Madeon

Madeon

Madeon in 2015
Background information
Birth name Hugo Pierre Leclercq
Born (1994-05-30) 30 May 1994
Origin Nantes, France
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • DJ
  • record producer
  • songwriter
  • musician
Years active 2005–present
Labels
Associated acts
Website madeon.fr

Hugo Pierre Leclercq (born 30 May 1994), better known by his stage name Madeon, is a French DJ, record producer, songwriter and musician from Nantes, France.[1] He initially came to public attention through a YouTube video, "Pop Culture", where he performed a mash-up of 39 different popular songs in real-time using a Novation Launchpad. It received millions of hits in its first few days of release.[2]

Leclercq's first EP, The City, was released in 2012. His debut studio album, Adventure, was released on 27 March 2015, supported by a 22-stop North American tour.[3]

Biography

Career beginnings

Leclercq started composing music at the age of 11,[2] producing hands-up under the name of "Deamon" until 2010 when he began producing house music under his current name, Madeon, which is an anagram of his previous nickname. He won a remix competition for "The Island" by Pendulum the same year.[4]

He went on to remix other electronic artists tracks the following year. A clip of him performing his mash-up "Pop Culture", uploaded to YouTube on 7 July 2011, propelled him to international fame. It featured samples from thirty-nine songs mixed together on-the-fly using a Novation Launchpad. The clip went viral and reached over six million views in just a few days.[2]

During live performances, apart from the Launchpads, he also uses Allen & Heath's Xone:K2, Novation's Launch Control XL and Ableton Live.[5] His first live performance was in Paris in April 2011 where he was a support act to Yelle,[2] and his UK debut was at The Nest in Dalston, London where he performed alongside the likes of Jacques Lu Cont.[5]

Leclercq has been featured several times on 15 Minutes of Fame, a segment of Pete Tong's radio show on BBC Radio 1, with both his debut single "Icarus" and his remix for deadmau5's "Raise Your Weapon" given their first full play on the show. His live recorded performance debut was for Pete Tong's BBC Radio 1 gala event in Hull on 27 January 2012, where he played a 20-minute-long set.[6]

A debut EP was scheduled to be released at the end of 2011,[2] but then cancelled in favour of multiple singles.[7] The first single, "Icarus", was released on 24 February 2012 on his independent label popcultur.

In 2012, he was invited to play four major American festivals, the Ultra Music Festival in Miami,[8] Coachella in California, Lollapalooza in Chicago and Electric Daisy Carnival in New York,[9] as well as several UK dance music festivals, including the Dance Arena at Radio 1's Hackney Weekend 2012; he also provided support for Swedish House Mafia's headlining set at the Milton Keynes Bowl.[10] Leclercq was listed at number 54 on DJ Mag in 2012.[11]

Many of his songs have been used in media franchises: "Icarus" was featured in the US show Dancing with the Stars in May 2012 and 21 May 2013 (finals with Aly Raisman) and on the in-game soundtrack of Forza Horizon; "Finale" and "Imperium" have been featured in EA Sports' FIFA 13 and FIFA 15 respectively. "You're On" was also featured in Pro Evolution Soccer 2016. "Finale" has also been included in the opening cinematic of PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale; "The City" appears in EA Sports' NHL 15, Need for Speed: Most Wanted and "Technicolor (Club Extended)" in Need for Speed Rivals. "Finale" and Leclercq's remix of "The Night Out" by Martin Solveig were featured on the official soundtrack of ESPN's Winter X Games XVII event in Tignes, France and both received several plays on air.[12] "Finale" continues to be used as the bumper music for X Games broadcasts.[13]

In August 2016, the new gameplay trailer of EA Sports' FIFA 17 was released, featuring Madeon's remix of "Song 2" by Blur,[14] which was also featured in a BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix in 2012.

