{"artistName":"SebastiAn (Electronica)","artistId":87757,"artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/788/788a83713ff4e5bfb56990018b2bc88d_xl.jpg","srcset":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/788/788a83713ff4e5bfb56990018b2bc88d_sm.jpg 50w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/788/788a83713ff4e5bfb56990018b2bc88d_md.jpg 80w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/788/788a83713ff4e5bfb56990018b2bc88d_lg.jpg 200w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/788/788a83713ff4e5bfb56990018b2bc88d_xl.jpg 340w","artistBio":"\u003cp\u003eSebastian Akchoté better known as SebastiAn (born in Boulogne, France) is a French actor, DJ, and musician affiliated with Ed Banger Records. Musically, he has worked as a solo electronic musician, as a producer for artists Kavinsky and label-mate Uffie, as a film-music composer, and as a remix artist for musicians and bands such as Daft Punk, Kavinsky, Kelis,and Klaxons. \n Early life\nAkchoté is of Serbian-French heritage and was raised in Paris and Belgrade by a single mother. His early musical history included both jazz and experimental influences from his older brother as well as hip-hop influences from artists like DJ Premier. He first started producing music around the age of fifteen with two members of the rap band Cercle Vicieux. \n Career\nWhile working with a hip-hop band in 2005, Sebastian was given the phone number for Ed Banger Records by one of the band's members, who had found it in a newspaper. After a cold call to label owner Pedro Winter, SebastiAn was signed, and they released the EPs H.A.L. and Smoking Kills (?) later that year. 2005 also saw his remixes for Annie, Benjamin Theves, and Daft Punk, whose \"Human After All\" remix by SebastiAn is said to be the duo's all-time favourite remix of their own work. \nIn the summer of 2006, Ed Banger Records released the EP Ross Ross Ross. That year also saw more remixes by SebastiAn than any other. \nIn 2007, SebastiAn composed the soundtrack for label-mate Mr. Oizo's feature film Steak alongside Sebastien Tellier and Mr. Oizo himself. SebastiAn also acted in the film, playing the role of Félix. Also that year, as well producing numerous remixes and releasing his Walkman 2 EP, SebastiAn joined Kavinsky in opening with DJ mixes for Daft Punk on their Alive 2007 tour. An original song called \"Greel\" was also released in 2007 on Ed Rec Vol. 2. \nThere were two SebastiAn releases in 2008: Motor, an EP with three original tracks, and Remixes, a 17-track compilation featuring various remixes produced by SebastiAn. His track \"Dog\" was also included on that year's Ed Rec Vol. 3. \nIn 2009, SebastiAn played his first live set as an exclusive performance at the Sónar Festival in Barcelona. \nSebastiAn produced the single Difficult for label-mate Uffie in 2010 on her debut album Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans and provided a remix, titled \"Difficult (2006 Parties Remix)\", which landed at number one on The Hype Machine the first day of its release. He also had his experimental track \"Threnody\" released that year on an Ed Banger Records Christmas compilation. \nIn early 2011, SebastiAn provided the track \"Enio\" for the Ed Banger compilation album Let the Children Techno. Later, his debut album Total was announced, followed by the release of a video for the title track featuring a series of violent and sexual images. A video for SebastiAn's new song \"Embody\" was also released, along with the song's release as a single. The album Total itself was sebsequently released on May 30 in Europe and June 7 in North America. It was followed by releases of singles \"C.T.F.O.\" and \"Love In Motion\" from the album. 