He was approached to work with Madonna on her album MDNA after the success of Smash. Over the following six years Solveig released two more albums, Hedonist (2005) and C’est la Vie (2008), as well as numerous singles.Īfter the release of Smash (2011), Solveig broke through into the mainstream. In 2002 Solveig released his first full-length record, Sur la Terre, which came out on his label, Mixture. When he was 18 years old, he worked at a record store and began spinning at some of the most well-known clubs in Paris. By the age of 13 Solveig had his first pair of turntables. Dragonette has recorded several tracks with Solveig, including ‘Boys & Girls’ in 2009, along with ‘Can’t Stop’ and ‘Big in Japan’ in 2011.īorn Martin Picandet, French DJ Martin Solveig grew up studying classical music and singing in church choir. The single peaked at number one in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, and the Netherlands, before winning the Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year in April 2012. ‘Hello’ by Martin Solveig and Dragonette was released as the lead single in September 2010 before appearing on Solveig’s fifth studio album, Smash, released in June 2011. Beard is feeling better after an interesting evening. Beard lets the hula hoop drop and dances with Jane as the lights strobe and the beat drops once more. She hands him a hula hoop and the energy of the music picks up as Beard performs a solo on the stage. The beat drops and Beard dances wildly before spotting Jane.

The iconic intro of ‘Hello’ by Martin Solveig and Dragonette grows increasingly louder as Beard makes his way into a hidden neon club beneath the church. He’s ended up in a church where he hears the faint sound of an electronic beat.

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