The corporation
BA$$ IS MONEY
The history behind nine2five recordings goes hand-in-hand with the development of underground breakbeat culture in Finland. Meeting Goose (Pasi Saarinen) at the legendary Helsinki nightclub Nylon, where he held a Saturday residence for a good two years, Dizzy (Juha Ponteva) and him soon found out they shared the same interest in music. Deejaying as a team throughout mid-90’s, they went on to set up the pioneering “Siesta” (Sunday afternoon chill-out) and Straight Up Breakbeat (drum & bass) nights in Finland, alongside with their awarded shows on the nationwide Radiomafia and YLEX radio stations.
Later hooking up with Nenis (Sami Nenola), the skater-turned-dj, they re-named themselves The Executives, and promoted nights with the likes of Massive Attack, Howie B, Roni Size, Gilles Peterson, London Elektricity and many more both in their native Helsinki and Paris (France). Finally, in 2000 they set up nine2five recordings as an outlet for the constant stream of innovative underground music that suddenly seemed to be appearing from basement studios all around Helsinki.
With critical acclaim in the international music press - Jockey Slut, DJ Magazine, Knowledge, Straight No Chaser, Breakin' Point etc. - and enthusiastic dj support from the likes of Gilles Peterson, Mr. Scruff, Rainer Truby, Roni Size, London Elektricity, Aquasky, Howie B, Adam Freeland, Landslide and many more nine2five recordings has quickly established itself as the most creative source for fresh talent emerging from the Nordics.
Employee of the month
Heikki
Heikki aka Pinball aka the Dudes. Apart from deejaying around the country and abroad and smashing out remixes and mixtapes, he still has time to take care of our web and graphics. Tough guy for real.
