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Mosimann
French-Swiss DJ and music producer

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French-Swiss DJ and music producer
A.K.A.
Mosimann
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Place of birth
Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
Age
36 years
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Biography

Quentin Mosimann (born 14 February 1988 in Geneva, Switzerland) is a Swiss DJ and music producer. He has been ranked in the top 100 of the best disc jockeys for four consecutive years by DJ Mag, ranking 93rd in 2015. Quentin Mosimann took up his DJ career in the south of France, in Saint-Tropez when he was only 14. At age of 20, he won the French TV reality show Star Academy, and gained success with 2 albums in Universal Music ('Duel' & 'Exhibition') and a tour featuring a show at the famous Olympia of Paris. That was a stairway to his current international career of "DJ Singer".

Biography

Mosimann was born in Geneva on 14 February 1988, to a Swiss father (a native of Berne in German-speaking Switzerland) and a French mother. However, he only had Swiss nationality. He lived in Geneva for three years, then, following the separation of his parents, moved to Bogève, Haute-Savoie, with his mother. He moved to Hyères, Var, near Saint-Tropez in 2005 where he performed, under the pseudonym John Louly, as a DJ at the NJoy club with John Revox and Christian Sims.

Career

2008–09: Star Academy

Quentin Mosimann won the Star Academy on 15 February 2008. He earned 1,000,000 euros, 200,000 of them immediately available. On 18 August 2008 he released his debut album, Duel, a double album, which was No. 2 in France and No. 1 in Belgium (Wallonia). It contains many cover versions of 1980s hits, such as "C'est l'amour", by Léopold Nord & Vous, "Mise au point" by Jakie Quartz and "Étienne" by Guesch Patti.

2010–11: Exhibition

On 15 February 2010 he released his second album "Exhibition", a pop-electro album which was No. 7 in France, No. 5 in Belgium (Wallonia) and No. 36 in Switzerland. His DJ career took an international dimension in 2010. Since, he has been performing in prestigious clubs around the world, in Europe, the US, Russia, China, Thailand, Polynesia, Indonesia, Israel, Egypt, Korea, Philippines, Morocco, Mozambique, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Taiwan and many other countries.

2012: The Voice Belgium

In 2012, in addition to his career as a DJ, he was a judge on The Voice Belgium with Tara McDonald acting as his assistant coach. He collaborated with the contestant he was coaching, Roberto Bellarosa, (who eventually became the winner of The Voice Belgium), on the realization of his first album, 'Ma voie'. On 19 October 2012, he was ranked 74th of the TOP100 ranking British magazine DJ Mag, and became the fifth French best DJ ahead Bob Sinclar or Justice. He won 100 places in the ranking in a year.

2013: Psyké Underground

In 2013, the theme park Walibi Belgium asked him to make the single "Psyké Underground", which became the theme song for their latest roller coaster, also called Psyké Underground. In September 2013, he became the main weekly resident DJ on the famous French EDM radio Fun Radio. He became the World's No. 69 DJ based on DJ Magazine's annual Top 100 DJs poll in October 2013, fourth French best DJ in the world, and he released his 3rd album 'The 8 Deadly Sins' in DJ Center Records, electro and progressive-house.

2014: Décibels on Stage

In January 2014, his Party Fun show on air on Fun Radio was ranked No. 1 with 638,000 listeners (an increase of 178,000 listeners 39% in one year) In October 2014, for the third year consecutively, Quentin Mosimann is ranked by the DJ Magazine's annual Top 100 DJs poll. He is currently, ranked #72 worldwide and 4th best French DJ. Since October 2014 he is presenter of the musical TV show Décibels on Stage on channel La Deux, from the Belgian Radio-Television Group (RTBF) public television.

2015: What I Did For Love

In January 2015, he released his official remix of "What I Did For Love" (David Guetta - ft. Emeli Sande). In April 2015, he released his official remix of "Feel the Vibe" (Sinclar - ft. Dawn Tallman). In August 2015, he signed for a new season as a judge on The Voice Belgium TV show. On 29 August 2015, after two years of weekly show on Party Fun, he decreases to a show a month in order to satisfy his audience in live without sacrificing his international career that keeps on growing. On 15 June 2015 the release of 'Jetlag' on the label Change Your Mind Records was executed. On 26 June 2015, the release of Igor Blaska feat Yvan Franel - 'City Of Love' (Quentin Mosimann Remix) was executed. On 10 December 2015, the release of Rollon - Run Away (Quentin Mosimann Remix) was executed.

2016: Releases

On 28 March 2016 'I'm Leaving', in collaboration with Tom Swoon & Ilang on the label Armada / Zouk Recordings, was released. On 15 April 2016, the release of 'TI89' on the label Run DBN was executed. On 16 May 2016, the release of 'Somebody call the cops' in collaboration with DJs From Mars on the label Big Fish was executed. In March 2016, he was elected Best DJ Performer of 2015 by DJ Mag before David Guetta & DJ Snake. In June 2016, release of 'The Gifted One' in collaboration with Uhre on the label GL Music was executed. In July 2016, release of 'GOOF' on the label Big & Dirty was executed.

2017: More releases

In February 2017, release of 'Never Let You Go' on the label Warner/Parlophone was executed.

