Audrey Napoleon an American electronic music producer, DJ and entrepreneur. Napoleon moved to Los Angeles in 2005, launched her DJ career in 2008 and is now the Founder, CEO of Gostrider. Napoleon now lives in New York City.
Early life
Napoleon was born in Houston, Texas to a creative family. Growing up, she always had a knack for music whether that was performances, playing an instrument, singing, etc. She received her first guitar at the age of 13 and later moved on to the piano.
Career
Napoleon's career began in the Los Angeles club scene in 2008. She was working at Geisha House as a waitress when one night a friend took her to a club to see James Zabiela. "After I saw James play that night, I decided I wanted to be a DJ and began to teach myself. I would play for next to nothing just to get my name out there, sometimes twice a night and eventually began to throw my own parties. Avalon eventually caught wind of my name which got me my residency there...and the first night I opened for James." After 3 years on the scene, Audrey's reached Multi-platinum status with hit single written for Heineken's campaign, that aired globally from 2011 - 2014 and in Times Square jumbotron. After her release of Ornamental Egos, she became one of the top 5 female DJ/Producers touring the world. Napoleon maintained her dark approach, with the follow up single "Dope a la Mode" which was featured as one of the Top 10 Tracks of the year by DJ Mag. Napoleon produced three original tracks for Swedish commercial director Fredrik Bond's Sundance Award-winning film, The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman, starring Shia LaBeouf and Evan Rachel Wood. An original song from Napoleon's Ornamental Egos EP, "Only You", was featured in the season finale of Naomi Campbell's television series The Face. Napoleon has performed in front of millions of fans, with artists like The Cure, Skrillex, Kaskade, Deadmau5, Nero, Steve Angello and Tiesto at some of the largest festivals including Coachella, EDC, and Escape from Wonderland as well as The American Music Awards and The Grammy Awards. Napoleon officially retired from music in 2018.
Creative direction
2011–2013
Napoleon created a short film for her single "Poison" as well as co-directed the styling and makeup of the short film.
2013–2015
Napoleon starred in award-winning V-Moda M100 headphones campaign, advised in Creative Direction as well as Makeup and Styling. This campaign was featured in American Vogue. Napoleon collaborated with The Rodnik Brand. a hand-made fashion line supported by Karl Lagerfeld and Lady Gaga, to create a clothing line. Napoleon starred in the campaign as well as advised on Creative and Art Direction. This campaign was featured in Italian Vogue and Nylon Magazine. Napoleon was unveiled Ardency Inn's new eyeliner headliner. The Modster eyeliner kits included Ardency Inn's signature product in black, blue and gold, designed to last well into the night of clubbing or just working up a sweat at your best friend's holiday party. With her Ardency Inn campaign, Napoleon joined only Nervo as dance music artists with cosmetics contracts.
2015–2017
Napoleon worked with online "bad bitch" fashion retailer, Dolls Kill on 7 separate campaigns. She worked on Creative and Art Direction, Styling, and Makeup Direction assisted in conceptualizing ideas for each campaign as well as starred in them. Napoleon teamed up Ardency Inn and Sephora for 2 campaigns. Her roles were Creative and Art Direction, Styling and assisting in Makeup Direction, assisting Development of Product lines, and Conceptualizing each campaign. These campaigns later launched in Urban Outfitters.
2018
Napoleon teams up with Qveen Herby to launch Qveen Studio leading Full-Service Product Development including Creative and Art Direction, as well as Manufacturing and Fulfillment.
Founder, CEO of Gostrider, Qveen Studio
2018–present
At the opening of 2018, Napoleon was pitching the creation of a Beauty Brand for a big name retailer, but the timing wasn't right. She wanted to pivot into a more sustainable business claiming "I wanted to create something for myself that I could own a piece of". After discussing the idea with her best friend, Qveen Herby, they decided that they should do it together. In October of 2018, Napoleon successfully launched Qveen Studio for Qveen Herby and Gostrider was born.. Gostrider is 100% women-owned supporting Inclusivity and Diversity through their launches. They "Create Beauty Brands, Not from Scratch" targeting Mid-Tier Celebrities. Napoleon's Co-Founder and CPO is , a Digital Product and Platform Strategy executive who has a proven record of guiding large and mid-size firms in defining and executing strategic objectives. Board Members include who has 20+ yrs in Marketing and eCommerce, for Fashion and Beauty with notable big name brands; $150M+ in Gross Sales and 3 Exists in technology-enabled high growth companies.
