Nouvelle Radio Jeune , (Acronym: NRJ, French pronunciation: [enɛʁʒi] , lit. ' energy ' ) is a private French radio station created by Jean-Paul Baudecroux and Max Guazzini in June 1981 , and was widely popularized thanks to its godmother singer Dalida , who prevented it from closing in 1984. Today radio belongs to the NRJ Group and is the founding station of NRJ International .
48-465: Markus "Captain" Kaarlonen (born 16 November 1973) is a Finnish musician, songwriter, producer, and the keyboardist of the rock band Poets of the Fall . Kaarlonen first became known in the underground with his Amiga MOD music in the early 1990s. His first commercial album was released as Dance Nation's album Dawn in 1994. After that he worked as producer for pop group Aikakone . Kaarlonen also worked for
96-497: A live-recording of "Don't Mess With Me", the fourth track on Signs of Life , from the band's performance at Rockperry Festival, Vaasa, Finland on 15 July 2005. On 30 March 2006, the band released the music video for "Carnival of Rust" which shows a gas-masked woman visiting an old carnival, and also references every song from the band's second album of the same name . The video became hugely popular in Finland, winning two Muuvi Awards and
144-515: A remastered version of "Maybe Tomorrow is a Better Day", as well as the music video for the title track. The cover, which sees the return of the lollipop from the first album, was designed by Tuomas Harju. Carnival of Rust also went straight to #1 on the Finnish charts. It has been certified platinum . It was selected as one of the best albums 2006 by Finland's largest newspaper, Helsingin Sanomat , and
192-407: A row every hour". The concept "10 hits in a row" is again on air since January 9, 2017, on NRJ which characterizes the hit format of the radio, with the current motto "They are 10, they are fresh, they never stop". (French: "Ils sont 10, ils sont frais, ils ne s'arrêtent jamais".) From 2018, NRJ starts carrying "12" or "13 hits in a row". Since the creation of NRJ, several slogans were used: NRJ had
240-455: A script-writer working at Remedy Entertainment handed Saaresto a poem he had written, asking him to turn it into a song to use in Remedy's video game Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne . The song, entitled " Late Goodbye ", was used as the ending-theme of the game as well as a recurring motif, being sung and whistled by multiple characters. It was produced by Markus "Captain" Kaarlonen, who joined
288-413: A tiny room in the 20th arrondissement of Paris in a place of high altitude to strategically cover all Paris on 92.0 MHz. The station was under repeated threat to be shut down by the authorities, with the active intervention of the singer Dalida and her connections was this prevented. The station has since 1988 expanded internationally, and has started broadcasting in a number of countries: NRJ
336-446: Is dark brown. This type of web radios provides light music for you as you're waking up in the morning. The color is light yellow. These web radios adopt a motivated (mainly electro and hip-hop) playlist dedicated to sports activities. The color is green. This type of web radios focus on the soundtrack on a day's moment or a particular emotion. The color is black. This type of web radios rebroadcasts certain programs on NRJ. The color
384-616: Is known for their partnership with video game developers, most notably with Remedy Entertainment , having written songs for Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (2003), Alan Wake (2010), Alan Wake's American Nightmare (2012), Control (2019), and Alan Wake 2 (2023), the latter four in a much heavier style and under the pseudonym Old Gods of Asgard . The band was founded on 25 April 2003 by Saaresto and Tukiainen. Tukiainen had written multiple songs for Saaresto's previous band Fuss and performed with Finnish jazzband Pohjoinen Syke previously. In 2003, Saaresto's friend Sami Järvi ,
432-453: Is the name of France's no.1 dance and hip-hop mixed show, airing every weekend at late night slot. NRJ didn't contain any programs dedicated to this until 1990, when a program called 'Megamix' was launched, presented by Dimitri or Bibi every Sunday nights from 8.00pm to 9.00pm. The program stayed until 1992, when, for the first time, the 'Extravadance' name was used. It ran on Saturday nights from 10.00pm to 12.00am by Mike. The 'Megamix' block
