Mike Hawkins (born Mikkel Kauczki Cox on in

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, Denmark) is a Danish DJ and

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. Throughout his career, he has performed in several countries including

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, the

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, and the

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. Hawkins has played with a number of other well-known DJs as well, including

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and

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. He has gained support in its releases from

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(whose label, Doorn Records, he has also published on),

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, Abel Ramos and others. In 2010, Hawkins worked frequently with ''

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'' Top 100 DJs Marcus Schössow and

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. In 2011, he released tracks on the labels Virgin/EMI and

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, among others. In January 2016, he announced his departure from

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on social networks, along with

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. He joined

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soon after.

Background

Mikkel Kauczki Cox was born on 22 May 1991 in

, Denmark, where he was raised during his childhood. In

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, Hawkins became passionate about creating a rock band with his friends, although the idea faded within a year. When Hawkins grew older, he faced confusion about his future, dropping out of three different studies; where he has noted: After this realization, Hawkins decided to pursue a career as a DJ and

music producer A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure.Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as ...

Music career

2009–2012: Career beginnings and early success

Mike Hawkins made his debut in 2009, with his first release being an EP titled "Dark Matter/Into Sound". The EP was released on 21 September through the

sub-label, Tone Diary. In 2010, Mike Hawkins released the single "Get You Down" through the record label, Sound of Copenhagen. Soon after, on 15 October, Hawkins had three tracks featured in the worldwide radio program, BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix, including the single "Cherry Coke" in collaboration with Pablo Oliveros, which was set to be published in March 2011. On 7 March 2011, Mike Hawkins was featured on the official remix EP of "Drive" by Kenneth Thomas featuring Roberta Harrison and Steve Taetz. On 13 September, he released the single "Just Be You" in collaboration with Thomas Sagstad and Pablo Oliveros, featuring the vocalist Greg Boyd. The song was released via Agape Music. On 27 September, the official remix EP for the track was released, also through Agape Music. The next month, Hawkins returned to the Spinnin' Records sub-label Tone Diary to release a two track EP with Pablo Oliveros titled "Not Another Anthem/Cherrycoke." The EP was released exclusively on

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on 17 October, before later being made available for

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on 21 October. On 24 October, Hawkins was featured on the official remix EP for the song "I Want You (To Want Me Back)" by

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and

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featuring

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. One month later, on 15 November, Hawkins was featured on the official EP for the song "On Your Own" by Serge Devant featuring

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. In 2012, Mike Hawkins founded the record label, Megaton Records. On 13 February, he was featured on the official remix EP for "Raise The Floor" by

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and

featuring

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and

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. On 19 March, the DJ collaborated with Pablo Oliveros and Greg Boyd again to release the single "Common Ground" via

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, a sub-label by

. On 28 May, Hawkins and Oliveros collaborated again for the song "Slump" which, like the duo's previous single, was released on the record label Oxygen. On 2 July, Hawkins released the single "Floripa" through his own label, Megaton Records. On 18 October, Hawkins and Oliveros teamed up again to release the single "This Is How We Roll" via Megaton Records.Soon after, Hawkins and Oliveros released the track "EXPAND" through Megaton Records.

2013–2015: Revolt and other releases

On 30 January 2013, Mike Hawkins released the song "Trigger Warning" via Megaton Records. Following that release was the song "SRSLY Cool" by Hawkins and Dem Slackers. On 15 July, he released the single "Jump!" in collaboration with the DJs Pablo Oliveros and Henry Fong via Hysteria Records. The song received support from a number of DJs including

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, DVBBS,

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and Zeds Dead. On 5 August, Hawkins and Oliveros returned to the label Tone Diary for the release of their song together titled "Bangover". The track was well received by DJs such as

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and

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. On 26 August, Hawkins was featured on the official remix EP for the song "Touched By You" by

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featuring JHart. On 10 September, Hawkins made his debut on

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with the single "Let's Go" in collaboration with the Swedish DJ Sebjak. On 28 October, Hawkins released the single "Hot Steppa" with Henry Fong and Toby Green via Spinnin' Records. On 18 November, Hawkins and Green united once more for a second release together titled "We Got This". After that release, Hawkins released the single "Ulysses" with Pablo Oliveros and

. The song was released through

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's record label, Size Records, on 23 December. On 10 January 2014, Mike Hawkins was featured on the official remix EP of the track "Arena" by J3n5on featuring Walter & Daniels. On 3 February 2014, the DJ released the single "Soldiers" on

's record label, Doorn Records. On 17 February, Hawkins was featured on the official remix EP of the single " House of Gold" by

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. Exactly one month later, he was featured on the official remix EP for the song "Wizard" by

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. On 7 July 2014, Hawkins released his anthemic single "Revolt" via Doorn Records. All of the song's sales from Beatport were subsequently donated to

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. On 11 August, he released the single "Freedom" in collaboration with Jay Hardway, via Spinnin' Records. On 2 February, Mike Hawkins released the single "Desert Storm" with the DJ trio, Jetfire, via Doorn Records. On 23 February, alongside Mightyfools, Hawkins released the song "Shots Fired" on

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' record label,

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, exclusively via Beatport.

