DJ Name: Proteus
Real name: Harri Andersson
YOB: 1977
Hard Dance Awards: Best Hard Dance DJ In The World 2004 and 2005
DJ Mag's Top 100 list: number 90 in 2004, number 93 in 2005
 

Proteus has gained the respect to be called Scandinavian’s best known Hard Dance DJ and is one of the key players of the global hard dance scene. Proteus has been DJ'ing since 1995 and producing music now for 9 years.

The biggest achievements of Proteus so far have been the Hard Dance Awards 2004 and 2005, when he was voted "Best Hard Dance DJ" in the world two years in a row by clubbers all around the globe. In the DJ Mag`s Top 100 DJ list, Proteus has been voted number 90 in 2004 and number 93 in 2005 and made history in becoming the first Finnish artist making it to the Top 100 DJ list alongside Darude.

  

In his career so far Proteus has toured in Finland, United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, Holland, Switzerland, Ukraine, Germany, Malaysia, Russian, Estonia, Poland and Sweden. Proteus has played and headlined many of the major events in Europe and Australia like Dance Valley, Frantic HHA at Brixton Academy, Global Gathering UK and Malaysia, Ground Zero, Kazantip, Creamfields, Impulz, Defqon1, Masters Of Hardcore, Pleasure Island, Streetparade Zurich, Transmission Sydney, Utopia, Pharmacy, Enchanted Forest, Time Tunnel, Lab-4's Laboratory Experiment, Sonic, Energy, Slammin Vinyl, Goodgreef, Tidy Summer Camp & Weekender and Torture Garden. Proteus has also had great honour to be the support act for bands like The Prodigy, Pendulum and Juno Reactor.

Proteus and his friends are running their own club night called Säde in Helsinki, Finland. They have organized many very successful club nights and events in a period of over 12 years. Säde has been voted The Best Club in Finland at the Finnish Club Awards. Proteus is also organizing industrial/alternative/techno/metal events called Graveyard Party and Hellfire Club in Helsinki.

Besides of dance scene Proteus works very closely with Finnish industrial and metal scene. Proteus has done several remixes for Finnish bands and one the major ones has been remix for mighty Apocalyptica. Apocalyptica has sold millions of records worldwide and has done close work with legendary Metallica. Proteus is also famous for his “Proteus Live Show” which is breaking boundaries between dance music and industrial metal concert. Proteus plays electric guitar, keyboards and percussions with his full band and they have done several big shows in Finland.

Proteus runs his own radio show called Dark Side at a major Finnish radio station Basso Radio. The show is introducing different genres of darker music from goth to speedcore.

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