Draft:Ailo Thomassen

Ailo Zahangir Thomassen (Born 2000), also known as DJ Ailo, is a norwegian radio host, artist, music producer, DJ and actor with norwegian, swedish and lule-sami origin.

Birth
Thomassen was born 19th of april in Narvik and grew up in Hamarøy before he moved to sweden in 2013. In 2022 he moved back to norway.

Career
He is publicly known for his apperances in TV productions and a an artist since he began at fifteen years old.

NRK-career
In 2023 he got an own radio show at the radio channel NRK mP3, before he later transferred to the sister channel, NRK P3 and the radio show P3Sommer.

Lule-sami podcast
In 2023 he also worked as a producer and sound designer for the world´s first lule-sami podcast; Dálla ja Dalloj which is a history-based podcast where host Naima Khan Nergård meets elders and talks about life.

The SayHi-campaign
NRK´s campaign BlimE (SayHi) is a campaign for children about friendship and care.

Thomassen was chosen as one of two artist to make and perform the BlimE song in 2024. Ane Norum Kvistad was chosen for the norwegian version, and Thomassen will perform it in his mother tounge, lule sami.

The song for 2024 is the fifth time the BlimE song is made in a sami laungage, and for the first time in lule sami.

DJ Ailo
Under the name DJ Ailo, Thomassen has produced music since 2015, when he had his first gig. Since then, he has gotten quite some attention and worked with several other artists, such as Elina Ijäs, Áivan, Saara Hermansson and Astrid Tuorda. He mostly produces music in the genres of EDM, like tropical house and pop.

Troughout the years he could be seen performing at different festivals and stages around the nordic countries, both as club consepts with DJ-sets, but also as concerts with live-performing vocalists.

His latest song "Garra Ednam" is sung by Astrid Tuorda in lule sami.