Stephen Fasano, better known by his stage name The Magician, is a Belgian DJ and record producer from Namur, in Belgium. He is best known for his 2011 remix of Lykke Li's "I Follow Rivers", his single "Sunlight" featuring Years & Years and his 2014 remix of Clean Bandit's "Rather Be" which were worldwide hits. In 2014, he received the Electro award during the Belgian ceremony Les Octaves de la musique.Archives - Les Octaves de la Musique 2014 - Récompenses His monthly mixtapes called Magic Tapes, which he started releasing in the mid-2010s, feature new dance music from an array of genres.
Career 2007–2010: Aeroplane
He was a member of music duo Aeroplane with Vito de Luca since 2007. In 2010, Fasano announced that he was leaving the duo to start his own solo project. De Luca continues to use the name Aeroplane.
2011–2013: Twist In 2011, he released his debut EP Twist on the hip French label Kitsuné in collaboration with Yuksek as Peter and The Magician. In October 2011, he released his debut single "I Don't Know What to Do" featuring Jeppe Laursen on Kitsuné.iTunes – Music – I Don't Know What to Do (feat. Jeppe) [Remixes] [Bonus Track Version] – EP by The Magician In 2012, he released the single "Memory" again with Yuksek as Peter and The Magician on Kitsuné. In September 2013, he released the single "When the Night Is Over",iTunes – Music – When the Night Is Over (feat. Newtimers) [Radio Edit] – Single by The Magician and also later released the single "On My Brain" on Party Fine Music.
2014–2019: Breakthrough In July 2014, he released the single "Sunlight" featuring vocals from Years & Years;iTunes – Music – Sunlight (feat. Years & Years) [Radio Edit] by The Magician the song peaked at number 7 in Belgium. The song was released in the United Kingdom on 28 September 2014. The Magician performed "Sunlight" along with Years & Years at the 2014 MTV Europe Music Awards in Glasgow, Scotland as part of the Digital Show which was held at the O2 Academy Glasgow. In July 2014, he launched his own label Potion RecordsPotion Records' Official Website to release his own music as well as the music of others. Artists like Fabich,Spotify - Fabich the Aston Shuffle, Bobby Nourmand,Spotify - Bobby Nourmand Just Kiddin, EndorSpotify - Endor and AevionSpotify - Aevion have released music with Potion Records. The label took a break in 2019. In parallel, The Magician tours mainly in the United States and in Europe. He also performed at Tomorrowland in 2018.
2020–present: Renaissance The Magician maintains a solid rhythm in releasing remixes. He also released the Renaissance EP in May 2020.Spotify – Renaissance – EP by The Magician He took advantage of the COVID-19 quarantine to launch his live vinyl home show Supervision.Youtube - All SUPERVISION shows by The Magician Later that year, he relaunched his label Potion Records in collaboration with French music company Unity GroupUnity Group's Official Website and released music from Soda StateSpotify - Soda State and Aevion.
The album Magic Tape 100 was to be released in 2021.
Discography
Extended plays Title Details Twist(featuring Peter) Released: 21 June 2011 Label: Kitsuné I Don't Know What to Do (Remixes)(featuring Jeppe) Released: 3 October 2011 Label: Kitsuné Memory (Remixes) Released: 12 July 2012 Label: Kitsuné When the Night Is Over (The Remixes) Released: 1 November 2013 Label: Parlophone When the Night Is Over EP Released: 29 November 2013 Label: Parlophone Sunlight (+ The Remixes) Released: 15 September 2014 Label: Potion / Parlophone Together Released: 22 June 2015 Label: Potion Tied Up (The Remixes) Released: 23 March 2017 Label: Sony Slow Motion (The Remixes) Released: 10 November 2017 Label: Sony Las Vegas (The Remixes) Released: 16 March 2018 Label: Sony Ready to Love (The Remixes) Released: 7 June 2019 Label: Sony Renaissance Released: 15 May 2020 Label: Asylum
Singles Title Year Peak chart positionsCertifications Album BEL (Fl) BEL (Wa) AUS FRA UK UK Dance "I Don't Know What to Do"(featuring Jeppe) 2011 — — — — — — rowspan="14" "When the Night Is Over"(featuring Newtimers) 2013 — 44 — — — — "Sunlight"(featuring Years & Years) 2014 7 11 20 184 7 3 ARIA: Gold BEA: Gold BPI: Gold "Together" 2015 20 — — — — — "Shy"(featuring Brayton Bowman) 2016 32 — — — — — "Tied Up"(with Julian Perretta)2017 33 — — 52 — — "Slow Motion"(with TCTS featuring Sam Sure) — — — — — — "Las Vegas"(with Ebenezer) 2018 — — — — — — "Love Break"(featuring Hamza) — — — — — — SNEP: Gold "Build a Fire"(featuring Clew & Prov) — — — — — — "Jalisco"(with Kideko) — — — — — — "Ready to Love" 2019 — — — — — — "Club Fever Pt. 1: Disco Dakka" — — — — — — "You and Me" 2020 — — — — — — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Singles as Peter and The Magician Year Title Album 2012 "Memory"(featuring Peter) rowspan="2" 2013 "On My Brain"(featuring Peter)
References
Notes A "I Don't Know What to Do" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 55 on the Flemish Ultratip chart. B "I Don't Know What to Do" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 23 on the Walloon Ultratip chart. C "When the Night Is Over" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 26 on the Flemish Ultratip chart. D "Together" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 7 on the Walloon Ultratip chart. E "Tied Up" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 3 on the Walloon Ultratip chart. F "Las Vegas" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 15 on the Flemish Ultratip chart. G "Las Vegas" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 36 on the Walloon Ultratip chart. H "Build a Fire" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 27 on the Flemish Ultratip chart. I "Build a Fire" did not enter the Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 31 on the Walloon Ultratip chart.
External links Official website