2011 was also the year of SebastiAn's \"Primary Tour\", a tour visually themed as a political campaign and spanning Europe, Australasia, and North America from August to December. \nSebastiAn has confirmed plans for a future album. \n Popular culture\nSebastiAn's remix of Kavinsky's \"Testarossa Autodrive\" is featured in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV. This song is also included in the game Gran Turismo 5 Prologue along with his original track \"Dolami\" from the Smoking Kills (?) EP. The video game Midnight Club: Los Angeles also featured a SebastiAn track: \"Momy\", from the Motor EP. Additionally, SebastiAn's remix of Kavinsky's \"Nightcall\" is featured on the soundtrack of the motion picture Drive (2011 film). \nOn television, the song \"Walkman\" has appeared in promotional spots for the Cartoon Network programming block 'You Are Here'. In November 2011, a previously unreleased track titled \"Holloback\" was used in an advertisement for the HTC Sensation XL mobile phone. In Pro Wrestling NOAH, \"Enio\" is used as wrestler KENTA's entrance theme. \nSebastiAn's track \"H.A.L.\" was used in the song \"Incredible\" by rapper Mickey Factz in 2008. \n Releases\n SebastiAn releases: \nYear\nTitle\nB-sides\nFormat\nLabel\n 2005 \nH.A.L. \n(split with Time Period by Krazy Baldhead) \n7\" \nEd Banger Records \n Smoking Kills EP \n\"Dolami\", \"Shoot\" \n12\" \n 2006 \nRoss Ross Ross EP \n\"Head/Off\", \"Walkman\" \n12\" \n Ross Ross Ross / Productions \u0026amp; Remixes \n\nCD \n 2007 \nWalkman 2 EP \n\"Killing in the Name of SebastiAn\" \n12\" \n 2008 \nMotor EP \n\"Momy\", \"Army\" \n12\" \n Remixes \n\nLP, CD \nBecause / Ed Banger Records \n 2010 \nNotre Jour Viendra OST (Our Day will Come) \n\nCD \nEd Banger Records \n 2011 \n\"Embody\" single \nRemixes by Kavinsky and DJ Premier \nMP3, 12\" \n Total \n\nLP, CD \n \"C.T.F.O.\" single \nRemixes by Nero and DMX Krew \nMP3, CD \n \"Love in Motion\" single \nRemix by Rustie and Skrillex (Skrillex's Funkt-Out Remix) \nMP3 \n  Compilations: \nYear\nTitle\nTrack(s) featured\nFormat\nLabel\n 2006 \nEd Rec Vol. 1 \n\"Dolami\", \"H.A.L.\" \nCD, 12\", MP3 \nEd Banger Records \n 2007 \nEd Rec Vol. 2 \n\"Greel\" \nCD, 12\", MP3 \n 2008 \nEd Rec Vol. 3 \n\"Dog\" \nCD, 12\", MP3 \n 2010 \nEd Banger Xmas/2010 \n\"Threnody\" \nPromo CD \n 2011 \nLet the Children Techno \n\"Enio\" \nCD, MP3 \n The Bee Sides \n\"Total\" \n7\" \n  Remixes: \nYear\nArtist\nTitle\n 2005 \nAnnie \n\"Happy Without You\" \n Daft Punk \n\"Human After All\" \n Benjamin Theves \n\"Texas\" \n 2006 \nRevl9n \n\"Walking Machine\" \n Cut Copy \n\"Going Nowhere\" \n Uffie \n\"Pop the Glock\", (two remixes: one on Arcade Mode (3:24), the other on Ed Banger (2:42)) \n Play Paul \n\"La La Land\", (Ed Banger's Allstar Remix, remixed with Xavier de Rosnay from Justice) \n Kelis \n\"Bossy\" \n Mylo \n\"Paris Four Hundred\" \n Nâdiya \n\"Tous ces mots\" \n Ali Love \n\"K Hole\" \n The Rapture \n\"Get Myself Into It\" \n Fields \n\"If You Fail We All Fail\" \n Kavinsky \n\"Testarossa Autodrive\" \n 2007 \nEditors \n\"Camera\" \n Klaxons \n\"Golden Skans\" \n The Rakes \n\"We Danced Together\" \n Bloc Party \n\"I Still Remember\" \n Shesus \n\"Debbie's Shoes\" \n Rage Against the Machine \n\"Killing in the Name\" \n Sébastien Tellier \n\"Sexual Sportswear\" \n Fuckpony \n\"Ride the Pony\", (SebastiAn Tellier Remix, remixed with Sébastien Tellier) \n Das Pop \n\"Fool for Love\" \n 2008 \nScenario Rock \n\"Both Gotta Move On\" \n The Who \n\"Baba O'Riley\" \n The Kills \n\"Cheap and Cheerful\" \n Sneaky Sound System \n\"UFO\", (unreleased, pre-version of Kindercut track from Total) \n 2010 \nUffie \n\"Difficult\", Titled \"2006 Parties Remix By SebastiAn\" \n 2011 \nToddla T feat. Roots Manuva \n\"Watch Me Dance\" \n Beastie Boys feat. Santigold \n\"Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win\" \n Spank Rock \n\"DTF DADT\" \n 2012 \nNero \n\"Must Be The Feeling\" \n The Shoes \n\"Time To Dance\" \n  See also\nEd Banger