480-404: The #1 position on the Finnish album chart. Two singles, "False Kings" and "Dancing on Broken Glass", accompanied with music videos, were released prior to the album. On 27 August 2019, the band released (under their Remedy alter-ego Old Gods of Asgard) a single "Take Control" written especially for the video game Control , which also featured Ultraviolet ' s single "My Dark Disquiet". With
528-592: The 2005-iteration of Futuremark's benchmarking software 3DMark , which helped further promote the album. In 2005 POTF performed at Popkomm in Berlin. Having won the NRJ Radio Awards' "Best Finnish Breakthrough", POTF released their third single, " Carnival of Rust ", on 22 March 2006 in Finland and on 1 December 2006 in Germany. The single entered the Finnish charts at #2 and features a radio- and an album-edit as well as
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#1732863357366576-611: The DJs were dropped, except Morgan Nagoya. In 2009, it was expanded to Saturdays 10.00pm-2.00am. Morgan Nagoya was no longer the standalone DJ, but Junior Caldera or Dim Chris also mixed the music for an hour from midnight. In 2010, 'Mastermix' was added an extra Saturday morning edition from 12.00am to 2.00am, and presented by Big Ali. Saturday night edition saw the addition of many DJs in the same timeslot, like Tiesto, Martin Solveig, Dim Chris, Bob Sinclar, Junior Caldera, Laurent Wolf. There was, for
624-473: The Fall released their next single called " The Ultimate Fling " in Finland on 6 February 2008. It features three variations of the title track (a radio-edit, an album-edit and an impromptu-version) as well as a live recording of "Fire", the opening track of the band's second album Carnival of Rust which was recorded during the Poets' performance at Ankkarock Festival 2007 on 5 August. The single charted at #2 in
672-656: The Finnish Top 40 album chart at #1 and has been certified platinum by the Finnish IFPI . It won the Emma Award for the "Best Debut Album of the Year 2005" with the band also receiving the "Best Newcomer of the Year" award. The songs "Stay" and "Illusion and Dream" were used as promotional radio singles. Due to Kaarlonen being a former employee of benchmark -developer Futuremark , POTF were offered to have their song "Lift" included in
720-492: The Finnish single charts and reached #2 and #7 in YleX's 2004-voting for "Best Finnish song". POTF were also voted "Fresh Newcomer of 2004" by YleX. On 18 December 2004, the band released a song "Maybe Tomorrow is a Better Day" as a free download on their website to promote their then-upcoming debut album Signs of Life . The album was released on 19 January 2005 in Finland, followed by an iTunes release on 25 May 2005. It entered
768-404: The Finnish singles chart. Months after the release of the single, the band published the accompanying video which consists of fan-recorded footage of the band performing at various gigs. The band's third album, Revolution Roulette , was released in Finland and on iTunes on 26 March 2008. Its cover was designed by Tuomas Harju and features a giant padlock with a built-in roulette , abandoning
816-632: The YLE Audience Choice Award as "Best Finnish Music Video of All Time". It was also voted "Best Music Video 2006" by The Voice . In 2009, it was remastered by Elmeri Raitanen as his bachelor-thesis in visual and media arts at Lahti Institute of Design and reissued in HD . On 12 April 2006, Poets' second album Carnival of Rust was released in Finland, and later in Sweden, Australia, Ukraine, Russia, Germany, and on iTunes. It includes 11 new songs,
864-405: The album was "Requiem for My Harlequin". On 15 November 2023, Old Gods of Asgard released a single titled "Herald of Darkness", written especially for Alan Wake 2 and featuring in-game characters' Alan Wake and Mr. Door's voice actors ( Matthew Porretta and David Harewood ), accompanied by a music video featuring the voice actors and Alan Wake's face actor ( Ilkka Villi ). On 8 December 2023,
912-632: The album, the band played their first gig in the United States at Musexpo 2008 in Los Angeles on 29 April. On 18 September 2009, the band released a "Best of"-compilation in India. In mid-2009, after finishing the Revolution Roulette Tour , POTF announced they would be heading into the studio to record their fourth album, the genre of which they described as "cinematic rock". On 9 December 2009,
