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Dallas Superstars
Dallas Superstars are Finnish music heavy weights Heikki Liimatainen and Jaakko "JS16" Salovaara who have a versatile experience in the music business working as producers, writers and remixers. Heikki produced Modulation's Dark Star that climbed to #11 on the British Cool Cuts Chart. He also co-produced Darude's second album Rush and has remixed artists like Darude, Bomfunk MC's and Mighty 44 .
JS16 is known for his work as a producer and writer for Bomfunk MC's and Darude. Darude's Sandstorm sold about 1,5 million copies worldwide and was the world's best selling 12" vinyl in 2000. Bomfunk MC's Freestyler was the biggest selling single in Europe in 2000 and reached #1 in 10 countries.
Dallas Superstars' first release Helium is a stylish, uplifting dance track with influences from high energy and 80's disco. It went to #3 on the Finnish Dance Chart and #4 on the Swedish Dance Chart staying at the top 10 for 11 weeks. It was on the top 10 on over 50 radiostations in the USA. Helium was named "single of the week" by UK's BBC Radio One DJ Dave Pearce and the "tried & tested" track by Judge Jules. DJ Mag gave the single full five stars in its review and the single climbed to #5 position on the magazine's Club Chart. It was also #5 on DJ Pete Tong's Buzz Chart. 'Helium' climbed to #15 on the UK Dance Chart.
The second single Fast Driving took the #1 spot on the Swedish Dance Chart for several weeks as well as on the Finnish Disco Chart. It was #3 for several weeks on the Finnish Dance Chart and ultimately on the Finnish Disco Chart for a staggering 18 weeks.
Dallas Superstars' third single was an homage to the "Disco Queen" Donna Summer's classic I Feel Love which was one of the first pop tracks with an entirely synthesized backing track. The single features mixes from the Filterheadz and JS16. I Feel Love took the #1 spot on the Scandinavian Dance Chart for seven weeks! It was also #1 on the Finnish Disco Chart, Finnish Dance Chart and the Swedish Dance Chart for several weeks. In addition I Feel Love was #7 on the Norwegian Dance Chart.
Ready to Go was the fourth single which was released for DJ's and radios in Finland and Sweden. The single went to #1 on the Finnish Disco Chart, #1 on the Swedish Dance Chart, #2 on the Finnish Dance Chart and #13 on the Scandinavian Dance Chart.
Dallas Superstars fifth single was Crazy. The video was filmed mainly in Bangkok and the island Phi-Phi in Thailand. The debut album is called Flash.
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