Carsten Schack (born 1968 in Gug,

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) and better known by his stage name Soulshock is a Danish record producer and songwriter.

Beginnings

Carsten Schack was born in the

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suburb of Gug, the son of economics professor Bent Schack and physician assistant Åse Schack. In the early 1990s he dated choreographer Toniah Pedersen for 3 years. Since 1993 he had been living in Los Angeles in the USA with his girlfriend Charmayne Maxwell, former vocalist of American R&B group

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, with whom he has a son, Nicholas. His music career began as a DJ, when in 1989 he came joint third place in the DMC European Mixing Championships. This gave him a DJ job at

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's European tour, and later a remix job for the artist.''MetroXpress'': Carsten ‘Soulshock’ Schack – Fra L.A. til DR – "Det er svært at tage Thomas Blachman alvorligt"
(in Danish) In the years 1989–1991 Carsten Schack was co-host of the radio program Det DUR (Dansk Ungdomsradio) on P3. His Monday hip-hop radio show was the first hip-hop program on Radio Denmark.

Soulshock and Cutfather

Together with Mich "Cutfather" Hansen, he formed a producer and DJ duo

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 b ...

in the late 1980s, making a name by remixing for Danish artists such as

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("Mine øjne de skal se"), Cut'N'Move ("Get Serious" and "Spread Love"),

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("Bakerman") and Back to Back ("Jonathan"). In 1990 they together started a record label Soulpower Productions, as part of Medley Records, where they particularly produced Yasmin and Cut'N'Move. Several times they won mixing championship produced for

and

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De Serious Cutshock

For producing Turkish-Faroese singer Yasmin (full name Yasmin Elvira Steenholdt), he formed a producing trio under the name De Serious Cutshock made up of him (under the pseudonym Soulshock), Mich Hedin Hansen (known as Cutfather) and Peter Meldgaard (known as Depete). The trio produced "Wanna Dance" and "A Scent of Flowers" for her.

Soulshock and Karlin

In 1992, Carsten Schack immigrated to the United States. Soulshock needed a great keyboard player, and found one in Kenneth Karlin.BT: Danske drenge hitter i Hollywood
(in Danish) Together they formed the production duo Soulshock & Karlin. Soulshock & Karlin produced and wrote their first No. 1 top 40 hit "Leave (Get Out)" performed by JoJo, and the No. 1 R&B song "Truth Is" performed by American Idol winner Fantasia (which also received a Grammy nomination for best R&B album) and tracks for rap star Nelly. Throughout the 1990s he wrote and produced, inter alia, Brandy, Usher,

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, JoJo, and

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. Soulshock and Karlin have more recently produced songs for the debut solo albums of

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Other appearances

*In 1992, Schack was in youth program ''Transit'' and in a series called ''Exit''. *In 2010, he was a judge on the Danish ''

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'' for the third season. He was replaced by Thomas Blachman for the fourth season.

Personal life

Schack was married to Charmayne "Maxee" Maxwell of the group

, with whom he has a son, Nicolaj. She died on February 28, 2015.

Discography

:''See: Soulshock & Karlin discography''

References

External links

Soulpower Productions Official websiteSoulshock on Discogs.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Soulshock 1968 births Living people Danish record producers Danish songwriters Danish expatriates in the United States