Born Sebastian Akchoté in Boulogne, France in 1981, this french electro artist is part of the Ed Banger Label, the label that so much awesome french electro has been attributed to in the past decade or two. SebastiAn was influecned by hip hop and rap and french electronica, like Daft Punk, in the 90's. Fast forward to 2005, when he calls Pedro Winters AKA Busy P, founder of Ed Bandger Records, who signs him and helps get two EPs,
H.A.L. and
Smoking Kills (?), out that same year. SebastiAn gets a lot of recognition for these unquie tracks, and puts out a couple remixes as well, the most famous being the remix for Daft Punk's "Human After All". In 2006 he released the EP
Ross Ross Ross, and then in 2007, he opened for Daft Punk on their Alive 2007 Tour. In 2007 he also helped composed the soundtrack for labelmate Mr. Ozio's film
Steak. 2008 saw the release of the EP
Motor, and a Remixes compilation. In 2009, SebastiAn played his first live set at Sónar Festival in Barcelona. 2010 found him doing another soundtrack, this time for the film
Notre Jour Viendra, directed by Romain Gavras, who has favored other Ed Banger artists for commercials and short films previously. In 2011, SebastiAn released his first album,
Total.
SebastiAn is known for hard hitting bass, and some unique variations on synths. His track "Motor" is a great example becuase he used electronic equipment to create what sounds like engine's revving, and it sounds awesome.
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The famous remix, that even Daft Punk likes the best:
possible songs he might mix into a set:
http://soundcloud.com/edbangerrecords/sebastian-mix
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