Les Gordon

Marc Mifune (born in Rennes, France),[1] whose stage name is Les Gordon, is a French electronic musician and songwriter.[2]

For the English footballer, see Les Gordon (footballer).
Les Gordon
Birth nameMarc Mifune
BornRennes, France
GenresElectronic
Years active2013-present
LabelsArista

Early life

Gordon went to the École des Beaux-Arts.[2][3] Originally from Rennes,[2] he studied at the École Émile-Cohl in Lyon. His father is Taiwanese[2][3] and his stage name comes from the Scottish artist Douglas Gordon.[2] He notably studied cello and guitar.[4]

Career

Mifune began creating his first tracks under the pseudonym Morning Crash, when he began learning how to make computer-aided music.[5] His current stage name, Les Gordon, is a reference to Douglas Gordon, videographer and visual artist; "Les" is an English name that references British artists such as Four Tet, Gold Panda, Mount Kimbie and many others.[6]

Mifune has been an opening act for Stromae (Rencontres Trans Musicales of 2013), Madeon (Le Trianon) and Fauve[1][7] (eighteen representations [2]).

He composed Saisons (2014), Les cheveux longs (2015) and Atlas (2016),[7] along with a collaboration EP, Croquis n°1 (2015).[2] and signed to the French label Kitsuné[7] after leaving the label Allo Floride.[4]

He has a band, which is called Singapour (2015), where Gordon is a producer and his friend Roman Oswald writes lyrics.[5]

He is featured in several duos such as Mondrian with Roman Oswald[8] and Leska with Douchka.[9]

Nearly in 2018, Mifune was signed to French subdivision of Sony Music's record label Arista Records.

In the same year, he released his long-play album La. This album included song Flirting With June, that was used in Apple's September Event 2019 intro and advertisement Wonderful tools.[10][11]

Albums
  • White Land (25 August 2013) [12]
  • Diadème (3 March 2014) [13]
  • Françoise // Brigitte (20 June 2014)[14]
  • Atlas (11 December 2016) [15]
  • La (29 June 2018) [16]

References
  1. "Le tube " Atlas " de Les Gordon détricoté par Kidswaste - Greenroom". Greenroom (in French). 22 March 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
  2. Ainouz, Abigail. "[interview] Les Gordon : "Les gens pensent que l'electro se fait en tournant un bouton. Derrière les chansons, il y a un savoir-faire." - Les inRocks Lab". Les Inrocks (in French). Retrieved 2016-09-22.
  3. Ainouz, Abigail. "Découverte du lab #135 : Les Gordon - Les inRocks Lab". Les Inrocks (in French). Retrieved 2016-09-22.
  4. "Young Energy : Les Gordon, je ne voulais pas décevoir le public avant Stromae". 18 February 2015. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
  5. "Exclusive Mixtape & Interview: Les Gordon". 4 December 2015.
  6. "[Interview] les Gordon". 21 November 2015.
  7. "Les Gordon – Atlas EP" (in French). Archived from the original on 2017-02-14. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
  8. "Le Rennais Marc Mifune bosse avec Stromae et Fauve". jactiv.ouest-france.fr. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
  9. "TransMusicales de Rennes. La programmation 2016 en vidéo". Ouest-France.fr. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
  10. September Event 2019 — Apple, retrieved 2023-02-12
  11. Wonderful tools — Apple, retrieved 2023-02-12
  12. "White Land, by les Gordon".
  13. "Diadème, by les Gordon".
  14. "Françoise // Brigitte, by les Gordon".
  15. "SoundCloud - Hear the world's sounds".
  16. "La".
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