. He was only 35 years old when he passed away, on August 30th 1998 at Karolinska Sjukhuset Hospital.

1999 : in the Swedish Grammis Awards, the music industry honored Denniz PoP's memory with a very nice summary of his life and career. E-Type received an award for best Swedish Dance act and in his very short speech he thanked Denniz and said how much he really missed him. During the 1999 MTV European Music Awards, Britney Spears dedicated one of her awards to the loving memory of Denniz Pop.

2000 : on December 21st, the Cheiron studios were closed down. His close friend and former associate Max Martin started a new studio : Maratone Studios

2013 : the Denniz Pop Awards was founded to honor his memory and also to raise money for the Denniz PoP Foundation. Every year, these awards will promote next generation of songwriters, producers and artists.

2016 : Denniz PoP was honored and elected into the Swedish Music Hall of Fame

Denniz PoP productions :

3T : I Need You, It's Gotta Be You
5ive : Don't You Want It, Everybody Get Up, It's The Things You Do, My Song, Partyline (555-On-Line), Slam Dunk Da Funk, Straight Up Funk, Switch
Ace Of Base : All That She Wants, Beautiful Life, Blooming 18, Lucky Love, Never Gonna Say I'm Sorry, The Sign
Army Of Lovers : Sexual Revolution
Backstreet Boys : 10 000 Promises, Everybody (Backstreet's back), I Wanna Be With You, Nobody but you, That's the way I like it, We've Got It Going On
Dayeene : Is this Love?, Revelation
Discovery : Straight Up Funk
Dr Alban : Away From Home, Cash Money, Fire, Hard Pan Di Drums, Hard To Choose, Introduction, It's My Life, Look Who's Talking, Mata Oh Aeh, Om We Rembwe, One Love, Reggae Gone Ragga, Roll Down Di Rubber Man, Sing Hallelujah
Draxx : Pumpin
E-Type : Fight It Back, Forever Wild, Free Like A Flying Demon, I'm Not Alone, Me No Want Miseria, Set the world on Fire, So Dem A Com, This Is The Way, We've Gotta Go
George : The Things You Do, Up & Down
Herbie : Big Funky Dealer, Change, Clap Your Hands, Come Together, I Believe, Gangs To The Max, Pick It Up, Rainbow Child, Right Type Of Mood, The Skank
Jessica Folcker : A Little Bit Longer, Goodbye, I Do, Private Eye, Tell Me What You Like
Leila K : Blacklisted, Ca Plane Pour Moi, Carousel, Check The Dan, Close Your Eyes, C'mon Now, Electric, Glam!, Massively Massive, Open Sesame, Pyramid, Rude Boy, Slow Motion
Michele : Do Me Baby
N'Sync : I Want You Back
Papa Dee : I Surrender, The First Cut is The Deepest, The Journey
Rednex : Wish You Were Here
Robyn : Do You Know (What It Takes), Show Me Love
Sandelin : Secrets

Denniz PoP biography was last updated Fri, July 8th 2022

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