960-581: The album. On 4 August 2016, the album's first single, "Drama for Life", was released. The band's seventh studio album, Clearview , was released on 30 September 2016, coinciding with the start of the Clearview Tour in Helsinki. On 11 March 2018, the band announced that their eighth album will be released in October 2018. On 5 October 2018, Poets released their eighth album Ultraviolet , which once again hit
1008-472: The band announced a song "War" from their fourth studio album would be featured in a psychological thriller video game Alan Wake developed by Remedy Entertainment. Along with "War", Alan Wake also features two new songs, "Children of the Elder God" and "The Poet and The Muse", which were written specifically for the game and performed by Poets of the Fall as the in-game band Old Gods of Asgard . In June 2010,
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#17328633573661056-412: The band of former Sunrise Avenue -guitarist Janne Kärkkäinen to their label, Insomniac, and produced their debut album Cyanide Skies with Saaresto / Tukiainen performing additional vocals and guitar work. The album was released on 18 February 2009 in Finland and entered the Finnish album charts at #22. POTF also make a cameo-appearance in the video to Phoenix Effect's song "King See No Evil". Poets of
1104-564: The band released Old Gods of Asgard's Rebirth – Greatest Hits , a compilation album composed of nine songs written for Remedy Entertainment games. On the same day, Old Gods of Asgard debuted live at The Game Awards 2023 performing "Herald of Darkness" together with Ilkka Villi, Matthew Porretta, David Harewood and Sam Lake . The album hit #1 position on the Finnish album chart and peaked #4 at Worldwide iTunes Album Chart after The Game Awards. Touring members NRJ Radio The main station only focuses on current chart hits throughout
1152-717: The band released a video for "War" (despite it being only a promotional radio single) which reenacts scenes from the game in live-action. It features Finnish actor Ilkka Villi as the game's protagonist of the same name (Villi also served as the model used for the creation of the Alan Wake character) and the band, except Saaresto. In the video, the band portrays some of Alan Wake ' s in-game antagonists, lumberjacks possessed by an evil force named "the Dark Presence", collectively called "the Taken". On 21 January 2010, " Dreaming Wide Awake ",
1200-509: The band shortly after due to Saaresto and Tukiainen admiring his work. In order to have creative freedom and full control over the band, the members founded their own independent record label, Insomniac, which they have been releasing all their albums through ever since. On 30 June 2004, Poets released their debut single "Late Goodbye" in Finland which was followed by " Lift " on 9 September 2004. The music videos for both songs were directed by Tuomas "Stobe" Harju. The songs charted #14 and #8 on
1248-432: The day and electronic dance music during some weekend late night hours. Talk programs are based every evening except Saturday. In contrast, its web radios are devoted to a vast range of music: rap, RnB, dance, hip-hop, electronic, top 40, urban and rock. In June 1981 Jean-Paul Baudecroux created a music radio station for young people, and founded NRJ (standing for Nouvelle Radio des Jeunes ). He then established studios in
1296-401: The first single off the band's fourth album, Twilight Theater , debuted on Radio NRJ Suomi on 21 January and was released on 3 February as a limited-edition single. It reached #18 on the Finnish singles chart. Twilight Theater was released in Finland and on iTunes on 17 March, followed by Germany, Austria and Switzerland on 29 October. It went straight to #1 of the Finnish album charts and
1344-501: The first time after 18 years, its preceding program also dedicated to the music mix, called 'Royal Mix' and ran from 8.00pm to 10.00pm, with DJ Assad, DJ Milouz, and Leo Lanvin. In 2011, 'Mastermix' was extended, now airing three times weekly. Friday night/Saturday morning edition now ran from 12.00am to 6.00am and presented by Big Ali till 2.00am, then DJ DMB. Saturday night edition ran from 8.00pm to 6.00am, excluding 2.00am-4.00am (featuring Better days with Bibi). The early slot from 4-6
1392-609: The first web radio in 2006. Later on, there were three (included NRJ's main live stream). In the third quarter of 2006, NRJ added two, and two more at the end of that year. In 12/2013, the station operates about 153 web radios. Here are the list and complete detail of them. (Although NRJ is French, most of web radios' names are in English.) Some of these web radios can also be seen elsewhere worldwide. NRJ had/has web radios for almost every major artist, every music genres, and every background, but mostly focus on women. They also have adverts like
