Dumas (musician)

Dumas (born as Steve Dumas) is a Canadian singer and a native of Victoriaville, Quebec.

Dumas
Dumas, Montreal, June 14, 2013
Background information
BornVictoriaville, Quebec
OriginCanada
Genresindie rock
Occupation(s)Musician, Songwriter
Years active2001–present

Profile

He 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 is one of the most estimated figures in Quebec’s music scene, and one of the most talented and prolific songwriter of his generation. In the course of his twenty-year career, he released twelve albums and lots more of great songs that have left their mark on the public (Le Bonheur, Ne me dis pas, Au gré des saisons, J’erre, Je ne sais pas, etc). Dumas is also known for being one of the best stage performer, with more than a thousand concerts under its belt. Every time, he raises the crowd!

Meanwhile, Dumas also produces and writes for other artists, and draws attention as a composer for film and documentary music (Un jour sur Mars, “Les Compteurs à Zéro”, theme song of the movie Ça sent la coupe, Les Aimants, for which he won an IRIS and a Felix, and La Course des Tuques). For some years now, he signs the music of several ads and TV shows (Deuxième Chance, ARTV studio, Formule Diaz), while also collaborating in some of them as a columnist.

In February 2018, Dumas releases his most recent work, Nos Idéaux, a brilliant success among the critics and the public. He starts touring in solo around Quebec and Europe, always leaving the audience dancing and cheering, as only Dumas can! Whether it is in a theater or a festival, this show is an achievement, the ultimate sound and light experience, skillfully lead by a high-caliber performer.

Discography

Dumas

Released: 22 May 2001
Track list

  1. Rien de pire
  2. Guernica
  3. L'écrivaine
  4. Marie-Lou
  5. Pyromanes
  6. Expresso
  7. Lolita
  8. Miss Ecstasy
  9. Comme rien
  10. Junkie
  11. Maniaco
  12. Envisage (Ciao ciao)

Le cours des jours

Released: 29 April 2003
Track list

  1. Hélium
  2. Le cours des jours
  3. Vénus
  4. J'erre
  5. Je ne sais pas
  6. Arizona
  7. Le désir comme tel
  8. Vol en éclats'
  9. Vision pornographique
  10. Avant l'aube
  11. Linoléum
  12. Outro

Ferme la radio

Released: 2004
Format: Mini-album
Track list

  1. Ferme la radio
  2. 80
  3. Jane
  4. Laisse aller

Les Aimants en musique

(Collaboration with Carl Bastien, soundtrack from the film Les Aimants)
Released: 28 September 2004
Track list

  1. Doux désir (Dumas, Yves Pelletier/Dumas) (with Isabelle Blais)
  2. Les fiancés frigides (Dumas, Carl Bastien)
  3. Tu m'aimes ou tu mens (Dumas/Dumas, Carl Bastien) (with Isabelle Blais)
  4. La comtesse aux gants verts (Carl Bastien)
  5. Je t'imagine (Isabelle Blais/Carl Bastien, Jocelyn Tellier) (solo by Isabelle Blais)
  6. Valmont (Dumas, Carl Bastien)
  7. Je déteste décembre (Dumas/Dumas, Carl Bastien, Jocelyn Tellier) (solo by Dumas)
  8. Paxil (Carl Bastien)
  9. Suite madame Bleau (Dumas/Carl Bastien, Dumas)
  10. Tiger Lili (Carl Bastien, Dumas)
  11. Les aveux (Carl Bastien, Dumas)
  12. Le pouvoir des aimants (Dumas/Carl Bastien)
  13. L'hiver (Vivaldi/arr. Carl Bastien, Louis Legault)

Fixer le temps

Released: 28 November 2006
Track list

  1. Nébuleuse
  2. Altitude
  3. Fixer le temps
  4. La vie qui bat
  5. La ville s'éveille
  6. Alors alors
  7. Au gré des saisons
  8. À la dérive
  9. Sur tes lèvres
  10. De station en station
  11. Poste restante
  12. Les secrets

Nord

Released: 2 December 2008
Format: Limited edition, 10,000 copies
Track list

  1. Transsiberien Express (Novossibirsk-Irkoutsk-Vladivostok)
  2. À feu, à sang
  3. Passez à l'ouest
  4. Un dernier tour
  5. Capitale du monde
  6. Combat ordinaire
  7. Lentement la nuit
  8. On verra le sud
  9. Les 400 coups

Rouge

Released: 24 February 2009

Format: Limited edition, 10,000 copies
Track list

  1. Rouge
  2. Un train dans la nuit
  3. Jaune soleil
  4. Quelque part
  5. Le son de vos voix
  6. Le futur
  7. Rein n'est perdu
  8. Lino Ventura
  9. L'appel
  10. Le futur, partie II

Demain

Released: 9 June 2009
Format: Limited edition, 10,000 copies
Track list

  1. À mi-chemin
  2. Mes révolutions
  3. Camarades
  4. De guerre lasse
  5. L'existence
  6. Un jour sur Terre
  7. Origami Montréal Origami
  8. Zeppelin
  9. Vers le sud
  10. Berlin

Honors
  • 2005 - Prix Rapsat-Lelièvre
  • 2005 - Jutra Award best music for the film Love and Magnets (Les Aimants)
  • 2005 - Félix Award - Spectacle of the year - Author-composer-interpreter for Dumas en solo
  • 2005 - Félix Award - Album of the year - Original soundtrack for Les Aimants en musique
  • 2006 - Le cours des jours certified golden album

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2013-06-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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