Sasse aka Freestyle Man
Born in Finland in 1973, Klas Lindblad has been djing since the end of the 80s, dwellingfirst thru pop music and eventually finding electronic music in the early 90s. He wasrunning one of the first house clubs in Turku, Finland from 92-96 and was a regular guest at the major parties in the Finnish electronic scene.

At this time he also started to work on production and soon the first releases came outon Sähkö/Puu as Freestyle Man. His early work has been considered a milestone in theScandinavian house sound and the original 12-inches are still very much sought after.

In 1996 he started Moodmusic with the first release, "Sasse Presents...", a 4 track EP with influences from NYC and Detroit house. Instantly creating a havoc on Europeandance floors, the following releases put Moodmusic on the map of recognized houselabels with the distinctive sound and top-notch A&R abilities of Sasse.

Fast forward to 1999 and Sasse leaves Finland for Frankfurt am Main to start a residency at the famous Robert Johnson club. He was running his highly successful "Finnish First" nights at Robert Johnson from 2000 - 2004.

The early releases from Henrik Schwarz on Moodmusic culminates in 2003 with the birthof Sunday Music, a musical platform for Sasse and Henrik productions. At the same timeSasse started the now defunct Must! Records for more obscure disco, italo and chicagohouse edits.

In 2005 he builds his beloved BlackHead Studios in Berlin with companions EwanPearson and Filippo "Naughty" Moscatello and starts to work on his first artist album.

The album "Made Within The Upper Stair Of Heaven" is released on Moodmusic in 2006 to critical acclaim and the singles, "Soul Sounds", "Loosing Touch" (featuring the distinctive vocals of Kiki) and "Up To You" makes waves on dance floors around the globe.

In 2007 a special collaboration called "It's All True" between Tracey Thorn and the production team of Sasse, Darshan Jesrani and Ewan Pearson was featured on Traceyʼs last album, "Out Of The Woods". The single release featured remixes fromMartin Buttrich, Kris Menace and Escort and was one of the summer tunes of 2007.

His 2008 album "Toinen" was a landmark for Sasse, showing again his musical abilitiesand creating a timeless piece of music, Toinen spawned 3 singles which gained praisefrom the dj-community around the world.

Over the last 7 years, the success of his productions and his driving dj-style brought himall over the world to represent the sound of Moodmusic. And rightly so, the label goingfrom strength to strength, riding high in the dj-charts as well as being supported by themajority of the a-class disc jockeys around.

Sasse is currently collaborating with Holmar Filipsson on a new Filipsson & Lindblad EPas well as new collabs with Martin Eyerer is about to hit the shops on Monique Music and Moodmusic in Summer/Autumn 2010.

He also recently teamed up with James Teej & Phonogenic for the single "Tangential" onthe My Robot Friend label out of Montreal as well as finished remixes for Phonique,Roberto Rodriguez, Dana Bergquist and Gooding, Moss & Moorish.

Tour wise you can catch him playing alongside label protégées Penner+Muder, Phonogenic and James Flavour on various Moodmusic showcases around the world.

www.myspace.com/sasse_moodmusic