DR. ALBAN
HELLO AFRICA
Hello Afrika (The Album) is the debut studio album from Swedish-based Nigerian artist Dr. Alban, released in 1990. The album was produced by Denniz Pop and released through the label SweMix Records. The album was also released as a second edition in 1991, with a different track listing.
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- Released 1990 (Sweden)
- Recorded 1990
- Genre Eurodance, Reggae
- Label SweMix Records
- Producer Denniz Pop
Hello Afrika: The start of legendary producer Dennis Pop
Volle was born on 26 April 1963 to the Norwegian immigrants Jarl Gregar Volle and Anna Volle (née Innstøy). He began as a DJ in the 1980s, and started producing remixed records and later original releases, producing Dr. Alban’s single «Hello Afrika» in 1990. With Tom Talomaa, he founded the Cheiron Studios on Kungsholmen in Stockholm in 1992, and the next year recruited Max Martin (Martin Sandberg) to the studio. In the following years, he produced and wrote songs for several successful Swedish and foreign artists, including 3T, Ace of Base, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, N’Sync, E-Type, Dr Alban, Robyn, and 5ive.
In an interview, Volle said that he took the name «Denniz» from a comic book and then added «pop» to it.
In August 1998, Volle died of stomach cancer at the age of 35. The video to the Backstreet Boys’ «Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely» and Jessica Folker’s song «A Little Bit» were dedicated to him. E-Type’s album Last Man Standing commemorates Dag with a dirge, the final track «PoP Preludium». Britney Spears dedicated her award for Best Song at the 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards to him.
