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Carsten Heller

About Me


Carsten Heller boosted his production career by shaping the sound of the biggest Danish band-break-through of the past decade. In 2004 the indie-band Nephew went straight from unsigned to multi platinum with their remarkable album “USA DSB” and Heller was hailed as the sonic mastermind behind the success.
Since then Carsten Heller’s unique productions and mixes have been in constant heavy rotation across Denmark. Lately Heller has also attracted international attention with remix work for Timbaland and Polarkreis 18.
Besides producing three hugely successful Nephew albums Carsten Heller has worked with Spleen United on their highly respected debut album “Godspeed Into The Mainstream”. He has also contributed productions to the latest album by Veto “Crushing Digits”. At the same time he has lent his mixing skills to a variety of artists like Under Byen, Kashmir, Peter Sommer, The Broken Beats, and Aloha From Hell – just to name a few.
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY:
Carsten Heller's sounds and methods are shaped partly by his background in electronic music and partly by his respect for the classic art of record production. He learnt many of his skills while producing breakbeat tunes for R&S Records in the 90s, but Heller still counts the legendary rock producer Tony Visconti among his biggest heroes and inspirations.
During recording sessions Heller stays pretty true to the old-school rock’n’roll approach – recording live in the studio whenever possible and always moving the mics instead of the eq-knobs! But when it comes to mixing he is more or less an audio extremist giving very little thought to the tried and tested ways of the trade.
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Member Since: 09/04/2007
Band Members: Carsten Heller:
Producer / Mixer
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

6 + 5x5 = #1

Only a few days after it's release the new Nephew album "DanmarkDenmark" has made it to the top of the Danish album chart. Cheers! The album has been received extremely well by the Danish critics, ...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:34:00 GMT

Mess arround with D.T.A.P.

Now you can have a go at remixing the Nephew song "D.T.A.P", using this nifty Koblo Remix Widget. You can also visit koblo.com to get the individual tracks in high quality, ready to remix!"D.T.A.P." i...
Posted by on Mon, 25 May 2009 14:08:00 GMT

Back in heavy rotation with Nephew

The new single by Nephew, "007 Is Also Gonna Die" was released i Denmark last week. It went straight to the top of the iTunes chart, and hit the airwaves as single of the week on national radio P3  a...
Posted by on Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:22:00 GMT

Awards By Proxy

Several releases featuring Carsten Heller as producer or mixer was nominated at last weeks Danish Music Awards  and a couple of them took home the prize.Peter Sommer was awarded with Best Danish Male...
Posted by on Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:34:00 GMT

These Are The Rules

Last week brand new tune "The Rules" by the stunning band The Broken Beats debuted as single of the week on Danish National Radio P3. The arrangement of this song is pretty breathtaking, so mixing it ...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:36:00 GMT

On the Wong side of the tracks

Soon to be legendary duo The Wong Boys are releasing their self-titled debut album on October 13th. Produced by The Wong Boys & Carsten Heller. Mixed by Carsten Heller.Now what are you waiting for? Go...
Posted by on Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:01:00 GMT

Polarkreis 18 Remix Goes Top Song

Im sure many of you already heard the Nephew Remix of "Allein Allein" by German indie band Polarkreis 18 - if not, you really should!This week the remix version went to the top the Danish iTunes Top S...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:41:00 GMT

Peter Sommer Review Rave

The newly released album from Peter Sommer was met by a blaze of five star reviews from the Danish press  claiming "Til Rotterne, Til Kragerne, Til Hundene" as his best work to date. I'm proud to hav...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:27:00 GMT

PS 502

I've handled the mixing of a new single from Peter Sommer "Sandhed nr. 502" featuring top dk turntablist DJ Static. The track rocks like a blend of AC/DC and a JayZ instrumental, with Peters pen sharp...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:21:00 GMT

Crushing digits with Veto

I’m really pleased to announce my contribution to the forthcoming Veto album "Crushing Digits". I have produced and mixed three of the songs  among them the first single "Built To Fail" (right ...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:24:00 GMT