Mikkel Hess
{{short description|Danish musician (born 1976)}}
Mikkel Hess (born 1976) is a Danish musician best known for his ongoing collaborative project "Hess Is More".{{cite web|url=http://www.last.fm/music/Hess+Is+More/+wiki |title=Hess Is More's Biography |publisher=Last.fm |date=2013-11-26 |accessdate=2014-08-19}} Other bands and collaborations include “Hess / AC / Hess Spacelab”, “3 x Hess”, "Small White Man", “2s and 4s”, “Hess / Vibskov Trommefredag” and “SH101 Nightmare”.{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/500271-Mikkel-Hess |title=Mikkel Hess Discography at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2014-08-19}}{{cite web|url=http://clocktower.org/residency/mikkel-hess-the-hess-is-more-ministry-of-integration |title=Mikkel Hess & the Hess Is More Ministry of Integration |publisher=Clocktower |date=2013-05-28 |accessdate=2014-08-19}}{{cite web|last=Ruttenberg |first=Jay |url=http://www.timeout.com/newyork/music/hess-is-more-makes-his-american-debut |title=Hess Is More makes his American debut |publisher=Time Out New York |date=2009-06-18 |accessdate=2014-08-19}}
Mikkel Hess is also active as composer and producer of music for film, theatre and dance.{{cite web |url=http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/artists/?entity_id=116062&source_type=B |title=HESSISMORE | Explore the Arts - The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts |publisher=Kennedy-center.org |accessdate=2014-08-19 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819195051/http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/artists/?entity_id=116062&source_type=B |archivedate=2014-08-19 }}
Later works include music for the ballet “UROPA” premiering at The Royal Theatre in Denmark in 2016 and music for the feature films “When Animals Dream” premiering at Cannes Film Festival 2014.[http://filmmusicreporter.com/2014/08/11/when-animals-dream-soundtrack-announced/ when animals dream]{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1441627/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm|title=Mikkel Hess|website=IMDb}} and “Suicide Tourist” premiering at Sitges Film Festival in 2019.
Over the years Mikkel Hess has also appeared as co-producer, co-writer and drummer on various albums by other artists.{{cite web|author=Mikkel Hess |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mikkel-hess-mn0001933259/credits |title=Mikkel Hess | Credits |publisher=AllMusic |date= |accessdate=2014-08-19}}
Mikkel Hess graduated in 2001 from The Conservatory in Copenhagen (Rytmisk Musik Konservatorium) and is since 2009 part of studio and label This Is Care Of.{{cite web|author=Nina Mouritzen |url=http://www.information.dk/462458 |title='I New York handler det om produktet, ikke personen' |language=da |publisher=Information |date=2014-08-15 |accessdate=2014-08-19}} He provided screen music for Swedish television series, Veronika (2024).
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