Danger (musician)
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Franck Rivoire, known by his stage name Danger, is a French
electronic musician
residing in Paris.
and punk
bands, and other interests included skateboarding and metal music. Rivoire got his first synthesizer after seeing a friend use one and convincing his parents to buy one for him, too. His interest in electronic music was pursued further when he began using Amiga
and Atari
computers to make chiptunes, a hobby that he still practices.
Before he started using the name "Danger", Rivoire trained to be a graphic designer and worked as one professionally. When not working, he practiced digital music production. His track "11h30" was created during this time and contains his own vocals, but no lyrics; the vocals instead consist of mixed-up syllables put together.
In an effort to modernize the sound of his music, Rivoire created some new electro-influenced tracks and uploaded them onto MySpace
under the name Danger. He chose the moniker because he had previously used it for online chat clients and believed he would get free advertising as "danger" is such a commonly used word. In 2007, he signed to the label Ekler'o'shock because he enjoyed the music of its other artists, such as DatA
. There have since been three Danger EP
's released on Ekler'o'shock as well as a number of remixes released both officially and otherwise.
film series.
Danger's tracks are named after the time of the day when the track was finished — "11h30" being the French representation for 11:30, for instance — except for the track "88:88", which is a reference to a digital clock that is not plugged in.
Another unique Danger characteristic is the custom black mask and morph suit he wears during nearly all of his public appearances, and is inspired by both the band Daft Punk
and the Black Mage character from the video game series Final Fantasy
. He claims to wear the mask in order to differentiate between his shy "geek" self and the persona he takes while performing.
Rivoire has also mentioned that his MySpace background strobes intensively as a reference to the Pokémon
episode Electric Soldier Porygon
and joked that he thought it would be funny if someone got an epileptic attack from it, "especially if they have a fast PC it adds a bit of insult to the injury".
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
electronic musician
Electronic musician
An electronic musician is a musician who composes or plays music from synthetic sounds generated with synthesizers, samplers, drum machines or music sequencers....
residing in Paris.
History
Rivoire's musical history started an early age, when his parents introduced him to the piano and saxophone. Growing up, he played in both jazzJazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
and punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
bands, and other interests included skateboarding and metal music. Rivoire got his first synthesizer after seeing a friend use one and convincing his parents to buy one for him, too. His interest in electronic music was pursued further when he began using Amiga
Amiga
The Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...
and Atari
Atari
Atari is a corporate and brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972. It is currently owned by Atari Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of the French publisher Atari, SA . The original Atari, Inc. was founded in 1972 by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney. It was a pioneer in...
computers to make chiptunes, a hobby that he still practices.
Before he started using the name "Danger", Rivoire trained to be a graphic designer and worked as one professionally. When not working, he practiced digital music production. His track "11h30" was created during this time and contains his own vocals, but no lyrics; the vocals instead consist of mixed-up syllables put together.
In an effort to modernize the sound of his music, Rivoire created some new electro-influenced tracks and uploaded them onto MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
under the name Danger. He chose the moniker because he had previously used it for online chat clients and believed he would get free advertising as "danger" is such a commonly used word. In 2007, he signed to the label Ekler'o'shock because he enjoyed the music of its other artists, such as DatA
DATA
Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa was a multinational non-government organization founded in January 2002 in London by U2's Bono along with Bobby Shriver and activists from the Jubilee 2000 Drop the Debt campaign....
. There have since been three Danger EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
's released on Ekler'o'shock as well as a number of remixes released both officially and otherwise.
Idiosyncrasies
Each Danger EP is named after a date following the first one, 09/14 2007 (September 14, 2007), which is the day he finished the EP. These EP's have not been released in chronological order; in fact, "EPII" has been promoted on his MySpace since the release of the first EP, but has yet to be released, and 09/16 2007 and 09/17 2007 are actually EPIII and EPIV, respectively. This strange chronology is a reference to that of the Star WarsStar Wars
Star Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...
film series.
Danger's tracks are named after the time of the day when the track was finished — "11h30" being the French representation for 11:30, for instance — except for the track "88:88", which is a reference to a digital clock that is not plugged in.
Another unique Danger characteristic is the custom black mask and morph suit he wears during nearly all of his public appearances, and is inspired by both the band Daft Punk
Daft Punk
Daft Punk are an electronic music duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter . Daft Punk reached significant popularity in the late 1990s house movement in France and met with continued success in the years following, combining elements of house with synthpop...
and the Black Mage character from the video game series Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy
is a media franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi, and is developed and owned by Square Enix . The franchise centers on a series of fantasy and science-fantasy role-playing video games , but includes motion pictures, anime, printed media, and other merchandise...
. He claims to wear the mask in order to differentiate between his shy "geek" self and the persona he takes while performing.
Rivoire has also mentioned that his MySpace background strobes intensively as a reference to the Pokémon
Pokémon
is a media franchise published and owned by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games developed by Game Freak, Pokémon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video...
episode Electric Soldier Porygon
Electric Soldier Porygon
is the thirty-eighth episode of the Pokémon anime's first season. Its only broadcast was in Japan on December 16, 1997. In the episode, Ash and his friends find at the local Pokémon Center that there is something wrong with the Poké Ball transmitting device...
and joked that he thought it would be funny if someone got an epileptic attack from it, "especially if they have a fast PC it adds a bit of insult to the injury".
