Nicolaj Bredkjær Rasted (born 5 August 1985) is a

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musician, illustrator, and producer. He is a member of

Hej Matematik Hej Matematik (literally "Hi Mathematics" and also the title of a Swedish and Danish primary school mathematics book) is a Danish pop group, consisting of the Aqua-member Søren Rasted and his nephew Nicolaj Rasted. In live shows, they are accom ...

Early years

His musical career started in Spring 2006, when he started working at The Lobby Recording Studios in Denmark, owned by his uncle

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and

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, both members of Danish-Norwegian hit band

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. Nicolaj had started back then his studies in Audio Production, and started helping his uncle Søren with recording and productions of songs for several artists. Nicolaj recorded background vocals, and later edited the song Disappear, by former

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band

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. The song made it to

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, ending up at #23 on the final chart. He is also credited as an associate producer on Aqua's album

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, and on

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debut album "Show the World". He has stated both on his Myspace/Facebook profile, as well as on several interviews that he's an

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Musical career

Nicolaj Rasted is a member of the Danish popduo

with his uncle

. Their No. 1 album " Vi Burde Ses Noget Mere" ("We should meet more often") includes hits like: " Gymnastik", " Centerpubben", " Du & Jeg" and " Walkmand". The song "Walkmand" was named the hit of the year at the 2008 Zulu Awards, going platinum in 2009. Hej Matematik was nominated for a number of awards at the Danish Music Awards and became one of the most sold Danish records of 2008. Rasted's musical career began in Spring, 2006 when he started in the recording studio "

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" which is jointly owned by

and Claus Norréen. Nicolaj Rasted was involved in recording the vocals for Disappear, which was performed by the German group

at the

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2008 in Belgrade, Serbia. Rasted also worked as a co-producer on a number of songs on the debut album of the Danish

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winner, Martin. Nicolaj Rasted is currently on tour with Hej Matematik. He also makes illustrations and drawings, which he shows on different social networks, before offering them for sale on his website.http://hejmatematik.dk/Site/home.html (danish)

Discography

with

(2005–present) : 2008 ''Vi Burde Ses Noget Mere'' : 2008 ''Vi Burde Ses Noget Mere: Special Edition (Incl. 'Walkmand') '' : 2010 ''Alt Går Op I 6'' : 2013 ''Hej Lights 2012''

References

External links

Hej Matematik Official MySpace

Hej Matematik Official Website

Hej Matematik Official Instagram

Nicolaj's Instagram
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(Discography & Lyrics) {{DEFAULTSORT:Rasted, Nicolaj 1985 births Living people Danish pop musicians Danish record producers 20th-century Danish illustrators 21st-century Danish illustrators

Early years

Musical career

Discography

See also

References

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