"Hawk", real name Håkon Lofthus, was born in Gjøvik, Norway, back in 1985, and discovered music at a very young age.
As a seven-year-old, he had already started playing the guitar, but over the years the guitar has been replaced with computers and synths.
A DJ-mixer was bought, and he learned beat mixing the hard way. No pitch or cue involved, only a Sony CD player and a Discman. Gaining status in the area with his friend Thomas Sagstadas the talented, young DJs they quickly got bookings on bigger parties like Myth, Fascinated and Payday in Norway.
Production wise, Håkon have evolved over the years, and got himself a nice studio setup and found his style of choice: Trance or more defined as a hybrid between progressive and trance.
As a 21-year-old, Hawk is now signed to the major label Anjunadeep, Enhanched, Realmusic Recordings and Active Recordings. Recently he has also remixed tracks for big labels such as Armada, Enhanched, AVA Recordings, Red Force and others. His tracks have been hammered from DJs like Above & Beyond, Perry O'Neil, Armin Van Buuren, Markus Schulz, Tall Paul, Andy Moor and Matt Darey to name a few.
The track "Need For Cognition" was the one that boosted his career and was played on Pete Tong's 'Essential Selection', listed on the UK’s Cool Cuts Charts.
For his young age, he already has 6 years of experience as a DJ from small clubs to bigger partys. He has arranged some of the most successful parties in Norway, had numerous radio-residencies and guestmixes (such as on 'Trance around the world' on Ministry of Sound radio) and is now quickly getting a name in the international scene as well.
With lots of releases coming up, radio-residencies and DJ gigs, this will probably not be the last time you'll hear the name Hawk.
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