Personal life

Aside from producing music, Prydz also runs the record labels Pryda, Pryda Friends and Mouseville, which release most of his own music. On Pryda, he releases music as Pryda. On Mouseville Records, started in 2002, he releases techno tracks as Cirez D.

Career

Prydz is perhaps best known for his 2004 hit single "Call on Me", which samples the Steve Winwood hit "Valerie". It topped the UK singles charts for five weeks and was also number one on the German Top 100 for six consecutive weeks. Although this track made him immensely popular, Eric has stopped playing it in his shows in an attempt to distance himself from the track. In some respects he has succeeded, and with his newer songs, Eric has gained recognition from both underground and mainstream fans. In 2006, he released a remixed version of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2", titled "Proper Education", with a video. He was also the only artist ever to be given the go ahead to sample Pink Floyd.

On May 21, 2012, Prydz released his debut artist album as a 3 disc set through Virgin Records. Disc 1 is made up of new unreleased Pryda productions, which some fans may have heard as works in progress (including Shadows, Agag, Mighty Love, Allein and the intro edit of Pjanoo). Discs 2 and 3 bring together many of the classic tracks from the Pryda catalogue, sequenced and mixed by the man himself, including some of his special re-edits.

The Ministry of Sound club in London hosted the launch of the 'Eric Prydz Presents Pryda' album on April 14, 2012, where Eric played some of the tracks from the album.

Inserting the CD in a computer and visiting Eric Prydz' Facebook page provides access to a download of 'Tijuana', a track previously known as 'Space Miami ID' in .WAV format.

His 2013 Essential Mix was named Essential Mix of the Year by Pete Tong.

Eric Prydz' "Pryda Snare" (contained in his song Miami To Atlanta) is a popular technique in house and trance music consisting of using a compressed and sustained snare sample at the end of a bar. Commonly used to mark progressions in a song structure, many consider it to be one of the most sampled sounds in the electronic dance music world, especially in the Beatport Top 100, which is notably used by producers such as Martin Garrix, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, and W&W.

2014 was the 10th year of Prydz's label Pryda Recordings, and as a result, on January 9, 2014, Prydz announced a special upcoming artist album which was initially due for release later that year. On May 4, 2015, Prydz announced PR(10)DA, a collection of unreleased tracks from January 2004 to December 2014. PR(10)DA was released over three EPs, leading up to an album released on February 5th, 2016.

On May 19, 2014, Prydz announced via social media the third installment of his concert, Eric Prydz in Concert, titled EPIC 3.0. Promising the 'world's largest indoor hologram', new music, and new visuals, the show was to be held at Madison Square Garden during the Fall. Prydz performed his EPIC 3.0 show on September 27, 2014, playing a large range of new and unreleased material. The show incorporated a 20m, 4K hologram, and 32 lasers.

On July 4, 2015 Prydz was the first DJ with a set featured as a "One Mix" on Beats 1, the worldwide radio station on Apple Music.

On February 5, 2016, Prydz has released his debut album Opus.

Discography

Albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		AUS	BEL (FL)	SWI	UK	US
Eric Prydz Presents Pryda	Released: May 18, 2012 Labels: Virgin Records Formats: CD, digital download	—	84	—	40	—
Opus	Released: February 5, 2016 Labels: Virgin Records Formats: CD, digital download	56	19	48	23	164

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions											Certifications	Album
		SWE	AUT	BEL (FL)	BEL (WA)	FRA	GER	IRE	NL	SWI	UK	US
"Call on Me"	2004	1	1	4	13	1	1	1	10	2	1	29	AUS: Platinum FRA: Gold SWE: Gold SWI: Gold	Non-album singles
"Woz Not Woz" (with Steve Angello)	2005	—	—	—	—	50	63	—	—	84	55	—
"Proper Education" (vs. Pink Floyd)	2006	7	20	2	12	10	4	9	4	12	2	1	DEN: Gold
"Pjanoo"	2008	6	22	8	14	21	34	7	3	31	2	—		Eric Prydz Presents Pryda
"Niton (The Reason)"	2011	—	—	68	—	—	66	—	82	—	45	—		Non-album single
"Every Day"	2012	—	—	55	79	—	—	—	61	—	—	3		Opus
"Liberate"	2014	—	—	100	—	—	—	—	—	—	71	28
"Tether" (vs. CHVRCHΞS)	2015	—	—	83	—	—	—	—	—	—	107	—		Non-album single
"Generate"		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		Opus
"Opus"		—	—	3	62	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released.

Other charted songs

Title	Year	Peak chart positions	Album
		US
"Genesis"	2007	—	Eric Prydz Presents Pryda
"Allein"	2012	12
"SW4"		—

Other releases

as Eric Prydz

2001

• By Your Side / Mr. Jingles
• Bass-Ism / Groove Yard

2002

• Mr. Jingles (2002 Re-еdit) / Chasing It / On the Strip
• Tha Disco
• Tha Get Down / Tonight / Deeper Still

2003

• In & Out (feat. Adeva)

2004

• Slammin' / Inner Space

2011

• 2Night

2012

• Every Day
• We Are Mirage
• Mighty Love (Instrumental Mix)

