Marlo Snellman

Marlo Snellman (a.k.a. the kid from the Freestyler clip)

Marlo Snellman - Is 15 years old, born 8 November, 1985, in Helsinki
- Used to live in Espoo, now lives in Helsinki
- He is in the video clips for Bomfunk's "Freestyler" and "B-Boys & Flygirls"
- He is a photo model, an actor and a DJ, and he has released his own single called "Dust"
- He spent some time in Berlin and Helsinki with several producers to go over various projects
- One of the producers that Marlo is worked with was Rob Playford of the label "Moving Shadow", who also produced Goldie.
- Started playing drums at the age of 5, even before he started going to school, and plays piano as well
- His room is packed with computers, samplers, synthesizers and drum-machines!
- Lists the Roni Size, Squarepusher, Chemical Brothers, Daft Punk and Fatboy Slim as his musical influences. I can only guess he likes Bomfunk too...?
- He would one day like to direct his own music video
- Producer Hannu Koro, who manages Marlo, is willing to admit that Marlo's participation in the Freestyler video "opened a few doors"
- A dream of his would be to work and do a track with Madonna!
- He would also like to convince his brother to work with him on a project
- He has a younger sister called Claudia, who is 13, and an older brother called Toni, who is 22, and plays guitar in a BritPop rock band
- His father used to be a tour manager for countless Finnish bands
- His mother Laila owns a modelling agency called Paparazzi, which is why he started modelling at such a young age
- He has a girlfriend
- He wears braces
- He likes to skateboard and snowboard
- Click here to see pictures of Marlo
- Click here to get a free you@marlo-snellman.zzn.com email address

Listen to: Dust