1440-506: The live version of the song since the original release—as a digital single with a music video directed by Miika Hakala. On 13 March 2022, Poets of the Fall announced their album Ghostlight , released on 29 April 2022, as a completion to the band's third trilogy, consisting of Clearview , Ultraviolet and Ghostlight . According to the band, Ghostlight embodies the idea of metamorphosis, winning over hardship, of acceptance and becoming whole. The only single and music video released for
1488-541: The lollipop used on the previous album-covers. The record marks the first POTF-album not produced in Markus Kaarlonen's living-room, but the band's own professional studio. It went straight to the top of the Finnish charts and was certified gold two weeks after being released. The album's title track was also released as a promotional radio single. Revolution Roulette is currently the only POTF album that has not been released physically outside Finland. While on tour with
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1536-453: The main station, but no announcers heard on the air at all. This list below is refreshed almost monthly. This type of stations dedicated to general hits, or NRJ-produced events. Their color is red. This type of web radios offer songs in electronic music. The color is purple. This type of web radios only focuses on a specific classic-related type of music. The color is yellow-brown. This type of web radios broadcasts heavy music. The color
1584-506: The name 'Mastermix' was dropped (but now being used in Germany). It now went by the name 'NRJ Extravadance'. Currently, it broadcasts on weekdays 12:00am-6.00am, Saturdays 8.00pm-6.00am, and Sundays 12.00am-2.00am. Below is the lineup as of December 2021. NRJ broadcasts a non-stop program known as "Top 40" or "CHR", centered around the hits of the moment, as demonstrated by its slogan "Hit music only!" and it runs "more than 40 minutes of hits in
1632-475: The new single and video, each Friday, starting from 11 July with Signs of Life , the band released each of their albums on Spotify in chronological order. In October 2014, the band began the Jealous Gods Tour in Finland and Germany. On 11 June 2015, the band announced that they had begun working on the next album. In January 2016, POTF announced they would be working with Kent producer Stefan Boman on
1680-543: The release of an unplugged version of "King of Fools" on 15 January 2020, Poets started a monthly series of acoustic singles and videos recorded at the Alexander Theatre which resulted into the release of the Alexander Theatre Sessions on 11 December 2020. On 15 March 2021, the band released "Stay Forever"—an updated version of a song from their debut album Signs of Life , which includes elements added to
1728-413: The release was crowdfunded via PledgeMusic . On 8 July 2014, the band announced their sixth studio album Jealous Gods would be released on 19 September on all digital music retailers, streaming services and selected record stores. Its first single, "Daze", was released on 22 August on their official website along with a music video. Additionally, prior to the album's release, and as a countdown to
1776-592: The same timeslot, but now airing weeknights. It was anchored by Cyril Monnier. In 1996, the show returned the 1994 format. In 1997, it was expanded, now Saturday nights from 10.00pm to 3.00am. The only presenter was Bibi. In 1998, 'Extravadance' updated slot to: Saturday nights from 8.00pm to 11.00pm and Friday nights from 10.00pm to 2.00am. Both editions were presented by Vincent Richard. In 1999, both editions were expanded, now Fridays from 10.00pm to 3.00am and Saturdays from 9.00pm to 12.00am. In 3/2000, there was, after ten years, no music mixed programming appeared on
1824-415: The schedule. In 2003, this type of program was revived, but went by the name Mastermix . It broadcast every Saturday at the same timeslot as 'Extravadance' before being axed. 3 DJs featured including Vincent Richard, DJ Mouss et DJ K. From this year, NRJ no longer contains an overnight announcer. In 2004, DJ Maze and Morgan took control of the show, which now kicked off from 10.00pm. In 2005, 'Mastermix'
