Ernesto

Jonatan Bäckelie aka Ernesto is a 29-year old swedish soul singer from Gothenburg Sweden. His latest album sold 20 000 albums in Japan alone, and was hailed by Sweden’s leading music magazine as ”everything that is good with modern Swedish soul” and ”in his biggest moments, Ernesto makes the listeners pinch their arms”. Since 2002 Jonatan has been performing professionally, sometimes together with collaborators and producers, at other times solo, and has made over a hundred live performances on opposite sides of the globe. He’s been frequently played and supported by Gilles Peterson, Jazzanova, Mr Scruff and girls all over the world.Currently Jonatan is running digital record label Rakkaus Records together with electronica-man-of-mystery Pinku Vääty. The first Ernesto release on the label - Love Comes Round - was supported by