Mich Hedin Hansen (born 9 April 1968), known professionally as Cutfather, is a Danish

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and DJ based in

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. Cutfather has a studio on Njalsgade, Copenhagen.

Career

Cutfather is perhaps best known for his remix of "

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" by

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(1996), and the song "

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" recorded by

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(2002) and

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(2003). Cutfather has previously worked with Joe Belmaati in the songwriting and production team Cutfather & Joe. As part of the Cutfather & Joe partnership, he wrote, produced and remixed for

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, Another Level,

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, Ace of Base,

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and

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. Cutfather has worked with Danish producer

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. Together they wrote and produced for

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, and

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. In 2004, Cutfather received a prestigious Ivor Novello songwriting award for Best Performing song, for his composition "

" by Jamelia (which he also co-produced), which was the most performed song in the United Kingdom that year. In 2015, " Up", performed by

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featuring

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, written and produced alongside Daniel Davidsen and Peter Wallevik, became an international hit.

Writing and producing collaborations

*Cutfather produced, wrote and remixed songs with his former production partner Joe Belmaati, as Cutfather and Joe. *Cutfather was one half of the Danish producer team

Soulshock & Cutfather Soulshock & Cutfather was a Danish production duo active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, made up of Carsten Schack, better known as Soulshock, and Mich Hedin Hansen, better known as Cutfather. They formed a producer and DJ duo making a name by ...

in partnership with Carsten Schack (a.k.a. Soulshock). *They founded together the Danish label Soulpower Productions in 1990. *Cutfather regularly collaborates with songwriters worldwide and many other Danish songwriters and producers, including PhD (Peter Wallevik &

Daniel Heloy Davidsen Daniel Heløy Davidsen (born 30 December 1978 in Copenhagen) is a Danish-Norwegian guitarist. He is known for his participation in bands like Czesław Śpiewa and JazzKamikaze and many record appearances as a studio musician, with artists like Se ...

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, Jacob Ubizz, Jeppe London Bilsby and E&B.

''X Factor'' in Denmark

On 24 September 2010, it was announced that Cutfather would replace

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in season four of ''

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'' in

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. He joined returning judge

Pernille Rosendahl Pernille Rosendahl (born 22 March 1972) is a Danish singer, who besides her solo career was lead singer of the Danish band Swan Lee and now is lead vocalist for the Danish rock band The Storm. Rosendahl was born in Aalborg and started music at ...

and former judge

Thomas Blachman Thomas Blachman (born 1963) is a Danish jazz musician, composer, and judge on the Danish version of ''X Factor''. Biography Blachman is the son of Henning and Annie Blachman. One of his grandfathers is Isak Blachman, a Jewish immigrant from Vite ...

. Cutfather won in his first season with

Sarah Skaalum Jørgensen Noah Skaalum Jørgensen (born Sarah Skaalum Jørgensen; 6 July 1995) is a Danish singer who won the fourth season of the Danish version of ''The X Factor'' on 25 March 2011 at the age of 15. Assigned female at birth, Skaalum publicly came out a ...

. After completing the fifth season (his second season), Cutfather left ''X Factor'' and was replaced by

Anne Linnet Anne Linnet (born 30 July 1953 in Århus, Denmark) is a Danish singer, musician composer، and writer. She has released a number of solo albums and has also been a member of several bands, such as Shit & Chanel, Anne Linnet Band, and Marquis de ...

.Who is … Cutfather?
, Copenhagen Post, 10 February 2012

References

External links

Official website
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