Biography
NEXX is a pop/dance trio from Sweden and consist of Johanna “Jo” Eriksson, Robert Skowronski and Sebastian Zelle. The story of NEXX began already in the end of 2001 when Robert and Sebastian met while auditioning for another pop project. They both got the job and went on tour in 2002/2003. When the job was finished they decided that they wanted to continue working together and so in the end of 2004 they started to write new songs in their studio in Stockholm. They had many contacts with different Swedish producers which helped them with finding the right sound and they slowly started to form a new group.
Robert has previously been staring in musicals in Sweden and he’s been backing up other artists as dancer and singer. Sebastian is a top DJ in the world of nightclubs in Stockholm. They both always had a passion for clubbing and spending time at the dance floors so they got influenced by artists like Madonna, Basement Jaxx, Kylie Minogue and disco artists from the 70’s and 80’s.
In December 2004 Robert started rehearsals with the world famous ABBA musical MAMMA MIA! in Stockholm where he became very good friend with Johanna “Jo” Eriksson who also was part of the cast. At that time he and Sebastian wanted to find a female vocalist for the new group. Shortly after the premiere of MAMMA MIA Jo listened their material and asked Robert if she could put her vocals on it. She went into the studio and she basically blew Rob and Seb away. NEXX was born!
The group continued to write and record new material during next two years and in 2006 they went on tour in Sweden, Finland and Latvia. In 2007 they got in touch with Swedish top producer Jonas Von Der Burg (September, Danny, Alcazar) and together with him and Ivar Lisinski (Bananarama, Danii Minogue) they wrote their hit singles “Synchronize Lips” and “Paralyzed” which have been on top of the charts in Eastern Europe. The third single “Bitch Switch” is produced by Niclas Kings (Kate Ryan, Daniela) and Ivar Lisinski.
The debut album by NEXX debuted 6th of March 2009 in Poland and includes the three hit singles plus 8 other groovy tracks. In October 2009 NEXX recieved an award for The Debut of The Year from ORDA (the collecting society for royalties in Romania). At the same time the group released their hit single “Synchronize Lips” in Sweden. Now the journey continues!