Okoumé was a
Quebec
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based
folk-rock band from 1995 to 2002. The group was formed in 1995 and originally consisted only of founding members
Jonathan and Éloi Painchaud, Michael Duguay, Hugo Perreault, and Éric Gosselin.
History
The group formed in 1995 received the first prize in
French Canadian
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radio station
CKOY-FM
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Owned and operated by Cogeco, it broadcasts on 107.7 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 11,000 watts and a peak effectiv ...
's "''Le concours Pro-Scène''" ("Pro-Scene Contest"), which yielded them one hundred hours in a recording studio. They were also the opening act for noted French Canadian singer-songwriter
Kevin Parent
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Early life
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.
Their eponymous first album was released in 1997. Four tracks from the album (''Dis-moi pas ça'', ''La lune pleure'', ''Le bruit des origines'', and ''La mer à boire'') placed in weekly Top Ten rankings, with ''Le bruit des origines'' ranking at number in
CKOI-FM
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CKOI-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Verdun, Quebec and serving the Greater Montreal area, airing a CHR/Top 40 radio format.
Owned and operated by Cogeco, CKOI-FM bro ...
's Top 50 of 1998 and ''La mer à boire'' ranking at number 24 the following year. The band went on tour to support these releases.
["Survivre au succès"]
''La Press'', 05 March 2012. Alexandre Vigneault
Okoumé released their second album, ''Plan B'', in 2000. The album failed to capture the interest of the public, so the group decided to disband in 2002.
The band reformed for a reunion show in 2014, as part of Montreal's Coup de coeur francophone festival.
Members
*Michel Duguay - bass
*Éric Gosselin - drums, percussion
*Frédéric Lebrasseur - percussion (1995 only)
*Éloi Painchaud - backing vocals, guitar, harmonica, flute
*Jonathan Painchaud - lead vocals, acoustic guitar
"Northern songbird"
''The Nation'', by Martin Siberok / on July 2, 2010
*Patrice Painchaud - violin, keyboards (occasional appearances only)
*Hugo Perreault - backing vocals, guitars, dulcimer
The word dulcimer refers to two families of musical string instruments.
Hammered dulcimers
The word ''dulcimer'' originally referred to a trapezoidal zither similar to a psaltery whose many strings are struck by handheld "hammers". Variants of ...
, lap steel guitar
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, mandolin
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Discography
''Okoumé'' (1997)
:1. Le bruit des origines
:2. Dis-moi pas ça
:3. À l'enfant que j'aurai
:4. La mer à boire
:5. La lune pleure
:6. Europe
:7. Mes idées courent
:8. Mr. Bigshot
:9. Reste
:10. La belle et l'Anglais
:11. Assassin
:12. Nostradamus
''Plan B'' (2000)
:1. Irresponsable
:2. Descendons tous à la rue
:3. Son rire
:4. Cheval de fer
:5. (www.groupeokoume.com)
:6. De la terre à la lune
:7. Expert canin
:8. Western spaghetti
:9. Un homme de mon temps
:10. Sans pardon
:11. La pluie qui tombe
:12. Les magiciens
:13. Rien me tracasse
References
External links
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Quebec Info Musique:
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Musical groups established in 1995
Canadian folk rock groups
Musical groups disestablished in 2002
Musical groups from Montreal