Jérôme Dumas (), better known as Junior Caldera, is a French

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from

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. A multi-instrumentalist, Caldera was influenced by many musical styles and made

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before becoming involved in

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in 2002 whilst working as a stage designer in a number of Parisian nightclubs. To date, he has released one studio album and three official singles, two of which have reached the top 40 of the French singles chart. Aside from his solo career, Caldera has produced remixes for a number of musicians, such as

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and

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's " Call on Me".

History

Following his move into electronic music in 2002, Caldera was given a residency at D! Club in

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and in 2003 he won a mixing contest and was awarded to opportunity to warm up for

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. He later moved on to electronic dance music and in 2007, his track "Sexy" became popular in many French clubs, reaching the top 5 of the French Club Charts. Following this success, Caldera was invited to remix tracks by various notable artists, including the

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and

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. Caldera continued to work on his solo career, and on 18 May 2009 he released his first studio album, ''Debut'', which reached a peak position of #193 in the French albums chart. The album featured guest a performance from

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. To date, Caldera has released three official singles; "Feel It" was released in February 2008 but failed to chart, and "

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" (a house remix of the

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track) was brought out on 15 September 2008 and reached a respectable #37 in the French singles chart, staying in the chart for 12 weeks. In 2012, Caldera's single, "Lights Out (Go Crazy)", which features

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, was featured in a trailer for the fighting game, ''

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''. His highest charting single so far is "Can't Fight this Feeling", with

, which managed a peak position of #13 in France and has been in the chart for 17 consecutive weeks. It was also a smash hit in Russia, where it topped the charts, and was a worldwide hit on the club scene. This year, he made a remix of the song "Live Your Dreams". This song is a Soraya's (a popular Spanish singer) collaboration with the very famous French DJ Antoine Clamaran. The song has been very successful and has been on the list of more than 14 countries, too. The original track (called 'Radio Edit') will be included in the new Soraya's album, 'Dreamer', on sale September 28.

Discography

Albums

* ''Debut'' (2009) – FRA #193

Singles

* "Feel It" (2008) * "

" (2008) – FRA #37 * "The Way" (2009) – FRA #22 * "What You Get" (2009) – FRA #14 * " Algo De Ti" featuring

(2010) – SP #48 Algo de Ti featuring Junior Caldera
* "

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" featuring

(2010) – FRA #13, RUS #1 * "

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" featuring Keely Pressly (2010) * "(It Is) Blasphemy" featuring Jack Strify (2011) * "Lights Out (Go Crazy)" featuring

– (2012) RUS #1, CAN #85, MALTA #3

References

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