Peter Peter (Canadian musician)

Peter Peter
Peter Peter during the FrancoFolies de Montréal festival (18 June 2014)
Background information
Birth name Peter Roy
Born 1984 (age 33–34)
Origin Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Occupation(s) singer-songwriter
Years active 2008–present
Labels Audiogram
Website peterpeter.ca

Peter Roy better known as Peter Peter (born c. 1984) is a Canadian singer-songwriter[1][2] known for his French pop/rock compositions.

Career

He started as a member of metal/alternative rock band Post-Scriptum where he played guitar and English vocals at times.[3] After leaving the band, he moved to Montreal and resided in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve neighborhood, concentrating on his solo career writing and performing in French. He took part as a singer-songwriter in the annual Montreal feature Ma Première Place des Arts[4][5] for new artists in 2008 and won the competition.

In 2009 he signed with Audiogram record label, releasing his eponymous debut album Peter Peter on 8 March 2011[6] produced by Howard Bilerman.[3] In 2011, he also took part in Les FrancoFolies de Montréal.[7]

In June 2013, his studio album Une version améliorée de la tristesse was longlisted for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize.

Discography

Albums

Year Album Peak positions Notes
CAN
 FR
[8]
2011 Peter Peter  –  – Track list
  1. "Homa"
  2. "Réfractaire"
  3. "Tergiverse"
  4. "Montréal neige sale"
  5. "Rien ne nous rassemble"
  6. "Dring dring pow pow"
  7. "Laurie"
  8. "Porte-bonheur"
  9. "Demain, c'est l'heure"
  10. "97"
  11. "Cesse de pleuvoir"
  12. "UHF"
2013 Une version améliorée de la tristesse  – 177 Track list
  1. "Une version améliorée de la tristesse" (3:56)
  2. "Carrousel" (3:41)
  3. "Tout prend son sens dans le miroir" (3:32)
  4. "Réverbère" (3:45)
  5. "MDMA" (3:08)
  6. "Beauté baroque" (3:12)
  7. "Le monde n'y peut rien" (3:51)
  8. "Rien ne se perd, rien ne se crée" (3:06)
  9. "Barbès-rochechouart" (2:48)
  10. "Les chemins étoilés" (4:04)
2017 Noir Éden  – 116
[9]		 Track list
  1. "Bien réel" (6:39)
  2. "Damien" (3:12)
  3. "Fantôme de la nuit" (0:32)
  4. "Nosferatu" (3:21)
  5. "Loving Game" (3:03)
  6. "Venus" (4:37)
  7. "Noir éden" (5:21)
  8. "Allégresse" (3:16)
  9. "Little Shangri-La" (3:09)
  10. "No Man's Land" (3:37)
  11. "Orchidée" (4:00)
  12. "Pâle cristal bleu" (4:40)
  13. "Bien réel" (Radio edit) (3:25)

Singles / videography

Peter Peter performing at SXSW in 2013
Year Single Peak positions Album
CAN
 FR
[8]
2011 "Tergiverse"  –  –
Peter Peter
"Homa"  –  –
2012 "Une version améliorée de la tristesse"  –  –
Une version améliorée de la tristesse
2013/4 "Carrousel"  – 167
2016 "Noir Eden"  –  – Noir Eden

References

  1. ↑ enmusique: Nouvelles - Peter Peter S/T Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine. (in French)
  2. ↑ emoragei magazine: S/T Peter Peter - Audiogram (in French)
  3. 1 2 FrancoFolies: Biography of Peter Peter (in French)
  4. ↑ Ma Première Place des Arts official website Archived 2011-09-15 at the Wayback Machine. (in French)
  5. ↑ MusiquePlus: Peter Peter biography page Archived 2011-09-10 at the Wayback Machine.(in French)
  6. ↑ RueFrontenac: Peter Peter - entre joie et tristesse naïve (in French)
  7. ↑ Peter Peter at the FrancoFolies de Montréal
  8. 1 2 "Peter Peter discography". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes - SNEP (Week 6, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
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