Rone (musician)
Rone (real name Erwan Castex ; born June 20, 1980 ) is a French musician and producer of electronic music .
Beginnings
Erwan Castex was born in Boulogne-Billancourt and grew up in Paris . His first EP "Bora" was released in 2008 by the French label InFiné. When the musician Agoria used this for his compilation, the electronic music scene became aware of Rone. In 2009 his first album "Spanish Breakfast" was released by the same label.
More albums and successes
In 2011 the second album Tohu Bohu followed . The Resident Advisor magazine rated it 4 out of 5 points. The most successful single of these is Bye Bye Macadam with over 25 million views on YouTube. The tracks Bye Bye Macadam , Let's Go and Parade were then used for remixes by Gabriel & Dresden , Juan Atkins , Chris Clark and Dominik Eulberg .
Two years later Rone contributed to the album Trouble Will Find Me by the American indie band The National . After his 2014 tour through the USA and Canada, Creatures Rones' third album came out in 2015 . The 12-track album was partially produced in collaboration with the Japanese jazz musician Toshinori Kondō .
When Jean-Michel Jarre had previously used two works by Rone for his compilation Infiné by JMJ , Rone worked on the album Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise in 2016 .
Discography
Albums
| year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes, label) |
Remarks | Label | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FR
|
 BE W
|
 CH
|
||||
| 2012 | Tohu bohu |
FR82 (2 weeks) FR |
- | - | Infiné | |
| 2015 | Creatures |
FR84 (3 weeks) FR |
BE W58 (4 weeks) BE W |
- | Infiné | |
| 2017 | Mirapolis |
FR62 (3 weeks) FR |
BE W97 (1 week) BE W |
- | Infiné | |
| 2020 | Room with a view |
FR61 (... weeks) FR |
BE W143 (... weeks) BE W |
CH94 (1 week) CH |
Infiné | |
More albums
| year | title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Spanish Breakfast | Infiné |
| 2013 | Tohu bonus | Infiné |
EPs
| year | title | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Bora | Infiné |
| 2009 | La Dame Blanche | Infiné |
| 2011 | So so so | Infiné |
| 2012 | parade | Infiné |
| 2013 | Bye bye macadam | Infiné |
| let's go | ||
| 2014 | Apache | Infiné |
Remixes
| year | Artist | Track | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | she | Sublimes | Time has changed records |
| Carl-Johan Elger | Kattguld | Lo-FiSoul | |
| 2010 | Ripperton & Mint | Crack | Suruba X |
| SinnerDC | The medium is the message | Ai Records | |
| 2011 | Arandel | In D # 3 | Infiné |
| Dominik Eulberg | The dance of the fireflies | Dream records | |
| 2012 | Max Cooper | Simplexity | Dream records |
| 2014 | Breton | 15 minutes | Believe |
| Etienne Daho | En Surface | Polydor / Universal Music France | |
| 2015 | Yael Naim | Coward | Tôt ou tard |
| Rise | Buzzer | Blue Note / Universal Music France | |
| Jabberwocky | Fog | Polydor / Universal Music France |
collaboration
| year | Artist | title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Lucy & Rone | Chocolate | Broque |
| Lucy & Rone | Continuity theory | Curle | |
| 2009 | Lucy & Rone | Crack | ProgCity Deep Trax |
| Lucy & Rone | Great Heron | ||
| 2013 | The National | Trouble Will Find Me | 4AD |
| 2016 | Jean-Michel Jarre | The Heart Of Noise Pt. 1 | Sony Music |
Web links
- Rone at Discogs (English)
- Rone Live @ Olympia Paris
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interview with Rone. Archived from the original on July 20, 2014 ; Retrieved August 12, 2012 .
- ↑ Agoria At The Controls on Discogs
- ^ Rone - Tohu Bohu review , Stephane Girard in Resident Advisor , Nov. 2012.
- ^ Rone , Electronic Beats , July 31, 2013
- ↑ Bye Bye Macadam ( Memento of the original from December 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , beatport.com
- ↑ Hear Detroit Techno Godfather Juan Atkins' Throbbing Remix of Rone's "Bye Bye Macadam , Philip Sherburne in Spin , April 19, 2013
- ↑ Radio Vinyle # 37 ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Marie Richeux on Radio France , March 20, 2014
- ↑ ELECTRONIC MUSIC PIONEER JEAN MICHEL JARRE RELEASES NEW COMPILATION FOR INFINÉ , Fact , January 15, 2013
- ↑ Chart sources: France / Switzerland / Belgium (Wallonia)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rone |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Castex, Erwan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French musician and producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 20, 1980 |