DJ Champion

Maxime Morin (born c. 1969), is a Montreal-based Canadian multi-instrumentalist, better known for his work in electronic music under the name DJ Champion, or simply Champion.

Early music career Maxime Morin began playing guitar at age 13, mostly specializing in heavy metal music. He went on to play in a few punk and metal bands, but by the age of 25, he found himself moving away from metal and gravitating towards techno. The transition was a gradual one: "Totally, I was like 'Dance music is crap!' So it was actually a big liberation, to lose my fear of dance music," said Morin in a 2004 interview. By about age 27, he stopped playing guitar altogether. in a direction where he could combine "the two things that made [him] feel good: Live electronics and guitars..." During live performances, he and his live band would tour as "Champion et ses G Strings" ("Champion and his G Strings"). His live act often consisted of four guitarists, one bassist, a vocalist, and Morin working at his laptop and conducting the band. On occasion, he has also played live drums. "I heard Betty singing those blues songs, and she was the girl for that job," said Morin. as well as in the opening credits of the television series The Line and the ending credits of the game Army of Two.

Chill'em All won the Album of the Year Félix Award in 2005 in the electronic/techno category and was nominated for Best Dance Recording at the 2006 Juno Awards. "No Heaven" was nominated at the 2006 CASBY Awards in the category Favourite New Song and won the SOCAN prize for Dance Music in 2007. The album went on to sell over 100,000 copies across Canada.

Resistance In 2007, Champion composed the soundtrack to the video game Snakes Subsonic.

In 2008, after a long spate of touring and performing, Morin felt that his newer material was starting to sound too similar to the songs of Chill'em All, and he decided to delete an entire studio recording in order to start fresh. He withdrew from the musical scene and began experimenting. He also recruited Pilou Côté, a young musician from Montreal, to provide vocals, replacing Bonifassi, who had since formed the electronic music project Beast with Jean-Philippe Goncalves.

Resistance was released on 15 September 2009, Sébastien Blais-Montpetit – guitar

Past Betty Bonifassi – vocals Blanche Baillargeon — Bass

Illness and recovery On 18 May 2010, it was announced on Champion's official website that all concert dates up to 3 July were cancelled due to a "health matter" that required him to "stop all activities in order to regain his strength". On 7 June, an updated statement was added to his official website, confirming that he would be postponing all performances indefinitely. On 4 July, Champion's management company, Bonsound, officially announced to the press that Morin was suffering from lymphoma. On 27 January 2011, Champion posted an announcement, stating, "I ain't sick anymore", and on 13 April, another post stated that he would "gradually resume performing in the coming weeks".

Discography Chill'em All (2005) The Remix Album (2006) Live (2007) Resistance (2009) °1 (2013) Best Seller (2016)

Singles chart positions Year Song Chart positions Album CAN CANAlt. 2007 "No Heaven" 30 Chill'em All 2008 "I Put a Spell on You" 96 The Remix Album 2009 "Alive Again" – 13 Resistance 2010 "Perfect in Between" – 18