He toured with Lady Gaga as an opening act during her Born This Way Ball.[15] Leclercq has cited The Beatles and Daft Punk as his greatest musical influences.[2] Madeon released a new single on 3 August 2013 titled "Technicolor."[16] Madeon worked with Lady Gaga on three tracks, "Gypsy", "Mary Jane Holland", and "Venus" on her third studio album, Artpop.

On 25 February 2014, Leclercq released a track available for a free download on his website called "Cut the Kid", stating that it was created circa 2011 or 2012.

2015: Adventure

In September 2014, Leclercq released "Imperium" as the lead single from his debut studio album, Adventure. On 8 December 2014, Leclercq released the second single from the album titled "You're On", featuring Kyan. On 9 February 2015, Leclercq released the album's third single, "Pay No Mind," featuring Passion Pit. The album's fourth single, "Home," was released on 10 March 2015. On 24 March 2015, the final single of Adventure, "Nonsense," was released, featuring Mark Foster of Foster the People. On 27 March 2015, Adventure was released.[17] The album peaked at number 43 on Billboard 200[18] and at number one on Dance/Electronic Albums.[19]

In mid-2015, Leclercq embarked on his first headlining tour, Adventure Live, consisting of 22-stops in North America.[3][20] The tour ended on 9 May 2015. Leclercq further promoted his debut studio album on his Pixel Empire U.S. Tour in early 2016, which ended on 21 February 2016.[21]

2016: "Shelter", collaboration with Porter Robinson

On 11 August 2016, Leclercq released with his close friend Porter Robinson a new track called "Shelter". He also announced along the way a new back-to-back live tour scheduled for fall 2016 dubbed as the "Shelter Live Tour".[22]

Discography

Albums

Title Details Peak chart positions
FRA
[23]		 AUS
[24]		 BEL
(Fl)
[25]		 BEL
(Wa)
[26]		 UK
[27]		 US
[28]		 US
Dance
[29]
Adventure 29 31 169 118 30 43 1

Extended plays

Title Details
The City
Japan Only
Pay No Mind (Remixes)

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
FRA
[23]		 BEL
(Fl)
[25]		 BEL
(Wa)
[26]		 UK
[27]		 SCO
[31]		 US
Dance
[32]
2009 "Gold" — — — — — — Non-album single
2010 "For You" — — — — — — Japan Only EP
"Shuriken" — — — — — —
2012 "Icarus" — 74 — 22 23 — The City
"Finale"
(featuring Nicholas Petricca)		 197 62 67 35 28 40
"The City" — 74 71 74 — 14
2013 "Technicolor" — — — — — — Adventure
2014 "Cut the Kid" — — — — — —
"Imperium" — 127 — 142 — —
"You're On"
(featuring Kyan)		 36 73 67 — — 25
2015 "Pay No Mind"
(featuring Passion Pit)		 — 78 — — — 29
"Home" — — — — — 42
"Nonsense"
(featuring Mark Foster)		 — — — — — 35
2016 "Shelter"
(with Porter Robinson)		 126 — — — — 27 Non-album single
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Remixes

Year Title Artist
2010 "Smile Like You Mean It" The Killers
"DJ" Alphabeat
"Friday Night" David Latour
"The Island" Pendulum
2011 "Que Veux Tu" Yelle
"Raise Your Weapon" deadmau5
2012 "The Night Out" Martin Solveig

Mash-ups

Year Title
2010 "Wolfgang Gartner Anthology"
2011 "Pop Culture"
2012 "Radio 1 Minimix"
2013 "Triple J Mix"

Production

Year Title Artist Album
2011 "Tokyo Cries" (Discothèque Remix) Glenn Morrison Non-album track[33]
2012 "Sunshine" Picture Book At Last EP[34]
"Stay Awake" Ellie Goulding Halcyon Days[35]
2013 "Panic Station" (Alternate Version Mixed by Madeon) Muse
(Mistaken as a remix)[36]		 The 2nd Law
"Mary Jane Holland" (co-producer) Lady Gaga[37][38] Artpop
"Gypsy" (co-producer)
"Venus" (co-producer)
"Changing of the Seasons" Two Door Cinema Club Changing of the Seasons EP
2014 "Always in My Head" Coldplay Ghost Stories
"O"

