E-Type Biography
Bo Martin Erik 'E-Type' Eriksson is a musician who was born in Uppsala, Sweden in 1965. His father is Bo ('Bosse') G Eriksson, well known from the science TV program 'Vetenskapens Varld' (World of Science). His mother's name is Elisabeth. He has one sibling, his sister Erika.
In his teens he moved to Bromma and now lives in the heart of Stockholm. His musical career started early: after having been a drummer for a metal group Hexenhaus he met up with Stakka Bo in 1991 with three singles as a result of the partnership: We Got The Atmosphere/The Dream in 1991 and Numania 1/Obey in 1992. This lead to a work as DJ at Z-TV. His first solo single, "I'm Falling" was released in mid of 1993 but did poorly commercially.
E-Type's breakthrough came in 1994 with the collaboration with the Cheiron producers Denniz PoP, Max Martin, and Amadin on his debut album Made In Sweden. A single from this album, Set The World On Fire (with vocals by Nana Hedin) reached gold status in Sweden, #1 on the Swedish dance chart, #2 on the Swedish sale chart, and #4 in Israel. Eventually four other singles were released from the album: the ballad Do You Always (Have To Be Alone) and Russian Lullaby (co-written by Jonas Berggren from Ace of Base). The album itself was released in November 1994 and made it up to No. 2 on the album-chart. All in all, over 100 000 copies were sold in Sweden and the album was listed for 26 weeks.
During 1996 E-Type and the producer-team spent their time working with the new album The Explorer, which was released in Sweden on the 23rd of October. The album sold more than 20 000 copies. In occasion of the Euro 2000 E-Type recorded the official song of the event Campione 2000
In 2001, E-Type released his new single Life in November 12. The forthcoming album, entitled Euro IV Ever, was postponed to the end of 2001. It was finally released in November, most of the tracks feature the voice of Na Na as female vocalist. E-Type gave a release-party on the 25th of November.
In 2004, Max Martin, Rami and E-type proudced the album Loud Pipes Save Lives, and released it on the 24th of March. At the beginning of April, Paradise reached #11 in Finland and entered the Finnish Dance chart at position #28.
E-Type's participated in the Swedish Dance Music Awards in March 1995. He won three awards: Best Song, Best Artist and Newcomer. In 1995, he released six singles in France. One of them So Dem A Com. This Is The Way reached No. 15 on the Billboard Club Chart in the United States and No. 6 on the UK Club Chart. In 1999, E-Type has been nominated for a Swedish Grammy in the category 'Modern Dance', along with Dr. Bombay, Richi M and Black Moses.
