Benoit Heitz (born 1985), known by his stage name Surkin, is a French musician, record producer, DJ and art director.
He studied contemporary art at Villa Arson in Nice before moving to Paris to start his music career.
[8] The album is influenced by Detroit techno, 80's electro and Chicago House, featuring vocals by Ann Saunderson (from Inner City) and Marshall Jefferson collaborator Kevin Irving.
The subsequent music video, directed by Inigo Westmeier and executive produced by French director Romain Gavras, was shot at the Chinese fighting school of Shaolin Tagou and featured a synchronized choreography by 36,000 of their students.
[10][11][12] In 2016, Surkin composed the original music of the Nike campaign 'Da Da Ding'[13] which won numerous awards at international advertising competitions [14][15][16] and scored the launch video of the iPhone 7 "Don't Blink" which was shown in September at the Apple keynote in Cupertino.