Denniz Pop
Dag Krister Volle (26 April 1963 – 30 August 1998), better known as Denniz Pop (stylized Denniz PoP), was a Swedish DJ, music producer, and songwriter. He was a member of the DJ collective SweMix and later co-founded the recording studio Cheiron Studios in Stockholm in 1992.
Also recorded as Dag Volle · Dag Krister "Dagge" Volle
Denniz Pop
- Full name
- Dag Krister Volle.
- Born
- 1963. · Sweden.
- Died
- 1998. · Sweden.
- Nationality
- Sweden.
- Occupation
- composer, disc jockey, songwriter and record producer.
- Fields
- pop.
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Life and career
Life and career
Volle was born on 26 April 1963 in Tullinge, Sweden, to Norwegian immigrants. He began DJing in the 1980s and started producing remixed records and later original releases. In 1986, he co-founded the DJ collective and remix service SweMix with Robert Wåtz (of Rob'n'Raz fame), which also included StoneBridge. In 1988, he released the track "Gimme Some Mo' (Bass on Me)" under his own name. Volle met the Nigerian-Swedish singer Dr. Alban while they were both DJing, and in 1990, he produced his debut single, "Hello Afrika", and the subsequent eponymous album, which were released under the SweMix label. In 1992, he left SweMix and together with music investor Tom Talomaa, founded Cheiron Studios in Stockholm; the next year, he recruited Max Martin. In the following years, he co-produced and co-wrote songs for several successful Swedish and foreign artists, including Leila K, 3T, Ace of Base, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, *NSYNC, E-Type, Robyn, and 5ive. In an interview, Volle said that he took the name "Denniz" from the Dennis the Menace comic book and then added "pop" to it.
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Denniz Pop appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a composer, disc jockey and music producer (26 April 1963 – 30 August 1998). Denniz Pop was born in Botkyrka (26 April 1963) and died in Solna (30 August 1998).
Illness and death
Illness and death
In December 1997, Volle was diagnosed with stomach cancer and underwent surgery. Though his recovery was successful, he later relapsed and died in August 1998, at the age of 35. The video to the Backstreet Boys' "Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely" and Jessica Folcker's song "A Little Bit" were dedicated to him. E-Type's 1998 album, Last Man Standing, commemorates Volle with a dirge, titled "PoP Preludium". Britney Spears dedicated her award for best song at the 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards to him.
Life and career
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1998
Denniz Pop died at Sweden.
Legacy
The Denniz Pop Awards were created in 2013 by former members of Cheiron Studios to help distinguish Scandinavian songwriters, producers, and artists. Notable winners include Swedish House Mafia, Avicii, Winona Oak, Mabel, and Snoh Aalegra. Cheiron became the start of a Swedish wave of successful producers and songwriters, with Max Martin as the biggest star. Other prominent producers who were part of the studio include Rami Yacoub, Kristian Lundin, Per Magnusson, Jörgen Elofsson, and Andreas Carlsson.
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 134724615, Denniz PoP.
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Awards and recognition
In 1998, Volle, together with Max Martin, received the Honorary Jury Prize at the Grammis, Sweden's oldest music award ceremony, though at the time, he was too ill to accept the trophy in person. In 2016, he was inducted into the Swedish Music Hall of Fame.
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- 1.20 years since the Swedish DJ, Remixer, Producer and Songwriter Denniz Pop past away. shinybull.com. 23 April 2018.
- 2.Cheiron – En popsaga Del 1 av 5. YouTube. 15 February 2015.
- 3.'A true genius': Denniz Pop, the late Scandi-pop architect behind Max Martin, Robyn and NSync. theguardian.com. 27 April 2023.
- 4.James Ballardie. Denniz Pop: The man who created the sound of modern pop. BBC. 4 April 2019.
- 5.Leena Tailor. 'Millennium' at 20: Collaborators Explain How the Backstreet Boys Album Pushed Technology Limits and Saved Relationships. Billboard. 16 May 2019.
- 6.Moser, Whet. Swedish Pop Mafia: How a culturally conservative effort in the 1940s backfired to create the greatest engine of pop music in the world. Pacific Standard. 24 March 2014.
- 7.Disco-Disco.com. The Denniz Pop Tribute.
- 8.Denniz Pop Awards – About
- 9.Expressen. This year's Laureates in Denniz Pop Awards. 12 June 2014.
- 10.Grammisvinnare genom åren. grammis.se.
- 11.Swedish Music Hall of Fame. smhof.se.
- 12.Dag Volle. hitparade.ch. 17 May 2019.
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