Discography

Studio albums

YearTitlePeak chart positions
FRFR TLBEL/FrSWI
2008Duel22115
2010Exhibition74536
2013The 8 Deadly Sins41

Official remixes

  • City Of Love - Igor Blaska feat Yvan Franel
  • Feel the vibe - Bob Sinclar - ft. Dawn Tallman
  • What I Did For Love - David Guetta feat. Emili Sandé
  • Back 2 Paradise – Guéna LG & Amir Afargan feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor
  • Wildfire – Julian Perretta
  • Leh Leh Leh – Igor Blaska & Vkee Madison
  • Alright – Mark Knight feat. Sway
  • Nevert Say Kukatu (Hardwell & Dyro vs Ivan Gough & Jebu)
  • SOS (Ocean Drive)
  • Fix of you (Tara McDonald)
  • Timeless (Vince M)
  • Summer All Over (Chris Kaeser feat. Ron Carroll)
  • Love Again (Laurent Wolf)
  • Si Mes Larmes Tombent (Christophe Willem)
  • Ma'ak Bartaah (Amr Dian)
  • Psychopath (Fred Pellichero)
  • On Les Aime (Gary Fico)
  • Dance (Sir Colin)
  • Love at First Sight (Jay Style feat. John Louly)
  • Acid Killer (Christian Sims)
  • Respect (RLP feat. Barbara Tucker)
  • Be My Candy (Téo Moss)
  • Do You St-Tropez? (Quentin Mosimann cover)
  • Mario vs Angello (Ricksick)
  • I Love U (David Vendetta)
  • Over You (Mehrbod)
  • I Wanna Take You Away (Ben DJ)
  • Electrochoc (Samomike)
  • The Orange Theme (Hatiras)
  • Crazy (Eva Pearl feat. Humphrey)
  • Starlove (Christian Sims)
  • Shame on You (Valentin Florian)
  • Superstar (JC Magnetic)
  • Take A Look (Julien Créance)
  • Feel Alone (Alan Pride & Jeremy Kalls)
  • Gimme A Break (Quentin Mosimann)
  • Get Up (Alexis Dante & Sicky feat. Eva Menson)
  • Big Orgus (DJ Furax)
  • Love Is The Solution (Alexandre Billard)
  • My Love Is Over (Jean-Roch)
  • Le Cirque (Chris Garcia)

Bootlegs

  • Black Pearl in Your Face – Rebel vs Deorro
  • Revolution Scythe – A Peace R3hab Nervo Ummet Ozcan
  • Happy Shot Me – Pharrell Williams vs David Guetta
  • Addicted To Kalavela – Avicii vs Thomas Nelson & John Dish
  • Stella vs Flûte Yee – NWS
  • Feel So Close To Aurora – Xantra vs Calvin Harris
  • Reload Is Born Again – Ingrosso vs Azhee
  • Hello CR!ME – Quentin Mosimann vs Beenie Becker
  • Hold That Sucker vs If I Lose – OneRepublic vs Sick Individuals
  • Stampede vs We'll Be Coming – DVBBS & Calvin Harris
  • Jumper L'Enfant vs Haters – Hardwell vs Bottai
  • Live for the Surge – Krewella vs Riggi & Piros
  • Breath Fire – Prodigy vs Clockwork
  • You make me Manta – Avicii vs Saint Liz
  • Vandaag Rulez – Bakermat vs Promise Land
  • Animals Party
  • Kids vs Surge
  • House of god vs Karmma
  • Instant vs US
  • Skinny Love vs Don't Blame The Party Mode (Firebeatz Remix)
  • Killing Me Softly vs H8rs vs I Can Only Imagine (R3hab remix)
  • We Are Young vs Minibar
  • Greyhound vs Black Strobe vs Feeling (Christian Sims) vs Drug Music (Acapella) vs Resurrection
  • Cuba vs Without You
  • Sex Machine vs People Are Still Having Sex
  • I Follow vs Cobra
  • Seven Nation Army (Leonie W'asukulu version) vs Dynamite (Nicky Romero remix) vs Anaconda (The Whiteliner remix)
  • Darude vs Toulouse
  • Do You St-Tropez? vs Velocidad
  • Black Pearl in Your Face – Rebel vs Deorro

Vocal covers

Involvement

  • 2007 : Peace & Love 70 par Star Academy 7 (Bangladesh)
  • 2009 : Scratch Da House Showbizz en collaboration avec Sir Colin
  • 2012 : Ma voie par Roberto Bellarosa
  • 2012 : Je reprends ma route – charity in favor of the organisation: Les voix de l'enfant

Singles

As John Louly (before 2007):

  • "Hot Vocation"
  • "Tears"
  • "Holiday"
  • "My Answer"
  • "Stop in My Mind"
  • "Love at First Sight"

As Quentin Mosimann (after 2007):

YearSingleRankingAlbum
FRFR
BEL (WA)SWIEUR
2008"Cherchez le garçon"4147837Duel
"Il y a je t'aime et je t'aime"2182310
2009"Toc toc"1225Exhibition
2011"All Alone (Est-ce qu'un jour)"363335Non-album singles
"Do You Saint-Tropez"35
"Watch Your Back"37
"All Alone"
2012"Je suis DJ / Fuckin' DJ"82
"Haters"
"Boing"
2013"Psyké Underground"20The 8 Deadly Sins
"Hello"34
"I Drum U"Non-album singles
"Mr Boogie"
"Pogo Pogo"
2014"Dracarys"406
"Tumf"28
"International"
"Intensa"
2015"Happy Ending"
"Back to the Groove"
"Swear Jar"
"Red Sole"
"Jet Lag"
2016"I'm Leaving"
"TI89"
"Somebody Call the Cops"
"The Gifted One"
"GOOF"
2017"Never Let You Go"79
2019"I Need"
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Podcasts

Every month, Quentin Mosimann publishes free podcasts on iTunes : House Bless You By Mosimann, his mixes (Progressive-House sound/ EDM) are also available on Fun Radio.

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