2016: Split from Spinnin' Records and Armada Music

Discography

Singles

* 2009: ''Into Sound'' one Diary (Spinnin)* 2009: ''Dark Matter'' one Diary (Spinnin)* 2010: ''Get You Down'' ound Of Copenhagen* 2011: ''Just Be You'' (with Thomas Sagstad) gape Music* 2011: ''Cherrycoke'' (with Pablo Oliveros) one Diary (Spinnin)* 2011: ''Not Another Anthem'' (with Pablo Oliveros) one Diary (Spinnin)* 2012: ''Common Ground'' (with Pablo Oliveros, Gregory Boyd) xygen* 2012: ''Slump'' (with Pablo Oliveros) xygen* 2012: ''Floripa'' egaton Records* 2012: ''This Is How We Roll'' (with Pablo Oliveros) egaton Records* 2012: ''Expand'' (with Pablo Oliveros) egaton Records* 2013: ''Trigger Warning'' egaton Records* 2013: ''SRSLY Cool'' (with Dem Slackers) egaton Records* 2013: ''Jump!'' (with Pablo Oliveros and Henry Fong) ysteria Recs* 2013: ''Bangover'' (with Pablo Oliveros) one Diary (Spinnin)* 2013: ''Let's Go'' (with Sebjak) ltra* 2013: ''Hot Steppa'' (with Henry Fong, Toby Green) pinnin Records* 2013: ''We Got This (with Toby Green) egaton Records* 2013: ''Ulysses'' (with

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and Pablo Oliveros) ize Records* 2014: ''Soldiers'' OORN (Spinnin)* 2014: ''Revolt'' OORN (Spinnin)* 2014: ''Freedom'' (with

) pinnin Records* 2015: ''Desert Storm'' (with Jetfire) oorn (Spinnin)* 2015: ''Shots Fired'' (with Mightyfools) ly Eye Recordings* 2015: ''Lovestruck'' (with

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) pinnin' Records* 2015: ''Hit The Streets'' egaton* 2015: ''Burn The Maps'' (with Spencer Tarring) egaton* 2015: ''World On Fire'' (with 7 Skies) ree / Spinnin' Premium* 2016: ''I Just Wanna Know'' rmada Music* 2016: ''Follow'' (feat. Disfunk & Oisin) rmada Music* 2016: ''Hollywood'' * 2016: ''Louder'' rmada Music* 2017: ''Undercover''

* 2018: ''Crocodile''

* 2018: ''Let U Go'' owly Palace* 2019: ''No More Tears'' owly Palace* 2019: ''Mistakes'' (with Zookeepers) pinnin' Records* 2019: ''Going Down'' owly Palace* 2019: ''I Want Your Soul'' owly Palace* 2020: ''Blackout'' owly.

Remixes

* 2010: Trafik - ''Paid Up In Full'' (Thomas Sagstad & Mike Hawkins Remix) U[MUSICDigital_(Global_Underground).html" ;"title="USIC.html" ;"title="U[MUSIC">U[MUSICDigital (Global Underground)">USIC.html" ;"title="U[MUSIC">U[MUSICDigital (Global Underground)* 2011: Kenneth Thomas - ''Drive'' (feat. Roberta Harrison &. Steven Taetz) (Thomas Sagstad & Mike Hawkins Remix) erfecto Records* 2011: Wally Lopez - ''Yeah'' (Thomas Sagstad & Mike Hawkins Remix) [Global Underground] * 2011: Serge Devant and Coyle Girelli - ''On Your Own'' (Thomas Sagstad & Mike Hawkins Remix) ltra* 2011: In The Screen - ''We Are The Night'' (Thomas Sagstad & Mike Hawkins Remix) ubliminal Records* 2012: Ryan Mendoza - ''Focus'' (Mike Hawkins Remix) one Diary (Spinnin)* 2012:

, Hampenberg,

, Alexander Brown and Nabiha - ''Raise The Roof'' (Mike Hawkins & Pablo Oliveros Ravemode Remix) isco:wax* 2012: Sebjak - ''Follow Me'' (Mike Hawkins Remix) irgin* 2013: Toby Green - ''Quillion'' (Mike Hawkins & Pablo Oliveros Edit) egaton* 2013:

featuring J. Hart - ''Touched By You'' (Mike Hawkins Radio Edit) erfecto Records* 2014:

and

- ''Wizard'' (Mike Hawkins Remix) PRS* 2017:

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- “Sunny Days” (Mike Hawkins Remix)

References

External links

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