Jori "Z" Hulkkonen

Jori Hulkkonen was born and raised in the small town of Kemi in Northern Finland. From very early on, from the early 80's to be excact, his musical influences were leaning towards all things electronic and slightly more eclectic than your average ten year old Scandinavian kid growing up in the middle of the cold war.

In the late 80's Jori's musical passion started displaying itself when discovering the slightly more abstract form of electronic music, namely Detroit techno, and housemusic.

While earlier influences included slightly more traditional popmusic from Depeche Mode to Pet Shop Boys, from John Foxx to The Smiths, the new wave of American electronic clubmusic pushed Jori towards experimenting with structures and textures that were far removed from those roots, but still a lot of those early influences pushed through in his productions.

Although producing music has always been the number one priority, in the mid 90's Jori started working on creating a profile as DJ. With a clear idea in mind what he wanted to present as a DJ, he's been consistent in his unique style of combining dancefloor aesthetics and flawless mixing.