Numéro# is a French Canadian

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duo consisting of Jérôme Rocipon and Pierre Crube.

Background

Jérôme Rocipon is a native of

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and played as a guitarist in various

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groups in the country with additional interests in

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. He started to correspond with Pierre Crube, a composer of

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from

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in the primarily Francophone province of

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. The two exchanged their compositions on the

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. From this exchange, the project Numéro# was born, and their compositions were put online on

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. Their debut album, ''L'Idéologie des stars'', was released in 2006 on the Montreal-based independent label Saboteur Musique. The duo performed heavily, including notably opening up for TTC. A single, "Hit pop", started to receive play on commercial top 40 radio, which is unusual for an independent group. The band's second single, "Chewing-Gum Fraise", is their biggest hit in Canada, mostly Quebec. The song's video was the #2 video of the year on MusiquePlus. The duo's second album, ''Sport De Combat'', was reviewed by Romina Wendell of ''

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'', who noted, "Keeping to the album's combative theme, Numéro's straight-up, self-aware and slightly gritty electro pop brand is lushed-up with a lot of fuzzy bass and pads."

Collaborations

The

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group Omnikrom appeared on the album ''L'Idéologie des stars'' in one of the versions of their single "Chewing-gum fraise". In the spring of 2007, Numéro# returned the favour and collaborated with Omnikrom on their first album, ''Trop Banane!'', appearing on the tracks "Ghetto Hype" and "Bouger Bouger".

Discography

Albums

*''L'Idéologie des stars'' (Saboteur Musique, 2006) *''Sport de combat'' (2009)

Singles

*"Hit-pop" (2007) *"Chewing-gum fraise" (featuring Omnikrom) (2007) *"J'aime la bourgeoisie" (2008) *"Tout est parfait" (2009) *"Juste pour le flirt" (featuring Teki Latex) (2010)

References

{{Authority control Canadian electronic music groups Electronic music duos French electronic music groups Musical groups established in 2006 2006 establishments in France 2006 establishments in Quebec