Toronto R&B artist Storry is a 2021 Juno Nominee in the “Adult Contemporary Album of the Year” for her album “CH III: The Come Up”. The album, produced by Jean Massicotte, is nominated alongside Céline Dion, Alanis Morisette and Pierre Lapointe.
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With “Fear and Greed”, an instrumental EP infused with post-rock influences released on March 12, Philippe Brault gives a new life to the music he composed for choreographer Frederick Gravel’s unique show “Fear and Greed” at Usine C and performed live with Philippe on bass backed by veteran musicians Nicolas Basque on guitar (Plants and Animals) and José Major on drums (Pierre Lapointe, Jimmy Hunt).
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New moniker of musician and composer Serge Nakauchi Pelletier, Dead in Motion’s minimalist approach is reminiscent of artists such as Pharmakon, Johann Johannsson, Cliff Martinez and Trent Reznor, and blends low dissonant drones, unnerving strings-synths duos, ambient piano and guitar-driven noise to score his first album “Delirium”, an experimental soundtrack to an imagined psycho-thriller.
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On November 20th, Doubleheader (Arthur Comeau, Jean Massicotte) presents Sim Wall, a 10-track debut album with an evocative title, which puts aside any genre or language constraint to explore new sonic territories. The resulting musical offer is both unique and accessible. On Sim Wall, the duo’s beatmaking and creative soundtwisting are brought to the next level by the stellar vocal performances of several cream-of-the-crop Canadian artists, including Dominique Fils-Aimé, AfrotroniX, Djely Tapa, Samito, as well as up-and-coming artists EIHDZ, Quenton Hatfield and Maya Kuroki (TEKE TEKE).
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Doubleheader sparked from the frontal collision between musician-producer-rapper Arthur Comeau (ex Radio Radio, aka Nom de Plume) and multi-instrumentalist, producer and arranger Jean Massicotte (Patrick Watson, Jean Leloup, Lhasa, Arthur H and Alejandra Ribera amongst others). The power duo presents their debut single on June 5th, the space disco track “Diamond Flake feat. Dominique Fils-Aimé”
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The excellent film Antigone, directed by Sophie Desraspe, is nominated for 8 IRIS awards: best original soundtrack for Jean Massicotte & Jad Orphée Chami, best direction and best scenario for Sophie Desraspe, best editing, best role distribution, revelation of the year for Nahéma Ricci, and the movie that shined the most outside Quebec! THe winners will be unveiled during the June 7th Gala.
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