Avec pas d'casque
{{short description|Canadian folk band}}
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| origin = Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| genre = folk, lo-fi, country
| years_active = {{start date|2004}}–present
| label = Dare to Care Records
Grosse Boîte
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| website = {{URL|avecpasdcasque.com}}
| current_members = Stéphane Lafleur
Joël Vaudreuil
Nicolas Moussette
Mathieu Charbonneau
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Avec pas d'casque is a folk band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, composed of members Stéphane Lafleur, Joël Vaudreuil, Nicolas Moussette, and Mathieu Charbonneau. The band's French name literally means "with no helmet" and derives from an expression referring to hockey players who don't wear helmets, popularized by Jean Dion, a Québécois sports journalist for Le Devoir.{{cite news |title= Avec pas d'casque, les champions des premières parties |url=https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/musique/151726/avec-pas-d-casque-les-champions-des-premieres-parties |last=Papineau |first=Phillippe |date=July 28, 2007 |language=French |newspaper=Le Devoir |accessdate=June 14, 2012 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.gengiskunk.it/avec-pas-dcasque-astronomie/ |title=Indie Folk - Avec pas d'casque: Astronomie |accessdate=2012-10-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022031423/http://www.gengiskunk.it/avec-pas-dcasque-astronomie/ |archivedate=2012-10-22 }}
History
Avec pas d'casque began as a duo, made up of Lafleur and Vaudreuil, who recorded a self-produced album in 2004, which they sold at their concerts. The group's first official album, Trois chaudières de sang, was released on Dare to Care Records on May 9, 2006. In 2008, after gaining a third member in Nicolas Moussette, the band released their second album, Dans la nature jusqu'au cou, on Grosse Boîte, the French division of Dare to Care. After adding a fourth member, Mathieu Charbonneau, Avec pas d'casque released their third album, Astronomie, on March 20, 2012. It was subsequently long-listed for the 2012 Polaris Music Prize,{{cite news|url=http://arts.nationalpost.com/2012/06/14/polaris-prize-nominees-feist-grimes-leonard-cohen-among-this-years-longlisted-artists/ |title=Polaris Prize nominees: Feist, Grimes, Leonard Cohen among this year's longlisted artists |last=Tucker |first=Rebecca |newspaper=National Post |date=June 14, 2012 |accessdate=June 14, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130129143732/http://arts.nationalpost.com/2012/06/14/polaris-prize-nominees-feist-grimes-leonard-cohen-among-this-years-longlisted-artists/ |archivedate=January 29, 2013 }} and was a Juno Award nominee for Francophone Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2013.
Lafleur is also a film director and screenwriter, whose films have included Continental, a Film Without Guns, You're Sleeping Nicole (Tu dors Nicole)[https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/movies/tu-dors-nicole-what-comes-after-coming-of-age "Tu dors Nicole: What comes after coming of age?"]. Montreal Gazette, August 22, 2014. and Viking.[https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/2022-08-03/sur-la-section-platform-du-tiff/viking-de-stephane-lafleur-en-premiere-mondiale.php "Viking de Stéphane Lafleur en première mondiale"]. La Presse, August 3, 2022.
Vaudreuil is an animator whose short film The River's Lazy Flow (Le courant faible de la rivière) won the Jutra Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014,Manon Dumais, [https://voir.ca/manon-dumais/2014/03/23/jutra-2014-le-triomphe-de-louis-cyr/ "Jutra 2014: Le triomphe de Louis Cyr"]. Voir, March 23, 2014. and whose full-length animated feature debut When Adam Changes (Adam change lentement) premiered in 2023.Jamie Lang, [https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/adam-change-lentement-trailer-annecy-contrechamp-229704.html "Check Out The Weird And Wonderful World Of Annecy Contrechamp Player ‘Adam Change Lentement’ (Exclusive Trailer)"]. Cartoon Brew, June 14, 2023. Moussette has also had credits as part of the animation team on Vaudreuil's films.
Charbonneau has also worked in film as a score composer, including the films A Colony (Une colonie), Goddess of the Fireflies (La déesse des mouches à feu) and Viking.
Members
- Stéphane Lafleur: voice, guitar, ukulele, kazoo, flute, synthesizer
- Nicolas Moussette: bass, lap steel guitar
- Mathieu Charbonneau: baryton, synthesizer
- Joël Vaudreuil: drums, autoharp, kazoo
Discography
- Avec pas d'casque (2004), Independent
- Trois Chaudières de Sang (2006), Dare to Care Records{{cite web |title=Avec Pas D'Casque – Trois Chaudières De Sang |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/1172211-Avec-Pas-DCasque-Trois-Chaudi%C3%A8res-De-Sang |website=discogs.com |publisher=Discogs |access-date=16 January 2022}}
- Dans La Nature Jusqu'Au Cou (2008), Grosse Boîte{{cite web |title=Avec Pas D'Casque – Dans La Nature Jusqu'Au Cou |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/1169595-Avec-Pas-DCasque-Dans-La-Nature-JusquAu-Cou |website=discogs.com |publisher=Discogs |access-date=16 January 2022}}
- Astronomie (2012), Grosse Boîte{{cite web |title=Avec Pas D'Casque – Astronomie |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/424066-Avec-Pas-DCasque-Astronomie |website=discogs.com |publisher=Discogs |access-date=16 January 2022}}
- Dommage Que Tu Sois Pris (2013), Grosse Boîte{{cite web |title=Avec Pas D'Casque – Dommage Que Tu Sois Pris |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/547034-Avec-Pas-DCasque-Dommage-Que-Tu-Sois-Pris |website=discogs.com |publisher=Discogs |access-date=16 January 2022}}
- Effets Spéciaux (2016), Grosse Boîte{{cite web |title=Avec Pas D'Casque – Effets Spéciaux |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/1052233-Avec-Pas-DCasque-Effets-Sp%C3%A9ciaux |website=discogs.com |publisher=Discogs |access-date=16 January 2022}}
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Category:Canadian folk music groups