ArtistInfo

Pacific Blue

*1974 NO
Producer of Dance
A.k.a. Per Kristian Grytdal

Trance producer from Norway. Born: February 22, 1974 His music-career started when he was 15 years old. He performed a rap together with a friend at a party. Furthermore, he got in touch with a DJ. They decided to form a rap-act. As time went by, they changed the act into a dance-act. In 1993 they nearly got a deal with EMI, but the negotiations were interrupted. Then during military service the act passed away and Per Kristian had a long break. Then in 1998 he produced "Hurricane" and suddenly, he was contacted by several record companies and he had finally reached one of his goals. He signed edel in autumn 1998. He started his career performing at a dance party in Oslo Spectrum (X-mas 1998) together with Sash! among others. In September 1999 he released his first album, also titled as Horizon. The album sold over 20,000 copies in Norway. 4 singles have been released from the album, where "Hurricane", "Sunrise" and "Ocean" all reached the Norwegian top 10. The songs got also very high placements at the Norwegian and Scandinavian dance charts. (Hurricane and Sunrise both in the all-time-high of the year 1999). After touring Norway in spring 2000, he decided to take a break. Edel Records closed their office in Norway during 2001/2002 and Pacific Blue got signed with Nordic Records Norway, summer 2002. He has released 3 singles from an upcoming album. In the year 2003, he's still the most-selling Norwegian trance act.