Félix Dyotte is a Canadian singer-songwriter from

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, who won the

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in 2020 as the writer of

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's single "Maintenant ou jamais".Calum Slingerland
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'', August 5, 2020. He was nominated for the same award two prior times, for his songs "Avalanches" in 2016 and "Je cours" in 2018.

History

Dyotte was a guitarist with the Undercovers, a band which also included future members of

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, before joining with pianist Pierre-Alain Faucon and singer/guitarist Julien Fargo to create the band Chinatown in 2006, adding drummer Gabriel Rousseau and bassist Toby Cayouette. Faucon was best known for the song "Retour à Vega", which had been composed for his previous band in 2002, and then covered by the Stills for the soundtrack of the 2004 film '' Wicker Park''. Chinatown also recorded their own version of "Retour à Vega" on their second album. Chinatown released their debut EP, ''L'amour, le rêve et le whisky'', in 2007 on the Tacca Musique label,"Chinatown, invasion chinoise"
'' Métro'', May 8, 2009. followed by two studio albums, ''Cité d'or'' (2009) and ''Comment j'ai explosé'' (2012). Following Chinatown's breakup, Dyotte released his self-titled solo album in 2015, followed by ''Politesses'' in 2017. He has also recorded a number of non-album singles as duets with other vocalists, including "Amour, amour" with

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, "Effeuille-moi le cœur" with Kandle and "C'est l'été, c'est l'été, c'est l'été" with Evelyne Brochu."«C'est l'été, c'est l'été, c'est l'été»: Félix Dyotte et Evelyne Brochu chantent la belle saison (VIDÉO)"
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Québec'', July 21, 2016.

Band members

*Felix Dyotte: vocals, guitar *Jason Kent: bass, vocals *Francis Mineau: drums

Discography

Chinatown

*''L'amour, le rêve et le whisky'' (2007) *''Cité d'or'' (2009) *''Comment j'ai explosé'' (2012)

Solo

*''Félix Dyotte'' (2015) *''Politesses'' (2017)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dyotte, Felix Canadian rock singers Canadian male singers Singers from Montreal Writers from Montreal Canadian indie rock musicians French Quebecers Living people French-language singers of Canada Canadian male songwriters Songwriters from Quebec Year of birth missing (living people)