Hello,
I'm Mathieu Artu

Motion picture composer from France

I've been playing music since forever.
And I really hope that one day I'll do this for a living.
Meanwhile, I'm doing as much as possible to get noticed.

I've been working under the name of RQTN for 6 years now, releasing 2 EPs and 4 albums. It's basically modern classical music.
I also do a lot of indie-rock (being the lead singer/guitarist of Kid North) and electronica.

Here you'll get a selection of my work.
Every sound and piece of music you'll hear on this page was composed, played and produced by me.
If you want to work with me (I sure want to work with you), send me an e-mail at : mathieu.artu.public@gmail.com

Motion picture soundtrack

I Need Shine
I made the score for this marvelous short movie by Mustafa Mazouzi.
This is my soundtrack edit, the original movie is more than 20 minutes long.

Modern-Classical

Three Weeks
Relaxing and travel-ish feeling.
Excerpt from my latest EP "Passenger"

Passenger
Epic, adventurous and mysterious.
Excerpt from my latest EP "Passenger"

Late Celebration
Voices, exaltation, long-gone childhood.
Excerpt from my latest EP "Passenger"

Le transfert
Melancholia, nostalgia, time passing by.
Excerpt from my album "3200 ISO"

Asphalte
Piano theme. Tenacity, vibration.
Excerpt from my album "3200 ISO"

I Need Shine (Strings)
Radical and yet foggy
Excerpt from the movie "I Need Shine"

I Need Shine (Main Theme)
Piano Theme. Duality, research, longing.
Excerpt from the movie "I Need Shine"

Indie Rock

Stargazer
Dashing into space, epic, fast-travel.
Solo works.

Hide And Seek
Bouncing, street-hunting.
Solo works featured in Kid North's first EP.

Battle Scars
City lights, 80's car racing through the docks
Solo works featured in Kid North's first EP.

Electronica

Ruine
Frozen landscapes, hostile caverns
Solo works.

Lost Love
Sunset / Beach / Lens flares
Solo works.

Waltz
Someone is dying in Blade Runner 2
Solo works.