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法国男DJ、电音制作人
Madeon，原名雨果·皮埃尔·勒克莱尔（Hugo Pierre Leclercq），1994年5月30日生于法国南特，法国电子流行制片人、DJ。
2011年，Madeon在youtube上传了一个名为“Pop Culture”的音乐视频在几天内播放了数百万次，因此而受到欢迎。

个人简介

艺名：Madeon（马蒂安）
本名：Hugo Pierre Leclercq
国籍：法国
职业：DJ（2012年世界排名第54位,2013世界百大DJ排行第59位）
生日：1994年5月30日
代表作品：< Finale >
圈内好友：Zedd、Porter Robinson、Skrillex、Deadmau5（不完全统计）
身高：180左右
常用MIDI硬件：Launchpad、Xone-K2
所属音乐公司：Sony
灵感来源：Daft Punk
最喜欢的食物：巧克力曲奇
常喝动力饮料： 红牛

早年经历

Madeon11岁以“Wayne Mont”为艺名开始创作音乐 ，当时他的音乐风格为迷幻音乐。直到2010年他以”DJ Daemon”为艺名开始制作欧陆舞曲并以艺名“Madeon”制作电子音乐，还在同年的混搭Pendulum的”The Island”比赛中获胜。

演艺经历

2011年7月7日，他的一段跨界混搭的表演视频“Pop Culture”上传到youtube上，使他有了国际知名度。他用Novation Launchpad现场混音风靡欧陆的39首热单,通过按动各种五颜六色的按键将Daft Punk、Deadmau5、Justice等人的曲目混在一起的棋盘样式平板正是Launchpad，旋即他签约到Sony旗下。这段视频几天之内病毒式传播，在youtube上观看次数超过6百万次。（截止2013.2.16，PopCulture在youtube上的观看次数接近17,000,000次）

他除了用Launchpad之外，他还经常会使用Novation’s Zero SL MKII、FL Studio&Ableton Live等来进行现场表演，在他的视频“Pop Culture”中便可见他熟练操控单个Launchpad和Zero SL MkII控制器，以此来配合FL Studio&Ableton Live。

“电子音乐总的来说是一种很棒的音乐形式，因为它的定义十分模糊。你不会被特定的乐器、结构、节奏和规律所所限制，”年轻的法国鬼才DJ Madeon告诉DJ Mag。在现场表演中，除了launchpads，Madeon还用Novation’s Zero SL MKII, FL Studio, 和 AbletonLive.2011年4月，巴黎，Madeon作为Yelle（法国著名电子乐歌手）的支持者，进行了第一次现场表演。他在英国的首次亮相是在The Nest in Dalston, London，他在像Jacques Lu Con这样的人旁边表演.
Madeon曾好几次被刊登上15 Minutes of Fame，BBC Radio 1上Pete Tong的一段广播节目，与他一起亮相的还有单曲和他remixDeadmau5的。

首张EP预定在2011年底发布，但后来取消了支持多支单曲。第一支单曲“Icarus”于2012年2月24日发布，由着他的独立标签popcultur。

随着Madeon的迅速崛起，声誉越来越高，2012年，他被邀请去参加美国四大节日，迈阿密Ultra音乐节，加州-Coachella，芝加哥-Lollapalooza，纽约举行的Electric Daisy Carnival电子雏菊嘉年华，以及一些英国的音乐舞蹈节，包括BBC Radio 1’s Hackney Weekend Dance Arena。他还参加了在德国举办的2012EMA欧洲音乐奖颁奖礼，并担任了DJ。他说“能与瑞典浩室黑手党一同为60000人在Milton Keynes Bowl上表演也是我值得骄傲的事情之一”。 Madeon也荣登2012世界百大DJ排行榜第54位。

Madeon的三首歌被用在跨媒体制作。曾出现在2012年5月美版《舞林争霸》和Forza Horizon的游戏配乐中。出现在FIFA 13（By EA Sports）和《索尼全明星大乱斗（PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale）》的开幕电影中。由《极品飞车：最高通缉》拥有专营权。
Madeon的音乐深受The Beatles和Daft Punk的影响。

尽管只是个少年，Madeon受邀成为Lady Gaga下一个巡演的暖场DJ，而他那振奋全场的Electro HouseSound证明了他必然会大放异彩。 （2012~2013）
2020年，Madeon参与Lady Gaga专辑《Chromatica》的制作。

Wiki (en)

Background information

Hugo Pierre Leclercq (French pronunciation: [yɡo pjɛʁ ləklɛʁ]; born 30 May 1994), better known by his stage name Madeon (/ˈmædiən/), is a French musician, DJ, songwriter, and music producer from Nantes, currently based in Los Angeles. He initially came to widespread public attention at age 17 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. Madeon has cited the Beatles and Daft Punk as his greatest musical influences.

Madeon’s first EP, The City, was released in 2012. His debut studio album, Adventure, was released in 2015, supported by a 22-stop North American tour. In 2019, Madeon released his second album, Good Faith, as part of the Good Faith Live tour.

Madeon was ranked at number 105 on DJ Mag’s top DJs for 2017. In 2017, he was nominated for two Electronic Music Awards with Porter Robinson for Single of the Year and Live Act of the Year. Good Faith was nominated for a 2021 Best Electronic Album Grammy Award.

