What were you doing when you were 17? I was a serious computer gamer nerd, took too many AP classes, and played some high school sports. If I was lucky, a friend would throw a party on the weekend so I could choke down some light beer. I was significantly less cool than the 17 year old Madeon, who is the subject of this post.
The teaser for his budding touring career is a pretty convincing argument to move to Paris and scum around the neu disco scene. It sometimes seems like half of all the new music I’m listening to is French, whether its electronic or not. Anyway, check it out:
I’m no expert on the matter, but the video shows some snippets of him using a launchpad (the keyboard) and ableton live (the software). The fact that technology makes this type of thing accessible to anyone is mindblowing. Here is him using this setup for a short mix – this video went viral a few months ago, and its easy to see why.
There are few people who have gotten so much hype over so little actual production – his anthology is currently a short stack of remixes and a few original tracks. His sound is incredibly crisp and clear, and making many of his own sounds gives it his own flavor – he says he never samples for his original tracks. Hopefully his tour expands and comes to Chicago eventually – it will be interesting to follow his career.