Records\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/SebastiAn+Electronica+","playStationPath":"/stations/270484885/play","stationId":270484885,"bioPath":"/music/SebastiAn+Electronica+/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Breakbot","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/92b/92b415893da9271a4fb0d5ae6ecf4ed6_md.jpg","artistName":"Breakbot","artistId":80211,"station_id":267710771},{"musicPath":"/music/Boys+Noize","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/74e/74e5b84b73a7f7ce28795d3379cbe939_md.jpg","artistName":"Boys Noize","artistId":10625,"station_id":113886404},{"musicPath":"/music/Siriusmo","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/303/303cf521f6d9abe2338bce41cf8bf623_md.jpg","artistName":"Siriusmo","artistId":14060,"station_id":116454086},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Toxic+Avenger","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a7a/a7a1b011c9ed5432d1556f3fd44e9c3b_md.jpg","artistName":"The Toxic Avenger","artistId":72352,"station_id":265318214},{"musicPath":"/music/Yuksek","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a1a/a1a40c77c71861d1591d26944928bfee_md.jpg","artistName":"Yuksek","artistId":13456,"station_id":118874484},{"musicPath":"/music/Kavinsky","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/4c2/4c2c74802e1d70e9283f09c01d7ff9b0_md.jpg","artistName":"Kavinsky","artistId":78592,"station_id":267063012},{"musicPath":"/music/Uffie","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/04f/04f9625cf80de0366ade5219becc8612_md.jpg","artistName":"Uffie","artistId":46659,"station_id":202300040},{"musicPath":"/music/Surkin","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f3c/f3c27dd6172bdb9f6b1a767bc6735933_md.jpg","artistName":"Surkin","artistId":11195,"station_id":114146639},{"musicPath":"/music/Busy+P","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/820/820a7c72dddc9898c367c2f684448c23_md.jpg","artistName":"Busy P","artistId":79587,"station_id":267445070},{"musicPath":"/music/Teenage+Bad+Girl","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/768/768bc87b7c245c73a214a00aca1e3026_md.jpg","artistName":"Teenage Bad Girl","artistId":81563,"station_id":268313441},{"musicPath":"/music/Soulwax","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/7a9/7a932837f797d0afcc8be4bcd16cde99_md.jpg","artistName":"Soulwax","artistId":11702,"station_id":113475008},{"musicPath":"/music/Digitalism","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/95f/95f39a9d63bf25900e436f29d76e367e_md.jpg","artistName":"Digitalism","artistId":13103,"station_id":113305813},{"musicPath":"/music/Etienne+De+Crecy+Alex+Gopher","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/bf0/bf0a83882578d41ac72f6509500b1c39_md.jpg","artistName":"Etienne De Crecy \u0026 Alex Gopher","artistId":117648,"station_id":283946173},{"musicPath":"/music/Mr+Oizo","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/799/7996038efe9cb0fd5169f88c228219f9_md.jpg","artistName":"Mr. Oizo","artistId":10868,"station_id":115514800},{"musicPath":"/music/Cassius","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d0e/d0ebb5d645d8e8a74b5579cf50416fb0_md.jpg","artistName":"Cassius","artistId":253,"station_id":113415248},{"musicPath":"/music/DJ+Mehdi","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c7e/c7ed124d672b21c477fc4ec28d28b21e_md.jpg","artistName":"DJ Mehdi","artistId":59298,"station_id":261478144},{"musicPath":"/music/Sebastien+Tellier","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c64/c64ef00019cfb01338b9413196891067_md.jpg","artistName":"Sébastien Tellier","artistId":7894,"station_id":113413809},{"musicPath":"/music/Etienne+de+Crecy+Simian","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/4ce/4ce3daa0f6660e62f4ddd60302cabcfa_md.jpg","artistName":"Etienne de Crecy \u0026 Simian","artistId":130538,"station_id":287142974}]}