Chic Gamine | |
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Origin | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Genres | Folk, pop |
Years active | 2007 – present |
Members | Alexa Dirks Andrina Turenne Annick Bremault Sacha Daoud Benoit Morier |
Past members | Ariane Jean |
Chic Gamine is a Canadian musical group from Winnipeg, Manitoba. [1] Formed in 2007 by vocalists Ariane Jean, Alexa Dirks, Andrina Turenne, Annick Bremault and drummer Sacha Daoud, [2] they began with a vocal pop style backed only by drums, but later evolved to add more instrumentation. [1] Jean, Turenne and Bremault had previously been members of the larger vocal group Madrigaïa. [3]
The band released its self-titled debut album in 2008. [4] They received two Canadian Folk Music Award nominations at the 4th Canadian Folk Music Awards that year for Best Vocal Group and Best New Artist. [5] and the album won the Juno Award for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year - Group at the Juno Awards of 2009. [6]
They followed up with City City in 2010, [7] receiving another Juno Award nomination for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year - Group at the Juno Awards of 2011. [8] In 2013 they released Closer, a compilation of tracks from their first two albums released as their introduction to the United States market. [9]
Jean left the band in 2014, [10] and was replaced by Benoit Morier on bass guitar. [11] The band released a Christmas EP in 2014, [12] before following up in 2015 with their third studio album, Light a Match. [13]
Dirks also performs as a solo artist under the stage name Begonia. [14]
Chic Gamine | |
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Origin | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
Genres | Folk, pop |
Years active | 2007 – present |
Members | Alexa Dirks Andrina Turenne Annick Bremault Sacha Daoud Benoit Morier |
Past members | Ariane Jean |
Chic Gamine is a Canadian musical group from Winnipeg, Manitoba. [1] Formed in 2007 by vocalists Ariane Jean, Alexa Dirks, Andrina Turenne, Annick Bremault and drummer Sacha Daoud, [2] they began with a vocal pop style backed only by drums, but later evolved to add more instrumentation. [1] Jean, Turenne and Bremault had previously been members of the larger vocal group Madrigaïa. [3]
The band released its self-titled debut album in 2008. [4] They received two Canadian Folk Music Award nominations at the 4th Canadian Folk Music Awards that year for Best Vocal Group and Best New Artist. [5] and the album won the Juno Award for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year - Group at the Juno Awards of 2009. [6]
They followed up with City City in 2010, [7] receiving another Juno Award nomination for Roots and Traditional Album of the Year - Group at the Juno Awards of 2011. [8] In 2013 they released Closer, a compilation of tracks from their first two albums released as their introduction to the United States market. [9]
Jean left the band in 2014, [10] and was replaced by Benoit Morier on bass guitar. [11] The band released a Christmas EP in 2014, [12] before following up in 2015 with their third studio album, Light a Match. [13]
Dirks also performs as a solo artist under the stage name Begonia. [14]