Dumas (musician)

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Dumas
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Dumas in 2013
Background information
Birth nameSteve Dumas
Born Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada
Genres Indie rock
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar
Years active2001–present
Website dumasmusique.ca

Dumas (born Steve Dumas) is a Canadian musician a from Victoriaville, Quebec.

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Career

Dumas released his first album Dumas in 2001, when he was 21. His second album, Le cours des jours, made him more well-known. The album includes contributions from Marie-Annick Lépine from the group Les Cowboys Fringants on two songs. In 2004, Carl Bastien and Dumas released the soundtrack to the film Les Aimants by Yves P. Pelletier.

Dumas' 2012 album L'heure et l'endroit debuted at number 11 on the Canadian Albums Chart. [1]

Dumas has also produced and written music for other artists, as well as composing music for films. He wrote the theme song for Ça sent la coupe and Love and Magnets , for which he won an IRIS and a Felix Award.[ citation needed ]

Additionally, he has contributed vocals to several commercials and TV shows, while also collaborating in some of them as a columnist.[ citation needed ]

In February 2018, Dumas released Nos idéaux and launched a solo tour of Quebec and Europe.[ citation needed ]

Dumbas released his twelfth full-length studio album, Cosmologie, on 27 January 2023. [2]

Discography

Awards and recognition

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References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 December 2004. Retrieved 16 June 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Rioux, Charles (27 January 2023). "Dumas retombe amoureux de l'électro sur Cosmologie, son 12e opus" (in French). Ici Radio-Canada . Retrieved 27 January 2023.