Julien Sagot is a Canadian musician. Formerly a percussionist for the indie rock band
Karkwa
Karkwa is an indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, formed in 1998.
History
Formed in 1998, the group consists of vocalist and guitarist Louis-Jean Cormier, keyboardist François Lafontaine, bass guitarist Martin Lamontagne, percussionist ...
from 1998 to 2012, since that band's breakup he has released four albums as a solo singer-songwriter.Philippe Renaud "Julien Sagot en solo" ''
Le Devoir
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''Le Devoir'' is one of few independent large-c ...
'', March 12, 2021.
Born in
Paris
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,
France
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, Sagot moved to
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple ...
,
Quebec
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with his family at age 13.Émilie Côté "Julien Sagot: musicien libre" '' La Presse'', January 28, 2012. At age 16 he met François Lafontaine, with whom he went on to be one of the founding members of Karkwa.
After Karkwa was put on hiatus in 2012, Sagot released his debut solo album ''Piano mal'', which included contributions from Simon Angell of Thus Owls and singer-songwriter
Leif Vollebekk
Leif Vollebekk is a Canadian indie folk singer-songwriter, whose 2017 album ''Twin Solitude'' was a shortlisted finalist for the 2017 Polaris Music PrizeJuno Award nominee for Francophone Album of the Year at the
Juno Awards of 2015
The Juno Awards of 2015 honoured Canadian music industry achievements in the latter part of 2013 and in most of 2014. The awards were presented in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada during the weekend of 14–15 March 2015. The main ceremony was conducted ...
, and ''Sagot'' was longlisted for the 2021 Polaris Music Prize. In 2015, Sagot and cowriter Antoine Binette Mercier received a
SOCAN Songwriting Prize The SOCAN Songwriting Prize, formerly known as the ECHO Songwriting Prize, is an annual competition recognizing the best in Canadian emerging music, both anglophone and francophone.
Established in 2006, the competition was designed to recognize so ...