Something substantial enough, and not solely opportunistic, that makes it a project that’s worth being a fan of.” “I like spontaneity, random mixtapes that pop up and you listen to for a week, but I like to have some pillars in my career that feel like they’re worth revisiting. “Anything I can do to make my work have a sense of permanence is something I want to try,” Madeon says. It’s an element of his work that his fans count on, and put a marked effort into uncovering and collecting. Hidden messages, and objects that make up a secret universe, are a staple of his output. It was in these four cities that Madeon hid vinyl copies of ‘Good Faith’’s first single, ‘All My Friends’, when it premiered. ‘Good Faith’ was partially made in Nantes, New York, Los Angeles, and at the breathtaking Ocean Sound Recordings in Alesun, Norway. My location helped me stay focused and not move to a different target.” Los Angeles had the flavor I wanted to capture. Those roads, iconic sites, that sound, that sunset, all of that reminds me of things that inspire me. Living in it feels like living in a theme park. Because I’m European and I’ve mostly seen it through movies, it is unlike any other fiction place from art. There are more printouts on other walls in other rooms, with the intention of immersing himself in ‘Good Faith’ 24/7. You can see a sampling of these on the ‘All My Friends Vinyl Hunt’ video on Madeon’s YouTube channel. The circular wall in the middle of his living room is covered with countless printouts of ‘Good Faith’ graphics, starting as far back as late 2015. He’s putting together both the music and the visual components for his upcoming album, ‘Good Faith’, and his pending tour here. The spaces in the house are centers for creation. His well-designed kitchen is only used for coffee and filtered water, and to open the meals he has delivered twice a day. I don’t feel lonely, even though I’m alone.” I use the analogy of when you’re a child and your parents are having a party downstairs and you’re in your bedroom falling asleep, hearing them having fun in the distance. “I like the idea of feeling close to the action without having to engage in it. “I’m a recluse,” he says, as he retreats to a sofa. “I don’t leave the house, pretty much ever, I work all the time,” he says. He paused in Los Angeles at the end of that tour, and never left. He was there during the campaign for his debut artist album, ‘Adventure’, his powerhouse single with Porter Robinson, ‘Shelter’, and its hugely successful ensuing tour. It will be the latest addition to the 25-year-old’s real estate portfolio, a far cry from his parents’ home in Nantes, France, where he continued to live during the frenzy created from his first single, the YouTube sensation ‘Pop Culture’. Madeon is in the process of buying this property, in which he has worked since early 2018. This home itself is not unlike a tower - an isolation tower, to be exact. The vast views are of hill after hill flanking the freeway, with houses tucked into them at intervals, and just beyond that is Universal Studios, with the spires of Hogwarts Castle acting as sentry. Built on an incline, its vertical architecture means at least a few steps up or down to get from room to room. The Hollywood Hills house is located at the top of a steep drive up from Los Angeles’ storied 101 Freeway, which rushes by far below.
Dragonette, Can I Have A Word by capsule, Crawling by Linkin Park, DARE by Gorillaz, DVNO by Justice, Fascination by Alphabeat, Heavy Cross (Fred Falke remix) ( part of “OneLove Smash Your Stereo 2009” DJ-mix) by Gossip, Hung Up by Madonna, I Decided (Freemasons remix) by Solange, I Gotta Feeling ( radio edit) by The Black Eyed Peas, Losing Touch by The Killers, Me and You by Nero, Momma’s Boy by Chromeo, Mr.Standing in Madeon’s living room, it feels like his entire home is floating. Mash-up of: …Baby One More Time by Britney Spears, Aerodynamic by Daft Punk, Alejandro ( album version) by Lady Gaga, All the Right Moves by OneRepublic, Around the World by Daft Punk, Billie Jean ( album / single version) by Michael Jackson, Biology by Girls Aloud, Boyfriend by Alphabeat, Boys & Girls by Martin Solveig feat.