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)
  • Songwriter
  • record producer
  • musician
  • DJ
Years active 2005–present
Labels
Website madeon.fr

Hugo Pierre Leclercq (born 30 May 1994), better known by his stage name Madeon, is a French songwriter, record producer, musician and DJ from Nantes, France.[1] He initially gained popularity by means of his video "Pop Culture", a mash-up of nearly forty different popular songs in real-time using a Novation Launchpad, which was published to YouTube and subsequently received millions of hits in its first few days of broadcast on the Internet.[2]

Leclercq's first EP The City was released in 2012. His debut studio album Adventure was released on 30 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.[5] It featured samples from thirty-nine songs mixed together on-the-fly using a Novation Launchpad. The clip quickly went viral and reached over six million views in just a few days.[2]

During live performances, apart from the Launchpads, he also uses Novation's Zero SL MKII, FL Studio and Ableton Live.[6] 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.[6]

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.[7]

A debut EP was scheduled to be released at the end of 2011,[2] but then cancelled in favour of multiple singles.[8] 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,[1] 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.

He toured with Lady Gaga as an opening act during her Born This Way Ball.[13] 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."[14] 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.[15] The album peaked at number 43 on Billboard 200[16] and at number one on Dance/Electronic Albums.[17]

Discography

Albums

Year Album Peak positions
FRA
[18]		 BEL
(Vl)
[19]		 BEL
(Wa)
[20]		 UK
 UK
Dance
 US
 US
Dance
2015 Adventure 29 169 118 30 4 43 1

EPs

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
FRA
[18]		 BEL
[19]		 UK
[22]		 SCO
[23]		 US
Dance
[24]
2009 "Gold" — — — — — Non-album single
2010 "For You" — — — — — Japan Only EP
"Shuriken" — — — — — Non-album single
2012 "Icarus" — 74 22 23 — Adventure
"Finale"
(featuring Nicholas Petricca)		 197 62 35 28 40
"The City" — 71 74 — 14
2013 "Technicolor" — — — — —
2014 "Cut the Kid" — — — — —
"Imperium" — 127 142 — —
"You're On"
(featuring Kyan)		 36 67 — — 25
2015 "Pay No Mind"
(featuring Passion Pit)		 — 78 — — 29
"Home" — — — — 42
"Nonsense"
(featuring Mark Foster)		 — — — — 29

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[25]
2012 "Sunshine" Picture Book At Last EP[26]
"Stay Awake" Ellie Goulding Halcyon Days[27]
2013 "Panic Station (Alternate Version Mixed by Madeon)" Muse

(Mistaken as a remix)[28]

 The 2nd Law
"Mary Jane Holland"
"Gypsy"
"Venus" (co-producer)		 Lady Gaga[29][30] Artpop
"Changing of the Seasons" Two Door Cinema Club Changing of the Seasons EP
2014 "Always in My Head"
"O"		 Coldplay Ghost Stories

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" [31][32]
"Together"

References

  1. 1 2 "Ultra Music Festival – Fri., March 23, 2012". The Miami Herald. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  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. ↑ "Madeon Announces Spring North American Headlining Tour Supporting 'Adventure'".
  4. ↑ "'The Island' Remix Competition Winners!". Pendulum.com. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  5. ↑ "Madeon Bio, Music, News and Shows". DJZ.com. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
  6. 1 2 "Madeon performs London debut with Launchpads". Novation. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  7. ↑ "Madeon – BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra Live in Hull". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  8. ↑ "Any news when your EP is out?". Twitter. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  9. ↑ "Coachella – set times". Coachella.com. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  10. ↑ "Milton Keynes Bowl : Line-up Announcement Part 1". Swedishhousemafia.com. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  11. ↑ "Top 100 DJs / 54. Madeon". DJ Mag. Retrieved 3 February 2013.
  12. ↑ "Scene – X Games". Retrieved 23 March 2013.
  13. ↑ Madeon: 'I've Been Jamming With Lady Gaga' | MTV UK
  14. ↑ Madeon – Technicolor (Original) by Madeon on SoundCloud – Hear the world’s sounds
  15. ↑ "Madeon – Facebook". Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  16. ↑ "Madeon - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  17. ↑ "Madeon - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 2016-04-27.
  18. 1 2 "Madeon – French Charts". lescharts.com/ Hung Medien.
  19. 1 2 "Madeon – Belgium (Flanders) Charts". ultratop.be/nl/ Hung Medien.
  20. ↑ "Madeon – Belgium (Wallonia) Charts". ultratop.be/fr/ Hung Medien.
  21. ↑ インフォメーション | Sony Music
  22. ↑ "ChartArchive – Madeon". Chartstats.com. Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
  23. ↑ Peak positions for Singles in Scotland:
  24. ↑ Peak positions for Singles in the USA:
  25. ↑ "Glenn Morrison – Tokyo Cries feat. Christian Burns (Glenn's Discoteque Remix)". Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  26. ↑ "Sunshine (Extended Mix)". Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  27. ↑ "Ellie Goulding: 'Stay Awake' (Prod. Madeon)". Prefixmag.com. Retrieved 2013-03-13.
  28. ↑ Twitter / madeon: Hey! To clarify : I see the
  29. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/ladygaga/posts/10151861281694574
  30. ↑ Lady Gaga : découvrez l'interview évènement! – Fun Radio
  31. ↑ "Madeon's Coachella ID". Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  32. ↑ "Madeon Twitter - "Albatros"". Retrieved 4 June 2015.

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