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Kaïn is a
''Voir''. Francis Hébert 24 January 2008 The group of four is made up of Steve Veilleux (vocals, electric and acoustic guitar), Yanick Blanchette (drums and vocals), Patrick Lemieux (electric and acoustic guitar, banjo, harmonica and vocals) and Éric Maheu (bass guitar). Their style is a blend of rock and roll with Quebec folk music.
''La Presse'', 07 novembre 2012. Marie-Josée Montminy. They first signed a contract with Les Disques Passeport in 2003. They released their first album, ''Pop Culture'', in 2004 from the recording company Les Disques Passeport, a small company in
''Voir'', Karine Gélinas 2 February 2006 Tessier left the band at about this time and bassist Éric Maheu joined. The album spent over 100 weeks in the top twenty in the francophone top 100 chart. After the band's fourth album, ''Le Vrai Monde'', was released in 2011, the band went on a tour of festivals and theatres.
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Kaïn is a folk rock
Folk rock is a hybrid music genre that combines the elements of folk and rock music, which arose in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s. In the U.S., folk rock emerged from the folk music revival. Performers suc ...
group from Drummondville
Drummondville is a city in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, located east of Montreal on the Saint-François River. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 79,258. The mayor of Drummondville is Stéphanie Lacoste.
Drummondville is ...
, Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
, Canada."Kaïn : Pop culture"''Voir''. Francis Hébert 24 January 2008 The group of four is made up of Steve Veilleux (vocals, electric and acoustic guitar), Yanick Blanchette (drums and vocals), Patrick Lemieux (electric and acoustic guitar, banjo, harmonica and vocals) and Éric Maheu (bass guitar). Their style is a blend of rock and roll with Quebec folk music.
History
The group formed in 1999. The founding members were Veilleux, Planchette, Lemieux and guitarist Pascal Tessier."Kaïn fête ses dix ans"''La Presse'', 07 novembre 2012. Marie-Josée Montminy. They first signed a contract with Les Disques Passeport in 2003. They released their first album, ''Pop Culture'', in 2004 from the recording company Les Disques Passeport, a small company in
Montreal
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, Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
.
The band's second album, ''Nulle part ailleurs'', was released in 2005."Kaïn : Bêtes de scène"''Voir'', Karine Gélinas 2 February 2006 Tessier left the band at about this time and bassist Éric Maheu joined. The album spent over 100 weeks in the top twenty in the francophone top 100 chart. After the band's fourth album, ''Le Vrai Monde'', was released in 2011, the band went on a tour of festivals and theatres.
Members
Veilleux, whose father played the accordion and the violin, himself started playing guitar and writing music at a young age. Blanchette also came from a family of musicians; he had in 1990 co-founded the metal music band Subversion. Lemieux studied blues and rock music atCégep
A CEGEP ( or ; ), also written cégep, CÉGEP and cegep, is a publicly funded college providing technical, academic, vocational or a mix of programs; they are exclusive to the province of Quebec's education system. A loanword from French, i ...
in Drummondville. Maheu, formerly of the band La Chicane
La Chicane is a Canadian francophone rock band based in Val-d'Or, Quebec. Their sound is described as "jazz-rock" or "lounge rock".
History
La Chicane was formed in 1993 in Val-d'Or, Quebec by Boom Desjardins, Alain Villeneuve, Suzanne Dufour, C ...
, started with a solo career, and recorded commercials for Burger King.
Discography
Studio albums
*2004: ''Pop Culture'' *2005: ''Nulle part ailleurs'' *2007: ''Les saisons s'tassent'' No. 3 CAN *2011: ''Le vrai monde'' No. 7 CAN *2013: ''Pleurer pour rire'' No. 15 CAN *2017: ''Welcome bonheur'' No. 22 CAN *2019: ''Je viens d'ici'' - 20 years anniversary album - Label; Disques Musicor - Released; Octobre 4, 2019DVDs
*2006: On Dormira DemainSingles
*2003: "Parle-moi d'toi" *2004: "Comme une étoile" *2004: "Autour de l'ombre" *2005: "Embarque ma belle" *2006: "Adam et Ève" *2006: "Comme dans le temps" *2006: "Mexico" *2007: "L'amour du jour" *2008: "On dormira demain" *2008: "La maison est grande"Other contributions
*2008: '' Groupes de Pamplemousse'' - "Comme un cave"Awards
*Best group at the 2006ADISQ
ADISQ (french: Association québécoise de l'industrie du disque, du spectacle et de la video; eng, Québec Association for the Recording, Concert and Video Industries, link=yes) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to support the indepen ...
awards.
*Received two SOCAN
The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) is a Canadian performance rights organization that represents the performing rights of more than 135,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. The organization collects ...
awards in 2006 for the songs "Mexico" and "Comme dans le Temps" in the category of most played.
References
External links
Kaïn
Official site (French)
Kaïn
at Myspace (French) {{DEFAULTSORT:Kain Musical groups established in 2003 Musical groups from Quebec Canadian folk rock groups