Pedro Winter

Pedro Winter born Pierre Winter 21 April 1975 also known by the stage name Busy P is a French record producer DJ record label owner and former artist manager He was the manager of Daft Punk from 1996 to 2008 and in 2003 founded the electronic music label Ed Banger Records in which he signed artists like Justice Breakbot SebastiAn Cassius Mr Oizo DJ Mehdi and Myd among others Winter was born on 21 April 1975 in Paris France He grew up under the influence of heavy metal hiphop and rock that would later show in his music he says his favourite band of all time is Beastie Boys He discovered electronic music in 1992 with his brother Thomas Winter Shortly after he started DJing at the Whats Up Bar and organizing the events Hype at Folies Pigalle and then Smoker The Palace with David Guetta In 1996 when he was a law student Pedro met Thomas Bangalter and GuyManuel de HomemChristo The soontobefamous duo Daft Punk asked him to be their manager and he obliged In 2002 he created Headbangers Entertainment through which he managed various artists including Cassius Cosmo Vitelli Thomas Winter et Bogue and DJ Mehdi A year later Winter founded the label Ed Banger Records a music division that first signed Mr Flash with the release Radar Rider then signing Justice followed by SebastiAn in 2004 and later Uffie DJ Mehdi Mr Oizo and more In 2008 he stopped managing Daft Punk to focus on his label and music career as Busy P For Phoenixs debut album United Winter performed on a Rapman synthesizer in the song Funky Squaredance His remix single of Fancys Whats Your Name Again was a club hit on its release The music video for this was again created under the Ed Banger Records label Pedro was married to Nadege Winter head of public relations at Parisian boutique Colette His brother Thomas Winter an indie and electro house vocalist is a former tattooshop owner Source Article Pedro Winter from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30