Madeon - Celine (2017)

Hugo Pierre Leclercq is better known by his stage name Madeon, and is a French musician, DJ, record producer, singer and songwriter from Nantes, currently based in Los Angeles. He started composing music at the age of 11 under the names of Daemon and Wayne Mont until 2010, when he began producing house music under his current name, Madeon. He went on to remix tracks by other electronic artists the following year, but it was a 2011 Youtube clip that propelled him to widespread public attention, with his recording of 'Pop Culture', where he performed a mash-up of 39 different popular songs in real-time using a Novation Launchpad. It received six millions of hits in its first few days of release, and paved the way for the release of his debut single 'Icarus', and his first EP 'The City' in 2012. He toured with Lady Gaga as an opening act during her Born This Way Ball, and later worked on three tracks from her 'Artpop' album. The 'Technicolor' single was released in 2013, and the following year he made an old track called 'Cut The Kid' available for a free download on his website. In September 2014, Leclercq released 'Imperium' as the lead single from his debut studio album, which was followed by more singles in the form of 'You're On', 'Pay No Mind', and 'Home', and the parent album came out on 10 March 2015. In August 2016, the new gameplay trailer of EA Sports' FIFA 17 was released, featuring Madeon's remix of 'Song 2' by Blur, and in November 2017 he announced that he would be releasing his next project in 2018. However, in reality he'd been hit by writers block, and he wasn't happy with the music he was putting out, so on 12 December 2017 he recorded some music 'made out of anger', taping six tracks of dark and disturbing electronica in just 24 hours. Years later the pieces were pressed up as a 6 track EP, in a limited run of 200 vinyl copies, and you can feel the anger in them, and ultimately his state of mind whilst writing them. In 2019 Leclercq announced that he would be releasing a new song in May, and 'All My Friends' appeared in stores on clear 7" vinyl, followed in November by the release of the 'Good Faith' album. Leclercq later revealed that it was based on his relationship to joy and his mental health, showing that his dark period in 2017 was now over, and that it actually helped to shape 'Good Faith'. Having been a fan of harsh electronics such as Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Gristle for many years, it's the dark stuff that I'm drawn to, so this EP is right up my street. 

Track listing

01 Heir
02 Homicide
03 Turbomegafast
04 Celine
05 Pomme
06 Absolu