Soulshock


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

Beginnings

Carsten Schack was born in the Aalborg 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 has been living in Los Angeles in the USA with his girlfriend Charmayne Maxwell, former vocalist of American R&B group Brownstone, 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 Queen Latifah's European tour, and later a remix job for the artist.
In the years 1989–1991 Carsten Schack was co-host of the radio program Det DUR 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 in the late 1980s, making a name by remixing for Danish artists such as Lis Sørensen, Cut'N'Move, Laid Back and Back to Back.
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 Queen Latifah and Ultra Naté.

De Serious Cutshock

For producing Turkish-Faroese singer Yasmin, he formed a producing trio under the name De Serious Cutshock made up of him, Mich Hedin Hansen and Peter Meldgaard. 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. Together they formed the production duo Soulshock & Karlin. Soulshock & Karlin produced and wrote their first No. 1 top 40 hit "Leave " performed by JoJo, and the No. 1 R&B song "Truth Is" performed by American Idol winner Fantasia and tracks for rap star Nelly.
Throughout the 1990s he wrote and produced, inter alia, Brandy, Usher, Monica, Whitney Houston, Luther Vandross, Craig David, Sting, Toni Braxton, JoJo, and 2Pac.
Soulshock and Karlin have more recently produced songs for the debut solo albums of Cheryl Cole, Alexandra Burke and Leona Lewis.

Other appearances

Schack was married to Charmayne 'Maxee' Maxwell of the group Brownstone, with whom he had a son, Nicolaj. On February 27 2015, Maxwell fell in their home, cut herself on the glass she had been carrying, and bled out.

Discography

Refer to Soulshock & Karlin discography