1872-617: The software company Futuremark as a Senior Web Developer and Audio Designer. He has also composed and/or produced music for video games, including Rochard , Max Payne 2 , Alan Wake , and Shattered Horizon . Poets of the Fall Poets of the Fall ( POTF ) is a Finnish rock band from Helsinki . The group consists of Marko Saaresto (lead vocals), Olli Tukiainen (lead guitar), Markus "Captain" Kaarlonen (keyboards, production), Jani Snellman (bass), Jaska Mäkinen (rhythm guitar), and Jari Salminen (drums, percussion). The band
1920-513: Was also presented by DJ DMB. There was also a Monday overnight edition from 12.00am to 2.00am and mixed by Remady, Junior Caldera, Dim Chris, Junior Caldera. In 2012, the show had many changes including: Laidback Luke was given his own slot from 2-3 each Saturday morning; Leo Lanvin left 'Royal Mix'; The team took control from 9-12 Saturday nights was Tiesto, Global Deejays, Afrojack, Avicii; and Monday team consisted of DJ Oriska, Kore, Sarahina, DJ Abdel, Claude Njoya. In 2013, after ten years in use,
1968-454: Was certified gold a week after release. A double-vinyl edition of the band's debut album Signs of Life was released on 19 January 2011, exactly six years after its original release. A CD & DVD-compilation entitled Alchemy Vol.1 was released on 16 March 2011. It contains the band's whole videography as well as the favourite songs of the band-members and also features two new songs, "No End, No Beginning" and "Can You Hear Me". The latter
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2016-485: Was nominated for NRJ Radio Awards' "Best Finnish Album" and Emma Awards' "Best Rock Album" in 2007. In 2008, POTF redesigned their moth-logo and also changed the font used to display their band name. They also participated in the Voice's CD compilation Livenä Vieraissa , with a cover version of Chris Cornell's song " You Know My Name ", and their own song " Diamonds for Tears ". The same year, POTF signed Phoenix Effect ,
2064-406: Was not axed, but moved to 12.00am to 1.00am each Sunday (right after the new 'Extravadance'). Bibi no longer stayed in this block. In 1993, 'Extravadance' block was expanded, now starting at 8.00pm. The new presenter for this was Cocto. In 1994, 'Megamix' was axed, and 'Extravadance' aired every Saturday nights from 10.00pm to 1.00am. It was completely automated. In 1995, 'Extravadance' stayed at
2112-527: Was originally the acronym for N ouvelle R adio J eune (New Youth Radio) or Nouvelle radio pour les jeunes (New Radio for the Youth), and was not invented to be an allograph of "energy". In the non-French countries where the station also operates, the radio station is simply called Energy , because NRJ can be pronounced phonetically in French as Energy or NRG . The bold numbers/figures are at number 1. This
2160-499: Was released digitally on 2 February 2011, and is featured in the remake of Remedy Entertainment's video game Death Rally . The music video for the song was directed by Mikko Harma and premiered on The Voice on 18 March 2011. On 24 January 2012, the lead single off the new album, "Cradled in Love", was released for Finnish radio airplay, and on 26 January - for digital download on the band's official digistore. "Cradled in Love" music video
2208-559: Was released in Germany and internationally (digital-only) on 20 July 2012. "The Happy Song", an original song written for Alan Wake's American Nightmare , also appeared on the album and was released as a single. The Temple of Thought Tour included locations in Finland, Russia, Germany, Romania and India. The band filmed their show in Moscow on 13 March 2013, during their 10th Anniversary Tour, and released it on 13 September 2013, as their first live DVD titled Live in Moscow . The production of
2256-408: Was released on 3 March 2012. The band's fifth studio album, Temple of Thought , was released on 21 March 2012, and debuted at #3 on the Finnish charts. Alternate versions of "Kamikaze Love" and "The Lie Eternal" were released as singles on 13 April 2012 and 6 July 2012, respectively, in Finland via Insomniac and in Germany via Remote Music. A special edition of the album featuring three bonus tracks
2304-456: Was widely expanded on Saturdays, now 8.00pm-2.00am. DJs were also added, including DJ Abdel, Loo and Placido, Morgan Nagoya, DJ Kost, Alberkam, and Matt was the main presenter. In 2007, 'Mastermix' was pushed up to an hour early (with the same duration): 7.00pm-1.00am. There was also an hour dedicated to the show's replay at 3.00am. In 2008, the show was significantly pared down, at this time only Sunday mornings from 12.00am to 2.00am. Almost all
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