Mike Hawkins (musician)

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Mike Hawkins
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Hawkins at Paaspop 2014
Background information
Birth nameMikkel Kauczki Cox
Also known asEurohawk
Born (1991-05-22) 22 May 1991 (age 32)
Aarhus, Central Jutland Region, Denmark
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Years active2009–present
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Website mikehawkins.nu

Mikkel Kauczki Cox (born 22 May 1991), known professionally as Mike Hawkins, is a Danish musician, DJ and record producer. [2]

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Hawkins has played with a number of other well-known DJs, including Trentemøller, Sébastien Léger, Ferry Corsten and Marcus Schössow. [3] [4] [5] He has gained support in its releases from Sander van Doorn (whose label, Doorn Records, he has also published on), Ferry Corsten, Faithless, Erick Morillo, Fedde le Grand, Abel Ramos and others. [6]

In 2010, Hawkins worked frequently with DJ Mag Top 100 DJs Marcus Schössow and Daniel Kandi. [7] In 2011, he released tracks on the labels Virgin/EMI and Sony Music, among others.

In January 2016, he announced his departure from Spinnin' Records on social networks, along with Julian Jordan. [8] He joined Armada Music soon after. [9]

Background

Mikkel Kauczki Cox was born on 22 May 1991 in Aarhus, Denmark, where he was raised. [10] [11] In high school, Hawkins thought about creating a rock band with his friends, [12] although the idea faded within a year. [13] After pursuing different studies, he returned to music. [14]

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 Spinnin' Records sub-label, Tone Diary. [15]

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, [16] which was released in March 2011. [17]

On 7 March 2011, Mike Hawkins was featured on the official remix EP of "Drive" by Kenneth Thomas featuring Roberta Harrison and Steve Taetz. [18] 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. [19] The official remix EP for the track was released, also through Agape Music on 27 September. [20] 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 Beatport on 17 October, [21] before later being made available for iTunes 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 Morten Hampenberg and Alexander Brown featuring Stine Bramsen. [22] One month later, on 15 November, Hawkins was featured on the official EP for the song "On Your Own" by Serge Devant featuring Coyle Girelli. [23]

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 Hampenberg and Alexander Brown featuring Pitbull, Fatman Scoop and Nabiha. [24] On 19 March, he collaborated with Pablo Oliveros and Greg Boyd again to release the single "Common Ground" via Oxygen, a sub-label by Spinnin' Records. [25] 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. [26] Hawkins released the single "Floripa" through his own label, Megaton Records on 2 July. [27] On 18 October, Hawkins and Oliveros teamed up again to release the single "This Is How We Roll" via Megaton Records. [28] Soon after, Hawkins and Oliveros released the track "EXPAND" through Megaton Records.

2013–2015: Revolt and other releases

On 30 January 2013, [29] Mike Hawkins released the song "Trigger Warning" via Megaton Records. [30] Following that release was the song "SRSLY Cool" by Hawkins and Dem Slackers. On 15 July, he released the single "Jump!" [31] in collaboration with the DJs Pablo Oliveros and Henry Fong [32] via Hysteria Records. [33] The song received support from a number of DJs including Bingo Players, [34] Don Diablo, DVBBS, Inpetto and Zeds Dead. On 5 August, Hawkins and Oliveros returned to the label Tone Diary for the release of their song together titled "Bangover". [35] The track was well received by DJs such as Afrojack, [36] Arty and Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike. [37] On 26 August, Hawkins was featured on the official remix EP for the song "Touched By You" by Paul Oakenfold featuring JHart. [38] On 10 September, Hawkins made his debut on Ultra with the single "Let's Go" [39] [40] in collaboration with the Swedish DJ Sebjak. [41] On 28 October, Hawkins released the single "Hot Steppa" with Henry Fong and Toby Green via Spinnin' Records. [42] [43] On 18 November, Hawkins and Green united once more for a second release together titled "We Got This". [44] After that release, Hawkins released the single "Ulysses" [45] [46] with Pablo Oliveros and Marcus Schössow. The song was released through Steve Angello's record label, Size Records, [47] on 23 December. [48]

On 10 January 2014, Mike Hawkins was featured on the official remix EP of the track "Arena" by J3n5on featuring Walter & Daniels. [49] On 3 February 2014, the DJ released the single "Soldiers" on Sander van Doorn's record label, Doorn Records. [50] On 17 February, Hawkins was featured on the official remix EP of the single "House of Gold" by Twenty One Pilots. [51] Exactly one month later, he was featured on the official remix EP for the song "Wizard" by Martin Garrix & Jay Hardway. [52] On 7 July 2014, [53] [54] Hawkins released his anthemic single "Revolt" [55] [56] via Doorn Records. All the song's sales from Beatport were subsequently donated to UNICEF. [57] [58] On 11 August, [59] [60] he released the single "Freedom" [61] in collaboration with Jay Hardway, via Spinnin' Records. [62]

On 2 February, [63] Mike Hawkins released the single "Desert Storm" [64] with the DJ trio, Jetfire, [65] via Doorn Records. [66] On 23 February, [67] alongside Mightyfools, [68] Hawkins released the song "Shots Fired" [69] on Calvin Harris' record label, Fly Eye Records, exclusively via Beatport. [70]

2016: Split from Spinnin' Records and Armada Music

2024: Grammy Nomination for Best Pop Dance Recording

Mike Hawkins was nominated for a Grammy for Best Pop Dance Recording for his song, “Baby Don’t Hurt Me”, alongside David Guetta, Anne-Marie, Coi Leray, Johnny Goldstein and Toby Green.

Discography

Singles

Remixes

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