Quentin Mosimann


Quentin Mosimann 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 Magazine, 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 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 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. 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 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,, 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 :fr:Party Fun|Party Fun show on air on Fun Radio was ranked No. 1 with 638,000 listeners 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 public television.

2015: ''What I Did For Love''

In January 2015, he released his official remix of "What I Did For Love". In April 2015, he released his official remix of "Feel the Vibe". 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 :fr:Party Fun|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' was executed. On 10 December 2015, the release of Rollon - Run Away 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 Magazine 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

Official remixes

As John Louly :
As Quentin Mosimann :

Podcasts

Every month, Quentin Mosimann publishes free podcasts on iTunes : House Bless You By Mosimann, his mixes are also available on Fun Radio.