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| DJ Antoine | |
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 DJ Antoine in 2013 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Antoine Konrad |
| Born | (1975-06-23) 23 June 1975 (age 49) Sissach, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland |
| Genres | Electro, house, progressive house, electro house, hip house |
| Occupation(s) | DJ, record producer |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Website | djantoine |
Antoine Konrad (born June 23, 1975), known professionally as DJ Antoine, is a Swiss house DJ and record producer from Basel.
Musical career
Beginnings
DJ Antoine was born in Basel, Basel-Stadt on June 23, 1975.
In 1995, he opened a club, House Café, in Basel. He initially focused on Rap before switching genres to dance/electronic.
In 1998, he released his first album, DJ Antoine – The Pumpin' House Mix. In 2001, he won his first gold award for his album Houseworks 1. He has released over 50 albums.
Since 2003, he has been hosting a weekly radio show that is broadcast worldwide.
International career
In 2001, he received an Ericsson Dance Music Award for Most Successful Artist of the Year 2000 in the category House / UK Garage / Progressive House. In 2006, he released his live album DJ Antoine – Live in Moscow and in 2007 released the single This Time. All Around the World Records signed the single "This Time" in 2009.
In 2008, he released DJ Antoine –Stop!. In it, he speaks out against juvenile violence, calling for more civility. For this album, he won a Swiss Music Award for Best National Dance Album in 2009. In 2010, his album DJ Antoine – 2010 was certified platinum. It was nominated again for a Swiss Music Award in the category Best National Dance Album. In 2012, he won a Prix Malo in the 'DJ/Dance' category.
In the studio, Antoine works with his long-time business partner Fabio Antoniali, also known as "Mad Mark". Well-known musicians such as Mary J. Blige, P. Diddy, Pitbull, Sean Paul, Afrojack, Cyndi Lauper, Robin S., and Roberto Blanco have had their tracks exclusively remixed by the two artists. In 2010, he produced songs for Timati, Snoop Dogg, DJ Smash, and Bob Sinclar. That same year, house artist Mr. Mike joined the team as a vocalist, also accompanying Antoine to selected performances.
In 2011, he collaborated with Russian rapper Timati and American singer Kalenna on the hit single Welcome to St. Tropez, which was released in Germany and Austria by the German dance label Kontor Records. It became a top-5-hit in the German-speaking scene. His 2012 released single Ma Chérie became the most successful production in his career with more than 1 million units sold, several gold and platinum awards, and an MTV European Music Award for Best Swiss Act in 2012. Both singles and another collaboration with P. Diddy, Timati, and Dirty Money called I'm On You were a part of his 2011 released and gold-certified album Welcome To DJ Antoine.
Afterwards, Antoine and his studio partner Mad Mark produced four more albums which charted regularly in Switzerland and partly in other European countries. His 2013 album Sky Is The Limit reached the top of Switzerland's album charts and the top 10 in Germany. It was certified platinum in Switzerland and gold in Germany. Holiday, a collaboration with American singer Akon in 2015, marked the highlight of his 2016 released album Provocateur with chart presence in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, France, and Belgium.
Labels including Maurice Lacroix, Perrier-Jouët "Belle Epoque" champagne, and the Swiss custom tailor SuitArt have worked with Antoine. For VIP events, he has collaborated with companies such as Sony Ericsson, Campari, Moonlight, Edo Popken, Chrysler, Dodge, Maybach, Cadillac, HTC, Moët Hennessy, J. Lindeberg, Paco Rabanne and the German TV station Pro7. In 2015 he was a jury member in Germany's biggest TV Casting-Show Deutschland sucht den Superstar.
Antoine manages his own production and booking companies Global Productions GmbH and Global Bookings. He founded his own lifestyle company Konrad Lifestyle AG in 2016. His team currently consists of ten employees, based in Switzerland.
He has sold over 8,000,000 units of singles and albums and also runs his label Houseworks.
Discography
Main article: DJ Antoine discographyStudio albums
- Stop! (2008)
- 2008 (2008)
- A Weekend at Hotel Campari (2008)
- 2009 (2009)
- Superhero? (2009)
- 17900 (2009)
- 2010 (2010)
- WOW (2010)
- 2011 (2011)
- Welcome to DJ Antoine (2011)
- Sky Is the Limit (2013)
- We Are the Party (2014)
- Provocateur (2016)
- The Time Is Now (2018)
References
- "DJ Antoine" (in French). Universal Music France. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- "Spartensieger-Prix Walo seit 1994 – PRIX WALO". www.prixwalo.ch. 21 October 2023. Archived from the original on 21 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- "Ewige Bestenliste - Singles". Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- "About DJ Antoine". Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- "DJ Antoine feat. Akon - Holiday". Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- "About Antoine Konrad - Switzerland's most successful music export". Retrieved 5 March 2019.
External links
| Awards and achievements | ||
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| Preceded byGimma | Winner of MTV EMA for Best Swiss Act 2012 |
Succeeded by |
| MTV Europe Music Award for Best Swiss Act | |
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