Future Plans
Franck plans to release EPII before his first full-length album. The album has been in production since 2010 or earlier, and is expected to be released in 2011.EPs
| Year | Title | Tracks |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 09/14 2007 | "11h30" |
| "11h30 (DatA DATA Debt, AIDS, Trade, Africa was a multinational non-government organization founded in January 2002 in London by U2's Bono along with Bobby Shriver and activists from the Jubilee 2000 Drop the Debt campaign.... Remix)" |
||
| "14h54" | ||
| "19h11" | ||
| 2009 | 09/16 2007 | "88:88" |
| "00:01 feat. Vyle" | ||
| "07:46" | ||
| "88:88 (EAT EAT EAT or eat may refer to:* Eating, the process of consuming food, for the purpose of providing for the nutritional needs of an animal* To take a loss in a transaction. The one who absorbs the loss is said to eat the cost of that loss... Remix)" |
||
| "88:88 (80kidz Remix)" | ||
| 2010 | 09/17 2007 | "4h30" |
| "3h11" | ||
| "3h16" | ||
| "4h30 (Riot Kid Remix)" | ||
| "4h30 (Oliver $ Remix)" |
Remixes
| Year | Track | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | "Revolte at 22h10" (Credited as an original Danger track; a remix of "Weak Generation") |
Revolte |
| 2008 | "American Boy (Danger Remix)" (An instrumental version called "Armageddon Boy" can also be found) |
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| "Into the Galaxy (Danger Remix)" | Midnight Juggernauts Midnight Juggernauts Midnight Juggernauts are a band from Melbourne, Australia composed of Andrew Szekeres, Vincent Vendetta, and Daniel Stricker. The band has been described as anything from 'prog dance meets cosmic film scores', to 'slasher-flick disco' to 'deadpan landscape',... |
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| "My Way (Danger Remix)" | Starskee | |
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| "Love Juice (Danger TV Remix)" | Symbol One | |
| "Give It All You Got (Danger Beach Remix)" | Lil Jon Lil Jon Jonathan Mortimer Smith , better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper, music producer, entrepreneur, and occasional disc jockey who was a member of the group Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz. Lil Jon formed the group in 1997, and the group released several albums between then and 2004... ft. Kee KEE KEE is a frame-based development tool for Expert Systems. KEE was developed and sold by IntelliCorp. It was first released in 1983 and ran on Lisp Machines. KEE was later ported to Lucid Common Lisp with CLX... |
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| "Ne.Oh!.Pen (Danger Remix)" (Remix of "Oh!"; named after graphic designer Neopen) |
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| 2009 | "Walking On A Dream (Danger Racing Remix)" | Empire Of The Sun Empire of the Sun (band) Empire of the Sun is an Australian electronic music duo that formed in 2008. The duo is composed of Luke Steele of The Sleepy Jackson and Nick Littlemore of Pnau. The two met in 2000 after both being signed to the same record label. Luke and Nick knew that they instantly had a chemistry like no other... |
| "Drown In The Now feat. Matisyahu Matisyahu Matthew Paul Miller , better known by his Hebrew name and stage name Matisyahu, is an American Hasidic Jewish reggae and alternative rock musician.... (Danger Spy Remix)" |
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| "All The Right Moves (Danger Remix)" | One Republic | |
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| "Acid Washed (Danger Remix)" | Acid Washed | |
| "In For The Kill (Danger Ocean Remix)" | La Roux La Roux La Roux are an English electropop duo made up of singer, keyboardist, co-writer and co-producer Eleanor Kate Jackson, and co-writer and co-producer Ben Langmaid. Jackson describes their relationship as "very much a half and half sharing situation... not like a singer producer outfit", but also... |
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| "Me & You (Danger Remix)" | Nero Nero (band) Nero are an electronic music act from London, England consisting of Daniel Stephens and Joe Ray. Alana Watson provides vocals on many of the duo's songs, though she is not officially a band member. On 6 December 2010, Nero were announced as nominees for the BBC's Sound of 2011 poll.-History:Nero... |
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| 2011 | "In Doubt feat. CocknBullKid CocknBullKid Anita Blay better known by her professional name CocknBullKid, is an English singer-songwriter. Her first releases were released under the name thecocknbullkid.-Career:... (Danger Remix)" |
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Other Tracks
- "9:19", released on Ekler'o'shock's EOS MMX - The Summer Solstice Edition One
- "9h20", made in 2007 and available online
- "12h38", a track used in "The Big Purple Van Club" video performance by Danger in 2008
- "13h12 (Live Edit)", a track that has been ripped twice from Danger's live sets: once without the full intro and once without the full ending
- Attraction soundtrack, music for a lengthy Japanese/French interactive anti-smoking ad/animation directed by Koji MorimotoKoji Morimoto, born December 26, 1959) is an animator and one of Japan’s premier anime directors.- Biography :Born in Wakayama, Japan, he graduated from the Osaka School of Design in 1979 and a couple years later joined the studio Annapuru as an animator for the TV series “Tomorrow's Joe”...