In the beginning of the 90's there was only one address in Helsinki you needed to know. Seven nights a week the legendary nightclub Nylon was packing the people in with the exiting mixture of dancefloor / acid jazz & trip hop, colliding with the emerging sounds of jungle & drum&bass. It was one night at this club that eventually led to the birth of nine2five recordings.

Meeting DJ Goose (Pasi Saarinen), then a resident dj at the club, Juha soon found out they shared the same interest in music. Teaming up they deejayed together for the best part of the 90's, with numerous memorable residencies at clubs such as Nylon & Kerma, and hosting the awarded shows on the nationwide YLEX & Radiomafia radio stations. Hooking up with Nenis (Sami Nenola), the skater-turned-dj, they promoted nights with the likes of Massive Attack, Howie B, Roni Size, Gilles Peterson & London Elektricity, before eventually setting up nine2five recordings at the end of 2000.

With critical acclaim in the international music press - Jockey Slut, DJ Magazine, Knowledge, Straight No Chaser, Breakin' Point etc. - and enthusiastic dj support from the likes of Gilles Peterson, Mr. Scruff, Rainer Truby, Roni Size, London Elektricity, Aquasky, Howie B, Adam Freeland, Landslide and many more nine2five recordings has quickly established itself as the creative source for fresh talent emerging from the North. Artists on nine2five - such as DharmaOne, The Executives, Infekto and Robbyn Rhodes - have also notched up releases and remixes on such great labels as Compost, Hospital, Stereo Deluxe, Passenger and Moving Shadow.