Straight Outta Switzerland.

Biography

Looking at the artwork of his albums, one could think the streets of New York are his home, but in reality Def Cut is from Basel City, Switzerland. He'd certainly fit into the Big Apple - after all Def Cut is a well-known name among Hip-Hop DJs, MCs and particularly Breakdancers from the United States to Japan. Born on the twenty-first of october in 1977 in tranquil Basel, nobody could foresee his big reputation two decades later. In 1984, the American motion picture "Beat Street" showed Def Cut making his way in the up-and-coming Hip-Hop culture and from that moment on, Breakdance and Turntablism became the center of his life.

While breakdancing and starting to mix records the decision between homework for school or scratching on the wheels of steel was not a hard one to make.   As time went on, Def Cut concentrated on the production of tracks. In 1996 he bought his first sampler, which became the heart-beat of his creative work.  In the same year "On the run", the first and already legendary 12"-vinyl was released as a production together with DJ Jones. Two years later he published "The future" as a first song on the German "Battle Of The Year"-soundtrack.  With massive beats, high-speed-scratches and the best in performance-sampling his name is now a guarantee among B-Boys the world over. 

Not only do Hip-Hop fanatics count on him, but also Brit Pop-bands such as "Slimboy", the House DJ-crew "Rhythm Royal" and the "Disco Dandies" were grabbed by his beats and employed him to do remixes of their tracks. In july 2001 "Return To Burn" was released in the USA by the Indie-label "Bomb records". Due to a distinct distribution network his burning breaks are also to be found in Japan, Great Britain, Korea and Eastern Europe - worldwide...aight!!!

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