JS-16

JS-16 (* 13. January 1975 as Jaakko Sakari Salovaara in Finland ) is a Finnish songwriter , DJ and music producer . He owns the music label 16 inch records .

Life

Jaakko Salovaara was born on January 13th 1975 and released his first album Hypnosynthesis at the age of 16 . He was trained at the Turku Conservatory and played as a cellist in the Turku Symphony Orchestra for a year.

He later released the album Stomping System , of which the single Stomping System made # 6 in the UK Club Charts.

He helped many bands to break through, such as the Bomfunk MC’s with the European hit Freestyler (2000), which made # 1 in 11 countries. In 2002 he produced a JS16 remix and JS16 dub from Britney Spears hit single Overprotected.

Today he produces 44 songs with the band Mighty and is also a member of the Dallas Superstars.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		FI
1998	Stomping system	FI34 (1 week) FI	Blue Bubble Records
2000	InTheMix	FI13 (9 weeks) FI	BMG Finland

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		FI
1998	Stomp to My Beat stomping system	FI10 (3 weeks) FI	Playland Records
1998	Love Supreme Stomping System	FI10 (2 weeks) FI	Duty Free Recordings
2000	Love Supreme - The US Mixes InTheMix	FI15 (2 weeks) FI
2007	Rosegarden only single	FI2 (4 weeks) FI	16 inch records
2008	Lights Go Wild single only	FI12 (1 week) FI	16 inch records

more singles

• 1991: Hypnosynthesis (12 '')
• 1992: Untitled feat. ML (12``)
• 2012: Orkidea & JS16: Hale Bopp (Solaris Recordings)

Guest Posts

• 2009: Ola: Play Me (download single, RCA Records )
• 2011: Pandora: You Woke My Heart (AXR Music)

Web links

• Short biography on www.finn-land.net
• JS-16 on discogs.com
• JS-16 on musicbrainz.org
• Jaakko Salovaara, JS 16 on yle.fi
• Own web presence on js16.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chart sources: FI
2. ↑ Chart sources: FI