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. He is notable for his collaborations with American dance music group

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. His credits include the singles

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and

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), Cold Water (with

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and MØ),

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(with

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and

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), Light It Up (with Nyla and

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) and All My Love (with

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and

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). Meckseper started his career as a member of the German

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group Supersonic. He came to the attention of

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during this time, thanks to remixes of tracks by

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and

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. In addition to his pop music credentials, Meckseper has a history of collaborating with reggae and dancehall artists; acting either as a writer or producer, or both. To date, his reggae and dancehall credits include songs by

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, Christopher Martin,

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, Perfect Giddimani,

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and

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. In 2019, Meckseper won a Grammy award for "Best Dance Recording" for the Silk City & Dua Lipa Song "Electricity".

Songwriting and production credits

References

External links

BBC Music: Jr Blender
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