The Toxic Avenger

This article is about the French DJ The Toxic Avenger . The US feature film of the same name can be found under its German title Atomic Hero .

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

fear   FR 194 05/21/2011 (1 week) Romance and Cigarettes   FR 179 October 19, 2013 (1 week)

The Toxic Avenger is the stage name of the French musician and DJ Simon Delacroix (born April 18, 1982 ) from Paris .

biography

In the early 2000s, Simon Delacroix was a member of the hip hop group Ed Wood Is Dead . In keeping with the band's name and his preference for B-films, he named himself after the US feature film The Toxic Avenger . He first appeared as a DJ in 2007 with a production, the single Superheroes . At first he hid behind a white mask with a red stripe pattern. The US magazine Rolling Stone added him to its "Artists-to-Watch" list of promising musicians. Since then he has worked as a remixer for artists such as MSTRKRFT , Benny Benassi and Public Enemy and has successfully released his own productions, including two albums that made it into the top 200 album charts in France.

Discography

Albums

• Scion (2009)
• Fear (2011)
• Romance and Cigarettes (2013)
• Globes (2019)
• Midnight Resistance (2020)

Songs

• Superheroes (2007)
• Toxic Is Dead (2009)
• N'importe comment (featuring Orelsan , 2010)
• Alien Summer (featuring Annie, 2011)
• Fear (2011)
• Artificial Lights (featuring Disiz , 2013)

Other songs

• "Make this Right", "Make this Right (Remix)" and "My Only Chance" for the soundtrack of Furi (2016)

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart discography France
2. ↑ The Toxic Avenger on The Toxic Avenger: Five Questions for French DJ Producer Simon Delacroix ( Memento of the original from January 2, 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. , Camille Dodero, The Village Voice, July 9, 2012 

Web links

• Official homepage (French / English)
• Soundcloud page
• Entry at last.fm (English)
• The Toxic Avenger at Discogs (English)