Audrey Napoleon

Audrey Napoleon an American electronic music producer,[1][2][3][4][5][6] DJ and entrepreneur.[7][8] Napoleon moved to Los Angeles in 2005, launched her DJ career in 2008 and is now the Founder, CEO of Gostrider. Napoleon now lives in New York City.

Audrey Napoleon
Napoleon in 2019
Background information
OriginHouston, Texas
GenresElectronic music, House music
Occupation(s)Record Producer • DJ • Creative Director • Entrepreneur
Years active2008–Current
LabelsMau5trap, Ultra Music, Wind-up Records
Websiteaudreynapoleon.com

Early life

Napoleon was born in Houston, Texas to a creative family. Growing up, she always had a knack for music whether that was performances, playing an instrument, singing, etc. She received her first guitar at the age of 13 and later moved on to the piano.

Career

Napoleon's career began in the Los Angeles club scene in 2008. She was working at Geisha House as a waitress when one night a friend took her to a club to see James Zabiela. "After I saw James play that night, I decided I wanted to be a DJ and began to teach myself. I would play for next to nothing just to get my name out there, sometimes twice a night and eventually began to throw my own parties. Avalon caught wind of my name which got me my residency there...and the first night I opened for James."[9]

After 3 years on the scene, Audrey reached Multi-platinum status with hit single written for Heineken's campaign, that aired globally from 2011 - 2014 and in Times Square jumbotron.

After her release of Ornamental Egos, she became one of the top 5 female DJ/Producers touring the world. Napoleon maintained her dark approach, with the follow up single "Dope a la Mode" which was featured as one of the Top 10 Tracks of the year by DJ Mag.

Napoleon produced three original tracks for Swedish commercial director Fredrik Bond's Sundance Award-winning film, The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman, starring Shia LaBeouf and Evan Rachel Wood.

An original song from Napoleon's Ornamental Egos EP, "Only You", was featured in the season finale of Naomi Campbell's television series The Face.

Napoleon has performed in front of millions of fans, with artists like The Cure, Skrillex, Kaskade, Deadmau5, Nero, Steve Angello and Tiesto at some of the largest festivals including Coachella, EDC, and Escape from Wonderland as well as The American Music Awards and The Grammy Awards.

Napoleon officially retired from music in 2018.

Creative direction

2011–2013

Napoleon created a short film for her single "Poison" as well as co-directed the styling and makeup of the short film.[10][11]

2013–2015

Napoleon starred in award-winning V-Moda M100 headphones campaign, advised in Creative Direction as well as Makeup and Styling. This campaign was featured in American Vogue.[12]

Napoleon collaborated with The Rodnik Brand. a hand-made fashion line supported by Karl Lagerfeld and Lady Gaga, to create a clothing line. Napoleon starred in the campaign as well as advised on Creative and Art Direction. This campaign was featured in Italian Vogue[13] and Nylon Magazine.[14]

Napoleon was unveiled Ardency Inn's new eyeliner headliner. The Modster eyeliner kits included Ardency Inn's signature product in black, blue and gold, designed to last well into the night (or morning) of clubbing or just working up a sweat at your best friend's holiday party. With her Ardency Inn campaign, Napoleon joined only Nervo as dance music artists with cosmetics contracts (the duo has been signed with Cover Girl since 2012).[15]

2015–2017

Napoleon worked with online "bad bitch" fashion retailer, Dolls Kill on 7 separate campaigns. She worked on Creative and Art Direction, Styling, and Makeup Direction as well as assisted in conceptualizing ideas for each campaign as well as starred in them.

Napoleon teamed up with Ardency Inn and Sephora for 2 campaigns. Her roles were Creative and Art Direction, Styling and assisting in Makeup Direction, assisting Development of Product lines, and Conceptualizing each campaign. These campaigns later launched in Urban Outfitters.

2018

Napoleon teams up with Qveen Herby to launch Qveen Studio. Leading to the inception of Gostrider, a Talent friendly, Full-Service Beauty Business in a Box.

