DJ Antoine
DJ Antoine ( born June 23, 1975 in Sissach, Switzerland; was Antoine Konrad ) is a Swiss house DJ, producer and label boss. He had in 2011 with the single Welcome to St. Tropez his international breakthrough. Many of his songs have been sung by also coming from Switzerland musician Maury.
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Career
Musical beginnings
Antoine Konrad began early to orient in the direction of DJ music. He started with 19 years of a career as a DJ. At first he put it on in the genres of hip hop and garage. The interest for hip-hop and garage music was especially by the idols of his childhood, such as Dr. Dre, Run-DMC or Public Enemy. The inspiration for disco and house music came later, especially through the song Show Me Love by Robin S..
1995: The first successes
He first gained notoriety in 1995 by its Club House Café in Basel. At the same time he started his own production work and the construction of his own record sales. In December 1997 he released his first single Sound of My Life, whose tones are partially in David Guetta, Chris Brown and Lil Wayne's song I Can Only Imagine again listen. His first albums DJ Antoine - The Pumpin ' House Mix and Partysan on the Boat @ Street Parade '98 appeared in the summer of 1998, DJ Antoine 1999 founded the record label Houseworks and has been its Managing Director. . More than ten DJs and other House artists are there under contract. With Egoïste DJ Antoine has another label. More Labels by him are Session Recordings and VIP Recordings.
To date, DJ Antoine has released over 50 albums. His first single chart placement succeeded with the single disco sensation that he recorded together with his studio partner Mad Mark. Together they whip up since then all his songs and publish them often under their name. They also remixed tracks together renowned artists such as Mary J. Blige, P. Diddy, Robin S. and Pitbull.
2004 - 2010: The first successes
His fifth single All We Need, whose voice is the Swiss singer Maury, was able in 2005 for three weeks to place in the German charts. He was taken in 2009 by the British subsidiary Universal All Around the World Records under contract through the song This Time.
In November 2009, Antoine released the song Every Breath as a single. It is a cover of the song Every Breath You Take. With this track he celebrated his first Top Ten hit. 2010 produced DJ Antoine among other things, Snoop Dogg, DJ Smash and Bob Sinclar.
2008 DJ Antoine excited with the socially critical Album DJ Antoine - Stop! Sensation, in which he openly spoke out against youth violence and for more civil courage. In the spring of 2009 he was awarded for this album at the Swiss Music Award for " Best National Dance Album ", whose title he with the album DJ Antoine 2010 - successfully defended in 2009. Also in 2010, he was awarded the Prix Walo Swiss.
In January 2010, DJ Antoine and MC Roby Rob parted after eleven years. Since then accompanied the House musician Mr. Mike DJ Antoine in his performances and in the studio.
Welcome to St. Tropez: International breakthrough
His remix of the track Welcome to St. Tropez of the Russian rapper Timati was in the summer of 2011, a hit throughout the German-speaking and made DJ Antoine also in some other countries known to a wide audience. It is in Switzerland, together with Ma chérie most commercially successful single.
After Welcome to St. Tropez, he published again the single Ma chérie. In Germany the song reached # 6 and in Austria and Switzerland each place 2 He received a platinum record for this single.
Two months later appeared the accompanying album Welcome to DJ Antoine which was published in Switzerland under the title 2011. It reached after only a week number one in Switzerland, the Top 20 in Austria, and the top 10 of the German charts. The songs on the album are all based on the Welcome- to- St. -Tropez style. In addition, the rapper Timati participated in several songs.
DJ Antoine published in Switzerland, the song Sunlight, which he recorded with the Belgian singer Tom Dice, as second single. You could place on the charts in Switzerland and by strong downloads of album track and iTunes Single in Germany and Austria. Especially in Switzerland and in Belgium, the home countries of the musicians could be placed very high.
In 2012 he contributed a remix of the single Infinity 2012 by Guru Josh. His version of the song reached the Top 20 in many download charts. It was used for Magnum cinema advertising and thereby gained notoriety. On the Kontor Summer Jam is a mix of several finding songs from DJ Antoine. This Megamix was able to reach the charts in several European countries.
The fourth and final single from the album Welcome to DJ Antoine appeared on 14 September 2012 with the song in a Broadway 2K12 version as a single. However, this song was only a rather minor hit, reaching only the German charts.
With over three million records sold, ten platinum and gold numerous awards and his record label Houseworks DJ Antoine is the world's most successful DJ in Switzerland. For the third time in a row, DJ Antoine has also for the " Best Album Dance National " won the Swiss Music Award and was nominated in 2012 for an echo, one of the most important music awards in Europe, in the category "Best Dance Artist ".
2013: Sky Is the Limit and AK Babe
In the USA, 14 May 2013 appeared his album Sky Is the Limit, in Asia on May 15, 2013.
In parallel with the album the song Bella Vita was released as a single. The single was to Antoine's first single- number -one hit in Switzerland and in Germany and Austria was also successful. Two days after the publication of the album was to be found both in Switzerland, Germany and Austria at # 1 in the iTunes charts. In addition, several album tracks are ranked in the top 100 songs from iTunes. There were Sky Is the Limit, House Party and Perfect Day. All three songs went up a week later in the official singles chart. Sky Is the Limit was with Bella Vita the biggest success of the new album.
The second single releases Sky Is the Limit and All I Live For appeared simultaneously on 15 March 2013. However, the Sky Is the Limit could not top the success he had as an album track. All I Live For too failed to reach the charts.
In June 2013 he founded the project " AK Babe". It is based on the eponymous fashion label " AK Babe" that sponsors him. In return, he co-produced with Mad Mark Singles and published it under the pseudonym " AK Babe". As a Title vs. additive is behind the song title, the signature DJ Antoine. Mad Mark Radio Edit appended. In addition, the logo of the fashion brand can be found on the single cover.
On the Kontor Top of the Clubs Vol 59 -instrumental piece is killer festival, along with the Flame Makers, contain, at which it was shot a music video. In addition, one finds the first single called " AK Babe " entitled We Do not Care ( Like a Honey Badger ). We Do not Care ( Like a Honey Badger ) was also the title track of the third edition of his remix album series Houseworks Sunlight Beach Party Vol 3, which was released on July 12, 2013.
On August 2, 2013 appeared on the Kontor Summer Jam 2013, the song Crazy World. This song was released, and killer festival not as an official single. The track rose through the many downloads of the sampler directly into all download charts a. Crazy World was then able to make the leap to the Swiss charts and was released in December 2013, ultimately as a single. A music video was also filmed then. In other countries Antoine could not celebrate chart success
On 27 September 2013, the third official single release House Party, which was recorded in collaboration with U -Jean B Case appeared. For the title track of the single and the music video a new mix of the song was used. This decides the extent of the others that you'll notice the intro of the original tracks in the middle. Parallel to the new single was released and the remix album to Sky Is the Limit in the form of the Gold Edition with remixes and mash- ups of the original title of the normal version.