DJ Encore

DJ Encore
Birth name Andreas Bang Hemmeth
Also known as Andreas Hemmeth
Born 1979 (age 35–36)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Genres Eurodance, trance, pop
Occupation(s) Songwriter, producer
Labels Koch Records
Associated acts Engelina

Andreas Bang Hemmeth (born 1979), known by his stage name DJ Encore, is a Danish songwriter and producer, who is the best known for the song "I See Right Through to You" featuring Engelina, which served as the theme to Big Brother Denmark in 2001.

He has been at the top of the radio airplay charts in Denmark, US, UK, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Brazil, and France with different projects. His best achievements were being certified 5 times platinum in Denmark for co-writing the single "Spirit of Christmas" for the boy band C21 in 2005, 4 times platinum in Portugal for co-writing the single for FF, 2 times platinum as DJ Encore, platinum for co-writing for the Finnish rock band Tiktak, and gold for co-writing the Eurovision Song Contest single "Den jeg er" for the artist Charlie.

Hemmeth has also reached number 1 on the American Billboard dance chart with a remix for Res.

Biography

Andreas Hemmeth had his debut in 2000 as DJ Encore, paired with Danish vocalist Engelina, with the song "I See Right Through to You", which was a #1 hit in his native Denmark after gaining popularity as the theme song to the first season of the reality television show Big Brother Denmark.[1] His debut album, Intuition, was released in 2002. The album sold more than 350,000 units worldwide, and featured the singles "I See Right Through to You", "Walking in the Sky", "High on Life" and "You've Got a Way".

In 2003 he co-wrote and co-produced the gold selling club hit "Steppin' Out" released by Laze, which peaked at #1 on the Danish Singles Chart.[2] He also produced the theme song to the Danish edition of Big Brother V.I.P., called "There's Someone Watching", which featured the vocals of Linnéa Handberg Lund.

His second album, released through Koch Records, is entitled Unique. The album, which was released in the US and Canada in 2007, features the vocals of Swedish singer Johanna Elkesdotter (former Johanna Stedt).

Hemmeth has a university degree from Roskilde University in economics.

Discography

Albums

Singles

as DJ Encore
  • "I See Right Through to You" (2001)
  • "Walking in the Sky" (2002)
  • "High on Life" (2002)
  • "You've Got a Way" (2002)
  • "You Can Walk on Water" (2007)
  • "Out There" (2007)
  • "Falling" (2008)
as Saphire
  • "There's Someone Watching" (2003)

Songwriting

  • Katerine - "2much4u" (2005)
  • Katerine - "Catfight" (2005)
  • C21 - "Spirit of Christmas" (2005)
  • FF - "Five Steps to Loneliness" (2006)
  • FF - "Let You Go" (2006)
  • Party's Cool - "Music Rules" (2006)
  • Søren Bregendahl - "Electric Eyes" (2007)
  • Ella - "Boys Today" (2008)

Remixes

  • The North - "Soulseacher" (DJ Encore Remix)(1999)
  • Awa - "Shook, Shook, Shook" (DoubleN vs. DJ Encore Remix) (2000)
  • S.O.A.P. - "Mr. DJ" (DJ Encore Club Mix) (2000)
  • Da Buzz- "Wanna Be With Me"(2001)
  • DoubleN - "Moon Child" (DJ Encore Remix) (2001)
  • Amber - "Anyway (Men Are from Mars)" (DJ Encore Club Mix) (2002)
  • Berlin - "Take my breath away"(DJ Encore)(2002)
  • Jan Wayne - "Because the Night" (DJ Encore Remix) (2002)
  • Frou Frou - "Breathe In" (DJ Encore Remix) (2002)
  • LeAnn Rimes - "Suddenly" (DJ Encore Extended Mix) (2002)
  • Res - "They-Say Vision" (DJ Encore Remix) (2002)
  • Two Face - "Fire In Your Eyes" (DJ Encore Remix)(2002)
  • Perpetuous Dreamer - "Dust.wav" (DJ Encore Remix) (2003)
  • Jon - "This Side Up" (DJ Encore Remix)(2003)
  • Limp Bizkit - "Behind Blue Eyes" (DJ Encore Remix) (2004)
  • Random featuring Anna Nordell - "Fly Into the Sky" (DJ Encore Club Extended) (2005)
  • MYNT featuring Kim Sozzi - "Stay" (DJ Encore Remix) (2005)
  • Sunny - "Vampire Boy" (van der remix) (2010)

References

  1. ↑ "DJ Encore feat. Engelina - I See Right Through To You:". danishcharts.com. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
  2. ↑ "Laze - Stepping Out:". danishcharts.com. Retrieved 15 January 2010.

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