Founder, CEO of Gostrider

2017–present

At the close of 2017, Napoleon was exhausted and fed up with the Music Industry. She spent years as one of the Top 5 Female DJs globally, winning awards, and going Multi-Platinum only to be used and spit out. After successfully getting out from underneath her label, she decided to pivot into a more sustainable business model claiming "I wanted to create something for myself that I could own, that the Industry couldn't take away from me". She imagined other Talents felt the same way so she made it her mission to help Talents do just that.

In October of 2018, Napoleon successfully launched Qveen Studio for Qveen Herby and Gostrider was born.[16][17] Gostrider is a 100% women-owned, Brand Incubator creating Businesses in a Box for Talent Beauty Brands.

Board Members include Marc Geiger, the global head of the William Morris Endeavor Music Division, co-founder of Lollapalooza and ARTISTdirect. George Swisher who has 20+ yrs in Marketing and eCommerce for Fashion and Beauty with notable big name brands like NARS and BAREMinerals; $150M+ in Gross Sales and 3 Exists in technology-enabled high growth companies.

Discography

Singles
  • 2010: "This is Fucking Techno" (Circuit Freq Records)
  • 2011: "Group Games" (Death Proof Recordings)
  • 2011: "Mission: Sleep" (Death Proof Recordings)
  • 2011: "Bird Lynch" (Circuit Freq Records)
  • 2011: "Foxy Boxy" (SQE Music)
  • 2012: "Banana Soda Es Muy Loca" (SQE Music)
  • 2012: "#MySunrise" (SQE Music) (Heineken #MySunrise Ad) (Triple Platinum, Cannes Lion Award, Piaf Award)
  • 2012: "Green +15" (SQE Music)
  • 2013: "Dope A La Mode" (SQE Music)
  • 2017: "Breathe" (Datacode Records)
  • 2018: "Dope A La Mode (2018)" (Independent Records)

EPs
  • 2012: Ornamental Egos (SQE Music)

Remixes
  • 2011: D. Ramirez – "Everybody Has the Right" (Toolroom Records)
  • 2013: C.C. Sheffield – "Long Brown Hair" (Ultra Records)
  • 2014: Filter – "Surprise" (Wind-up Records)
  • 2014: Le Castle Vania – "Disintegration" (mau5trap)
  • 2015: Colette Carr – "Static" (Kawaii Nation)

Mixed compilations
  • 2010: Death Techno 015 (Death Techno)
  • 2012: Prospects (Death Proof Recordings)
  • 2013: Keep It Death Proof (Death Proof Recordings)

References
  1. "Interview: Audrey Napoleon". Archived from the original on November 1, 2012. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  2. "Interview with Audrey Napoleon – International DJ/Song-writer/Producer – Business Rock Stars". Archived from the original on May 30, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  3. "DJ-producer Audrey Napoleon beginning new residency". LVRJ.com. August 14, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
  4. "Revo Radar: Audrey Napoleon". wers.org. August 4, 2012. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
  5. "Audrey Napoleon on ornaments of the ego and the birth of electronic glamour [Interview]". Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  6. "Audrey Napoleon Performs Like She Has Sex". LAWeekly.com. July 24, 2012. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  7. "For the Modern-Day Boss Bitch". Qveen. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  8. Baltin, Steve. "Qveen Herby And Audrey Napoleon: The Singer And DJ Behind Qveen Studio Cosmetics". Forbes. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  9. "Interview: Audrey Napoleon". Interview: Audrey Napoleon. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  10. "Audrey Napoleon on ornaments of the ego and the birth of electronic glamour [Interview] - EARMILK". EARMILK. April 24, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  11. "L4LM Exclusive Interview: Audrey Napoleon". L4LM. July 19, 2013. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  12. "V-MODA". v-moda.com. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  13. "Audrey Napoleon - Vogue". www.vogue.it. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  14. "FIRST LOOK: RODNIK X AUDREY NAPOLEON". NYLON. December 17, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  15. "Audrey Napoleon is Ardency Inn's New Eyeliner Headliner". Thump. November 6, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  16. "Qveen Herby And Audrey Napoleon: The Singer And DJ Behind Qveen Studio Cosmetics". www.forbes.com. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  17. "Holiday Lewks with Qveen Herby and Audrey Napoleon Episode Guide". Natch Beaut. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
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