User:Aslan110/Maël Péneau

Maël Péneau (born in 1980 in Nantes), better known by the stage name of Maelstrom is a French DJ, composer and producer of electronic music

1996-2007
In 1996, he discovers electronic music by attending illegal rave parties organized in France by nomadic sound systems such as Spiral Tribe or Heretik System before joining the Nantes collective Karbon 14 with which he started organizing free parties throughout France. He quickly launched into music production and published more than fifteen techno and Hardtechno records under many pseudonyms between 1998 and 2002. In 2005, he participated in the creation of the Sweat Lodge collective in Nantes, which aims to create hybrid events by mixing performing arts, circus, fairground esthetics and sound system culture.

2008-2017
In 2009, he joins the Expressillon label, alongside musicians such as 69 DB, Interlope or Spiral Tribe. From 2010, he starts releasing records on international labels like Boysnoize Records, and on French labels like Sound Pellegrino or Bromance records. His career develops internationally and he starts playing in clubs and festivals across the world, from Berlin to Mexico City, Tokyo, Sydney or Cape Town. In 2013, he meets the American singer and DJ Louisahhh with whom he produces four EPs for the Bromance record label. At the same time, he also meets The Hacker and Gesaffelstein and joins the roster of their Zone record label, on which he releases six EPs. In 2015, Louisahhh and Maelstrom decide to create their own label, RAAR, on which he releases his first album in 2017. At the same time, he produces instrumentals for American rappers like 21 Savage or Hoodrich Pablo Juan in collaboration with Brodinski.

2017-2020
After the release of his album, Maelstrom puts the focus back on raves and club music, with a series of records published in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Russia, and inspired by the pioneers of electronic music and techno, from Juan Atkins to Aphex Twin or Underground Resistance. He also collaborates with the Bordeaux based musician Djedjotronic in the Lost Echoes project, built around improvisation practices on synthesizers and analog drum machines.

Academic Background
After studying culture and communication in Nantes and Montpellier in the early 2000's, he enrolls in a Master's degree at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, and graduates in 2018 after having presented a thesis entitled "French techno music: careers, devices and creative processes", under the supervision of ethnomusicologist Emmanuelle Olivier. He becomes a Doctoral student at the EHESS in 2018, within the Georg Simmel Center, and undertakes research work on digital musical creation practices in the home studios of Senegalese beatmakers, under the direction of Laure Schnapper and Emmanuelle Olivier. In 2019, he joins the AFRINUM research project, funded by the French National Research Agency.

Albums

 * 2017 - Her Empty Eyes

Singles/EP

 * 2009 - Il Traffico
 * 2010 - Different Train
 * 2011 - Tanger
 * 2012 - USSR
 * 2012 - Génération
 * 2012 - Catharsis
 * 2013 - Translations (avec Louisahhh)
 * 2013 - Resistance
 * 2014 - Traces (avec Louisahhh)
 * 2014 - Adversarial Design
 * 2014 - Discord
 * 2015 - RAAR001 (avec Louisahhh et Roijacker)
 * 2015 - Friction (avec Louisahhh)
 * 2015 - Optics
 * 2016 - RAAR002 (avec Specialivery)
 * 2016 - RAAR004 (avec Louisahhh)
 * 2017 - Acid Avengers 06 (avec Defekt)
 * 2018 - ECZO
 * 2018 - Alph4
 * 2018 - Fragment
 * 2018 - Snow Falls Remixes
 * 2019 - Heat Wave
 * 2019 - Spasm / Turbulence
 * 2019 - Backseat
 * 2019 - Silence is Violence (avec Louisahhh)
 * 2019 - Detection
 * 2020 - Ascender (avec Louisahhh)
 * 2020 - Archaea

Production

 * 2013 - Louisahhh - Transcend
 * 2016 - Brodinski - The Sour Patch Kid
 * 2017 - Brodinski - Brain Disorder
 * 2018 - Brodinski & Hoodrich Pablo Juan - The Matrix
 * 2018 - Brodinski Feat Peewee Longway - Split
 * 2018 - Brodinski & Lil Reek - Rock Out

Remixes

 * Noob - Spell (Maelstrom Remix) [ Sound Pellegrino]
 * Wordlife - Vision (Tekilatex & Maelstrom Remix) [Motorik!]
 * Birdy Nam Nam - Parache (Maelstrom Remix)
 * Busy P - Still Busy (Maelstrom Remix) [ Ed Banger]
 * Joris Delacroix - Air France (Maelstrom Remix) [Way Of House]
 * Bobmo - Hotspot (Maelstrom Remix) [Marble]
 * Owlle - Don't Lose It (Maelstrom Remix) [ Sony Music]
 * Cora Novoa - In Your Mind (Maelstrom Remix) [Seeking The Velvet]
 * Louisahhh - Feral Rhythm (Maelstrom Remix) [RAAR]
 * Luxus Varta - Fade Away (Maelstrom Remix) [In Abstracto]
 * Blind Delon - I Have No Fear (Maelstrom Remix) [Innervision]