What's Madeon up to today?

Why, he's shamelessly promoting his new album, Adventure, which "drops" in a fortnight. And with good reason, because it's shaping up to be one of the more exciting electronic albums of the year.

The latest teaser for the record is a song called Home - and, for once, he's put his own vocals on it. The French DJ (Hugo Pierre Leclercq to his mum) explained why in a series of tweets last night.

In january of last year, I stopped touring completely to focus on writing music for Adventure.

— Madeon (@madeon) March 9, 2015

I have this thing I do about once a year. I lock myself in the studio for 24 hours and make two or three new songs from start to finish

— Madeon (@madeon) March 9, 2015

By the 18th hour, the combination of sleep deprivation, creative frustration and isolation put me in this weird vulnerable state.

— Madeon (@madeon) March 9, 2015

I kind of felt like giving up on music to be honest, so I made a song about that.

— Madeon (@madeon) March 9, 2015

Because I was alone in the studio and had a microphone, I ended up recording it myself and finished producing it in the few hours remaining.

— Madeon (@madeon) March 9, 2015

I dont see myself as a singer but I thought it would be weird to have anyone else do the song so I kept it the same as the demo on the album

— Madeon (@madeon) March 9, 2015

Premiered by Annie Mac on Tuesday's Evening Session, it's a stunning track - happy and sad and uplifting and moving all at once. Here's the official audio.

Madeon - Home

You should also check out Madeon's current single, Pay No Mind, featuring Passion Pit, which is awesome.

Madeon - Pay No Mind

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