2014

• Liberate

2015

• Tether (vs. CHVRCHΞS)
• Generate
• Opus

2016

• Breathe (feat. Rob Swire)

as Pryda

2004

• Human Behaviour / Lesson One
• Spooks / Do It

2005

• Nile / Sucker DJ
• Aftermath / The Gift

2006

• Remember / Frankfurt

2007

• RYMD / Armed
• Ironman / Madderferrys
• Muranyi / Balaton
• Europa / Odyssey

2008

• Pjanoo / F12
• Evouh / Wakanpi / Rakfunk

2009

• Animal / Miami To Atlanta / Loaded
• Melo / Lift / Reeperbahn
• Waves / Alfon

2010

• RYMD 2010 / Inspiration
• EMOS / Viro
• M.S.B.O.Y. / The End
• Niton / Vega
• Illusions / Glimma

2011

• Mirage / Juletider / With Me

2012

• Bergen / Recomondos

2013

• Power Drive
• Layers
• Rotonda
• Lycka / F.A.T.

2014

• Mija / Origins / Backdraft / AXIS

2015

• Rebel XX / Run / Loving You / Neuron
• Welcome to My House / Annexet / Clapham / Snaz / Rush / TID
• One Day / SOL / Bussen / Border Control / Bytatag / INOX / Crossings / Seadweller / The Truth / Arpe / Frost / Night Breed

as Cirez D

2003

• Diamond Girl / It's Over / W-Dizco

2004

• Control Freak / Hoodpecker
• Deep Inside

2005

• Knockout / Lost Love
• Re-Match / B-Boy
• Teaser / Lollipop

2006

• Punch Drunk / Copyrat
• Mouseville Theme

2007

• Horizons / Tigerstyle

2008

• Läget?
• Stockholm Marathon / The Journey

2009

• The Tunnel / Raptor
• On Off / Fast Forward

2010

• Glow
• Bauerpost / Glow (In the Dark Dub)
• The Tumble / EXIT

2011

• Full Stop
• Tomorrow / Sirtos Madness
• Mokba

2013

• Thunderstuck / Drums in the Deep

2014

• Accents / Revolution
• Ruby

2015

• Voided / On Top Baby / Chaos / Deep Inside (Remix) / Rise

as Sheridan

2002

• Sunlight Dancing
• Wants vs. Needs

2004

• High on You

2006

• Fatz Theme / Flycker

as Moo

2002

• Seashells

2003

• Jonico (Mediterranean Mix)
• Sunset at Keywest

as AxEr

2006

• 123 / 321

as A&P Project

2003

• Sunrize (feat. Zemya Hamilton)

as The Dukes of Sluca

2002

• Don't Stop / Steam Machine / Always Searching

2003

• Mighty Love (vs. Apollo)

as Groove System

2001

• Vacuum Cleaner / Chord Funk

as Hardform

2003

• Dirty Souls / Fear Tha Pimps / Back to the Groove

as ToNjA Holma

2007

• Loco
• Gemo

2012

• Bern

2013

• Spanish Delight

2015

• Trippleton

as Fiol Lasse

2009

• Svedala

Remixes

2002

• Outfunk - Echo Vibes (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Star Alliance - PVC (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Par-T-One - I'm So Crazy (Eric Prydz Remix)

2003

• Harry's Afro Hut - C'mon Lady (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Outfunk - Lost in Music (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Steve Angello - Voices (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Snap! vs. Motivo - The Power (Of Bhangra) (Eric Prydz Remix)
• M Factor - Come Together (Eric Prydz Remix)
• The Attic - Destiny (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Futureshock - Pride's Paranoia (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Oliver Lieb & Shakeman Presents: Smoked - Metropolis (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Pet Shop Boys - Miracles (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Aloud - Sex & Sun (Eric Prydz Remix)

2004

• Duran Duran - (Reach Up For The) Sunrise (Eric Prydz Remix)
• The Shapeshifters - Lola's Theme (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Mutiny vs. Lorraine Cato - Holding On (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Alter Ego - Rocker (Eric Prydz Remix)

2005

• Axwell - Feel the Vibe (Eric Prydz Unofficial Remix)
• Howard Jones - And Do You Feel Scared? (Eric Prydz Remix)

2006

• Double 99 - R.I.P. Groove (Cirez D Remix)
• Switch - A Bit Patchy (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Paolo Mojo - 1983 (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Michael Jackson - Thriller (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Duran Duran - Nice (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Inner City - Good Life (Eric Prydz Summer 2006 Edit)

2007

• Sven Väth - The Beauty and the Beast (Eric Prydz Re-edit)

2008

• Jim Rivers & Paolo Mojo - Ron Hardy Said (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Christian Smith & John Selway - Total Departure (Cirez D Remix)

2009

• Sébastien Léger - The People (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Calvin Harris - Flashback (Eric Prydz Remix)

2010

• Faithless - Not Going Home (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Felix Da Housecat - Thee Anthem (Eric Prydz Remix)

2011

• Eric Prydz feat. Jan Burton - Niton (The Reason) (Pryda '82' Mix)
• Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Digitalism - Circles (Eric Prydz Remix)
• Guy J & Henry Saiz - Meridian (Pryda Remix)

2012

• M83 - Midnight City (Eric Prydz Private Remix)

2014

• deadmau5 - The Veldt (feat. Chris James) (deadmau5 vs. Eric Prydz Edit)
• Sailor & I vs. Âme - Turn Around (Eric Prydz Private Remix)

2015

• Adventure - Rio (Eric Prydz Remix)

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