Madeon drops impressive minimix on Radio 1, proves DJing isn’t dead
In an age where DJ skills and set preparation are rightfully scrutinized, one artist continues to lead a new wave . Of course, we’re talking about Madeon — the young phenomenon whose impressive studio talents mirror that of his live performances. A rarity in today’s EDM scene, you won’t get generic outro-intro transitions in his mixes. Everything is fast-paced, with greater emphasis on harmonics as opposed to simple beat-matching. So who better to take on one of Annie Mac’s Five Minute Minimixes than Madeon?
Compiling 93 tracks in 5 minutes (roughly 3.3 seconds per song) is nothing short of astonishing, but that’s what makes Madeon, well, Madeon. The launch pad master sampled everything from Lady Gaga and the Beatles, to Deadmau5 and Daft Punk, making his previous “Pop Culture” mash-up/mix look like child’s play.
Full track list after the break.
Madeon – Shuriken
The Beatles – A Day In The Life
M83 – Intro
Surkin – Ultra Light
Groove Armada – Look Me In The Eye Sister
Madeon – Icarus (Minimix Edit)
Röyksopp – Happy Up Here
The M Machine – Immigrants
Daft Punk – Outlands
Julian Perreta – Wonder Why (DatA Remix)
Ellie Goulding – Starry Eyed (Russ Chimes Remix)
Phonat – Set Me Free
Justice – New Lands (A-Trak Remix)
Skrillex ft. The Doors – Breaking A Sweat (Zedd Remix)
Yuksek – Extraball
Foster The People – Pumped Up Kicks (Gigamesh Remix)
Oliver – Dirty Talk
Sebastian – Greel
Anoraak – Nightdrive With You (Grum Remix)
Martin Solveig – C’est La Vie
BWO – Sunshine In The Rain
Knife Party – Tourniquet
Para One – Wake Me Up
Feed Me ft. Gemini – Whiskers
Michael Gray – The Weekend
ABC – The Look Of Love
Woodkid – Iron
Gorillaz – Feel Good Inc.
Pendulum – Hold Your Colour
Chic – Stage Fright
La Roux – In For The Kill (Danger Ocean Remix)
Dirtyloud – Needle
Black Kids – Boyfriend (The Twelves Remix)
Kanye West – All Of The Lights ft. Rihanna, Kid Cudi
Justice – Let There Be Light
Sub Focus – Rock It
Kill The Noise – Talk To Me
Capsule – More More More
Justice – Helix
Kavinsky – Nightcall
Madeon – For You
Radiohead – Paranoid Android
Porter Robinson – Say My Name
Muse – Hysteria
Sebastian Ingrosso & Alesso – Calling (R3hab & Swanky Tunes Mix)
Daft Punk – Da Funk
Zedd – Slam The Door
Volta Bureau – Alley Cat
Alan Braxe & Fred Falke – Intro
Wolfgang Gartner – Flexx
The Ting Tings – Shut Up And Let Me Go
Justice & Simian – Never Be Alone
Michael Jackson – Beat It
Rihanna – Russian Roulette
Clock Opera – Once And For All
The Paradise – In Love With You
Clock Opera – Belongings
Madeon – Finale
Lifelike & Kris Menace – Discopolis
Deadmau5 – Raise Your Weapon (Madeon Remix)
Queen – We Will Rock You
Michael Jackson – Billie Jean
Miike Snow – The Wave (Thomas Gold Remix)
Martin Solveig – The Night Out (A-Trak Remix)
Lady Gaga – Bad Romance
Yelle – La Musique
Metronomy – The Look (Camo & Krooked Remix)
Danger – 3h11
Nari & Milani – Atom
Unicorn Kid – Lion Hat
Daft Punk – Short Circuit
Yuksek – On A Train
Kylie Minogue – Get Outta My Way (Penguin Prison Remix)
Martin Solveig – The Night Out (Madeon Remix)
Stardust – Music Sounds Better With You
The Killers – Bones
Russ Chimes – Back 2 You
Madeon – Icarus (Original Mix)
Chic – You Are Beautiful
Perfume – Take Off
Earth Wind & Fire – Let’s Groove
Deadmau5 & Wolfgang Gartner – Animal Rights
Frankmusik – Confusion Girl (Russ Chimes Remix)
Wolfgang Gartner – Illmerica
Daft Punk – Revolution 909
Calvin Harris – The Rain
Mylo – In My Arms
Kanye West – Power
The Killers – This Is Your Life
Kanye West ft. Jay Z – H.A.M
Green Day – Are We The Waiting
The Killers – A Dustland Fairytale
Green Day – 21 Guns
The Clash – London Calling
Alphabeat – What Is Happening
BEATLES*** not beetles
WOW
This is like Girl Talk on steroids
this involves no DJing… this is a studio production. and if u think hes doing this “on the fly” ur naive.
just because people don’t use vinyls and 1980′s equipment doesn’t mean it’s not djing
not a hater, just a realist. there was no crowd to hear this set live. madeon is a great producer but his DJ skills are certainly not that of a real club DJ. the term DJ gets thrown around way too much and is misused all the time.
his sets are preworked, but sure he “twiddles” his VSTs knobs during his live sets and fucks with the highs and lows.
”A DJ is a guy that comes into a room… scans it in… is like: ‘Okay. What
do I need to do to get these people to go bananas?” – Sebastian
Ingrosso
I don’t really care what he used to make this. Impressive regardless.
You’re right, lets toss out common nomenclature so that we can preserve your 90′s understanding of what a DJ is.
really love this.
http://deadmau5.tumblr.com/post/25690507284/we-all-hit-play
no one makes it live, if you actually think that, you are an idiot
http://deadmau5.tumblr.com/post/25690507284/we-all-hit-play
no one does it live, if you think that, you are an idiot
I think what andrew is trying to say is that he did not record this in one take, as you would do with a “DJ” set. He clearly tried multiple ways to mash these tracks up, use the vocal shots, riffs, etc. This obviously requires a shitload of work and talent, but he definitely listened and re listened to it over and over, and mixed/mastered it before sending it over to Radio 1.
Unbelievable nonetheless. Blows that united states of pop thing out of the water
I think everyone needs to watch this video and relax… he is no DJ, he is an artist simple as that…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTx3G6h2xyA
I’ve yet to see him do that routine “live” in front of a crowd. Got video of a live performance of this mystical pop culture video?
DJing Is dying… producing and programming not so much.
nicely done nevertheless… just not sure where like 93 samples came from cause i only heard like 20… lol…
cute kid tho I wish my rents bought me fancy studio equipment and music production lessons when i was 9!
This is not “DJing”. DJ is short for “disc jockey” and he is doing neither. He’s chopping up the tracks in the computer then triggering the bits on a launchpad (mind you it’s all sync’d) or for this minimix he arranged it all in Ableton. There needs to be a new term associated with this type of performance because it is not “DJing”. By diluting the term only makes the debate linger. Not taking anything away from what he’s doing either because it’s impressive and takes a lot of talent to arrange. On a side note, have you ever seen him pull off something like this live? I’ve only seen him trigger tracks live and nothing at the technical intricacy level like the “pop culture” video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doPWM8D–Jk
thank you, that was fantastic to watch!
Lots of people do. Just not in the pop side of dance culture. Some even still do it all analog. So why call someone an idiot. When your uninformed…..
I saw him him do the entire pop culture mashup live in sydney last year.