Career beginnings

Leclercq started composing music at the age of 11, producing hands-up under the name of “Daemon” and Wayne Mont 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.

He went on to remix tracks by other electronic artists the following year. A clip of Leclercq performing his mash-up “Pop Culture”, uploaded to YouTube on 11 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. According to a Reddit AMA he hosted in November 2019, he had the idea, purchased the Launchpad, and recorded the song all on the same day.

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

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.

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

Madeon toured with Lady Gaga as an opening act during her Born This Way Ball. He later worked with Gaga on three tracks, “Gypsy”, “Mary Jane Holland”, and “Venus” on her third studio album, Artpop.

In 2012, he was invited to play four major American festivals, the Ultra Music Festival in Miami, Coachella in California, Lollapalooza in Chicago and Electric Daisy Carnival in New York, as well as several UK dance music festivals, including the Dance Arena at the BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend; he also provided support for Swedish House Mafia’s headlining set at the Milton Keynes Bowl. Leclercq was listed at number 54 on DJ Mag in 2012. Madeon released a new single on 3 August 2013 titled “Technicolor.” 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 c. 2011 or 2012.

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. “Finale” continues to be used as the bumper music for X Games broadcasts.

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. The album peaked at number 43 on the US Billboard 200 and at number one on the US Dance/Electronic Albums chart.

In mid-2015, Leclercq embarked on his first headlining tour, Adventure Live, consisting of 22 stops in North America. The tour ended on 9 May 2015. Leclercq further promoted his debut studio album on his Pixel Empire US Tour in early 2016, which ended on 21 February 2016.
2016–2017: Shelter
Main article: Shelter (Porter Robinson and Madeon song)

On 11 August 2016, Leclercq released with his close friend Porter Robinson a new track called “Shelter”. Throughout 2016–2017, he toured the US and Europe alongside Porter Robinson on a live show they called the Shelter Live Tour. This back to back set contained tracks made by both artists, often mixed together between themselves. Throughout the tour both Madeon and Porter also would sing their own songs. Their last performance was on 23 April 2017 at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

In August 2016, the new gameplay trailer of EA Sports’ FIFA 17 was released, featuring Madeon’s remix of “Song 2” by Blur, which was also featured in a BBC Radio 1’s Essential Mix in 2012. Leclercq’s collaboration with Porter Robinson, “Shelter”, was included in the FIFA 17 soundtrack.

2018–23: Good Faith

On 13 November 2017, Leclercq announced that he would be releasing his next project in 2018. Further hints about the project were not officially revealed until 20 August 2018, when Leclercq’s creative director was interviewed via a Madeon-inspired podcast called the Pixel Empire Podcast.

On 30 January 2018, Leclercq stated on his Instagram and Twitter that he had moved to the United States to finish his upcoming album. On 20 March 2019, Leclercq announced his new live show would debut on Lollapalooza 2019. He stated this would not be a DJ set but rather a new live show; fans will be expecting new music.

Later that year, on 28 May 2019, Leclercq announced that he would be releasing a new song on 29 May 2019 through a new website, goodfaith.world. On 29 May 2019, the goodfaith.world website was updated with a video previewing the new song, titled “All My Friends”, along with locations of record stores in four cities: Los Angeles, New York, Ålesund, and Nantes. Each record store was issued two copies of the new single on clear 7” vinyl. On 30 May 2019, the full official audio was released on YouTube.

On 10 July 2019, Leclercq premiered the first episode of Good Faith Radio (Beats Radio on Apple Music), where he officially played and released his next single, “Dream Dream Dream”. Along with the single, he played tracks by other artists, including some sent by his own fans accompanied by fan-made art. He described the radio show as “…a space I want us to share, I want to introduce you to my favorite things and showcase some of the amazing music and art you create.” Along with the radio premiere, it was released on music streaming platforms and a visualizer video was released on YouTube.

The Good Faith Live tour was premiered at Lollapalooza 2019, followed by headlining shows in London, Amsterdam, and Paris. A longer North American leg started on 30 October in Vancouver and ended on 14 December in Austin, followed by an Australian tour as part of FOMO Festival in January 2020.

On 29 October 2019, Leclercq revealed that Good Faith would be released on 15 November 2019. In an interview with NPR Music, Leclercq said the album was based on his relationship to joy and his mental health: “I wanted to make music that was celebratory but that hinted at the fact that that joy had to have been reclaimed and fought for a little bit.”

Madeon worked again with Lady Gaga on the track “911” from her 2020 studio album, Chromatica.

On 9 May 2020, Madeon played a DJ set for the virtual Secret Sky music festival. During the set, he previewed a song called “The Prince”. The song was released on 14 August that year. Along with the release, Madeon launched an alternate reality game. When it was solved, a 6-track EP named 12122017 was found, reportedly named for the date it was made. However, after an email correspondence with Leclercq, he revealed that the EP was produced on 6 December 2017. The creation of the EP is attributed to Madeon’s own anger due to “not feeling anything from music”, and has referred to the EP as a document that serves as context to the Good Faith album instead of an EP.

On 18 September 2021, Madeon premiered the Good Faith Forever Live set at Second Sky music festival in Oakland, California.

After many years of being played during live performances and teased online, Madeon released the track “Love You Back” on 27 April 2022, after a reveal at his Coachella 2022 set.

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