Dave Hamelin (born October 3, 1980) is a Canadian musician, songwriter and producer known for his work with

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band

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. Originally the band's drummer, he moved to guitar and co-lead vocalist in 2005 when guitarist Greg Paquet left the band. On March 28, 2009, the Stills were awarded two Juno Awards for their album ''Oceans Will Rise'', in the categories of Best New Group and Best Alternative Album. In 2010, Paquet rejoined and Hamelin moved back to drums. The Stills announced their breakup on April 15, 2011. In 2009, Hamelin formed the band Eight and a Half with Stills' keyboardist Liam O'Neil and

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drummer

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. They released their self-titled debut in 2012.

Production work

From 2013 onward, Hamelin has worked frequently as a producer. He co-produced and mixed Broken Social Scene frontman

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's second solo record, ''Darlings'' (2014); co-produced and mixed Andy Kim's ''It's Decided'' (2015) with Drew and Ohad Benchetrit; co-produced and mixed

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's album ''

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'' (2016) with Drew; and co-produced and mixed

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's album '' Secret Path'' (2016). In 2016, he mixed the

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album ''TerraForm'' He produced and mixed the Belle Game's 2016 single "Yuh", as well as their 2017 album ''Fear Nothing''. In 2017, Hamelin played on and mixed Downie's final album, ''

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''. Hamelin co-wrote, produced and mixed the

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track "Chain Gang" for the soundtrack to the 2018 film ''

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''. Hamelin produced 9 songs on 070 Shake's 2020 album '' odus Vivendi' and was an executive producer on her sophomore album ''

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'', contributing to every song on the album.

Discography

As band member

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Production credits

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References

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