Antoine Becks
| Antoine Becks | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Antoine Marcel Toupin |
| Born |
28 June 1981 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Genres | Alternative, electronic, dance, house, synthpop, new wave |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, DJ, composer, singer, songwriter, producer, ex child actor |
| Years active | 1999 - present |
| Labels | Vandit, System, Mute, Ultra, Transmission, Mad Decent, Radikal |
| Associated acts | Second Sun, CB7, Shannon Leto & Antoine Becks |
| Website | antoinebecks |
Antoine Becks (born Antoine Toupin; June 28, 1981) is a Canadian-American musician, producer, actor, former singer of the live act duo Second Sun, and frontman of the alternative band CB7.
Antoine was born in Montreal, but lived in New York City in the first four years of his life. He is French Canadian on his father's side and American on his mother's side. His parents are both artists, which is why they've supported his desire to be a musician since the beginning. In an interview during one of his visits to Kiev he told the story of, "When I was 5 years old, I was obsessed with The Beatles. I made myself a cardboard guitar, sat everyone around and pretended that I was one of The Beatles. I had my first real guitar at the age of 7. I sang and played, and I never stopped",. At 8 years old, besides the guitar, he already played bass, drums and the piano.
As a teenager, Antoine played in many garage bands but he left them eventually. Being a fan of raves, he used things like Nintendo gloves and pants from the bubble polyethylen, and went to the clubs, whose music he always felt in his heart.
At 12 years old Antoine started to on a Canadian TV series called & a teen drama called and a cameo appearance in the Canadian court show Les grands procès At the age of 20 after he got his first record deal with Vandit records; Antoine gave up acting to focus on his electronic live act Second Sun.
In early 2000, Antoine met Adam White, who worked at a music store at the time. "I came in the store to buy something and it all ended up with me asking Adam to join me.", he recalls. They later became known as Second Sun.
Antoine was new to producing electronic dance music so it was a learning process, but after 6 months of trying to create his first track, Antoine gave a CD to Paul Van Dyk, asking him what he thought about it. A week later, Paul offered to sign Second Sun to Vandit Records and they took the chance. From then on, the requests for Second Sun shows went off the scale.
Their debut album "Inside Out" was expected to be trance, but the duet surprised everyone with a variety of sounds and acoustic instruments. "We love the airy feeling of trance music, but at the same time we wanted to be more varied and incorporate proper songs, not just dancefloor bangers. At the time it was rare to hear a rock-driven male vocal on a dance track", said Antoine, and it was ultimately reflected in their single "Doing It Well" with Paul Harris of Dirty Vegas. Second Sun also collaborated with Paul Van Dyk on the hit single "Crush", which was on Paul Van Dyk's Grammy-Nominated album "Reflections". Second Sun also collaborated with Grammy-winner Cedric Gervais on a number of house singles (including a remix of Queen's "Another One Bites The Dust" (appearing as "The Miami Project") and Antoine's voice was featured on Sharam's hit single "P.A.T.T. (Party All The Time)".
...
Wikipedia