biography
La Fleur is not easily put in a box. She‘s the dancer turned DJ, the pharmacist turned remixer, the music-lover turned music-maker. La Fleur is house and techno, classic and future-forward, technique and instinct. Blessed with a unique presence and a keen selector’s ear, she can seduce any crowd into a state of musical bliss.
La Fleur was tipped as an artist to watch in early 2010, and she didn’t disappoint. Her solo debut Flowerhead EP for her own Power Plant Records, rocketed into charts and playlists worldwide. In early 2011 came Flowerhead Revisited, the remix project hand-picked to launch the inhouse imprint of DJ tastemakers Whatpeopleplay. With support from the likes of Mixmag and Pete Tong, La Fleur is set to continue adding to her already long list of accomplishments this year, via her uniquely infectious and organic sound.
Sanna La Fleur Engdahl’s life-long love of music and movement started at an early age, with eight years of training as a dancer in her native Örebro, Sweden. Electronic music captured her imagination, but she set out on a different vocational path, graduating with a Masters Degree in Pharmacy. However the call of music proved much too strong, and La Fleur began DJing in Stockholm soon after she graduated, quickly rising through the ranks and landing residencies with key players like the legendary Grodan Cocktail club, and running her own club nights Sunday Secrets and Suburbian Wasteland.
In November 2006, La Fleur joined forces with Adeline Supreme and formed the DJ duo Housewives. Blending tongue-in-cheek humour with explosive performances, Housewives received wide recognition in Sweden for their dynamic sets and club nights of the same name. By 2007, La Fleur ranked at number 6 in Sweden's Top 100 DJ’s list, and Housewives were awarded "Best Club" in the People’s Choice Awards. The following year La Fleur was nominated as "Best DJ”, and Housewives were named “Best Club” at the Scandinavian Music Convention.
For three years La Fleur hosted the electronic dance music show 'P3 Dans', on Swedish National Radio; it is the most high profile program of its type in Scandinavia, with artists like Ellen Allien, Steve Bug, Anja Schneider, Style of Eye and Nôze as featured guests. Success in Sweden and a steady stream of bookings in Europe and further abroad allowed La Fleur to focus full time on her DJ profession, but by 2007 her focus had shifted towards her own solo productions, leading her to relocate from Stockholm to Berlin at the end of that year.
2008 saw La Fleur’s first forays into the studio, with her remix of David Ekenbäck’s "Nairu" on Trunkfunk Records, followed in 2009 by a major remix by Housewives for Sweden’s biggest rock band Kent, released on Sony Music. December 2009 marked the production debut of Housewives with the Dirty Dancing 12" on Kinetika Records which featured a Jake The Rapper remix.
2010 and 2011 added further strings to La Fleur’s bow, with the founding of her independent imprint Power Plant Records, remixes for Stuffa, Martin Dawson and Jesper Ryom. Building on the success of Flowerhead EP, and with Flowerhead Revisited landing in the #32 spot of DJ Mag’s Top 100 Singles of 2011, 2012 marks a new chapter for La Fleur as she moves ever closer towards becoming house music’s fastest rising star. With her debut appearance at Berlin institution Panorama Bar, a record in the pipeline for Defected Records sublabel Lo:Rise, and a brand new EP, Eavesdropper, for her own Power Plant, La Fleur is undeniably the breakthrough artist to watch in 2012.