Songwriting

Year Title Artist Album
2013 "Mary Jane Holland" Lady Gaga Artpop

Unreleased

Title Artist
"Shuriken" (VIP Mix) Madeon
"Ubelkeit"
"Komon"
"The City" (VIP Mix)
"Raise Your Weapon" (Madeon VIP Mix) deadmau5
"Can't Beat The Machines" The Good Natured
"Monarch" Madeon
"Song 2" (Madeon Remix) Blur
"Technicolor" (VIP Mix) Madeon
"Encore"
"Albatros" [39][40]
"Together"

References

  1. ↑ http://infinitelegroom.com/2015/05/27/the-infinite-interview-with-madeon-by-a-trak/
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Doyez, François-Luc (5 November 2011). "Madeon, l'électro kid". Libération Next (in French). Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Madeon Announces Spring North American Headlining Tour Supporting 'Adventure'".
  4. ↑ "'The Island' Remix Competition Winners!".
  5. 1 2 "Madeon performs London debut with Launchpads". Novation. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  6. ↑ "Madeon – BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra Live in Hull". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  7. ↑ "Any news when your EP is out?". Twitter. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  8. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/code/1552434/ultra-music-festival-weekend-1-day-2-11-things-seen-and-heard
  9. ↑ "Coachella – set times". Coachella.com. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  10. ↑ http://www.dancingastronaut.com/2011/11/calvin-harris-and-madeon-added-to-swedish-house-mafia-milton-keynes-lineup/
  11. ↑ "Top 100 DJs / 54. Madeon". DJ Mag. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  12. ↑ "Scene – X Games". Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  13. ↑ "Madeon Announces "Adventure" Tour 2015". The Future FM Blog. 2015-02-17. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  14. ↑ "Football, Powered by Frostbite - FIFA 17 Official Gameplay Trailer". Youtube. 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  15. ↑ Madeon: 'I've Been Jamming With Lady Gaga' | MTV UK
  16. ↑ Madeon – Technicolor (Original) by Madeon on SoundCloud – Hear the world’s sounds
  17. ↑ "Madeon – Facebook". Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  18. ↑ "Madeon - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  19. ↑ "Madeon - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  20. ↑ "Madeon Announces "Adventure" Tour 2015". The Future FM Blog. 2015-02-17. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  21. ↑ "Madeon Shares 'Nonsense' Video Ahead Of 2016 Pixel Empire US Tour". Music Times. 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  22. ↑ "Porter Robinson & Madeon Announce Joint Live Tour, Release Collab 'Shelter'". Billboard. 2016-08-11. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
  23. 1 2 "Discographie Madeon". French Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  24. ↑ "Discography Madeon". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  25. 1 2 "Discografie Madeon". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  26. 1 2 "Discographie Madeon". Belgium (Wallonia) Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  27. 1 2 Peak positions in the United Kingdom:
  28. ↑ "Madeon – Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media.
  29. ↑ "Madeon – Chart History: Top Dance/Electronic Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media.
  30. ↑ インフォメーション | Sony Music
  31. ↑ Peak positions for Singles in Scotland:
  32. ↑ Peak positions for songs on the US Hot Dance/Electronic chart:
  33. ↑ "Glenn Morrison – Tokyo Cries feat. Christian Burns (Glenn's Discoteque Remix)". Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  34. ↑ "Sunshine (Extended Mix)". Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  35. ↑ "Ellie Goulding: 'Stay Awake' (Prod. Madeon)". Prefixmag.com. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
  36. ↑ Twitter / madeon: Hey! To clarify : I see the
  37. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/ladygaga/posts/10151861281694574
  38. ↑ Lady Gaga : découvrez l'interview évènement! – Fun Radio
  39. ↑ "Madeon's Coachella ID". Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  40. ↑ "Madeon Twitter - "Albatros"". Retrieved 4 June 2015.

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