Félix Dyotte | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Genres | Indie rock, pop |
Years active | 2000s—present |
Website | Official website |
Félix Dyotte is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Quebec, [1] who won the SOCAN Songwriting Prize in 2020 as the writer of Evelyne Brochu's single "Maintenant ou jamais". [2] He was nominated for the same award two prior times, for his songs "Avalanches" in 2016 [3] and "Je cours" in 2018. [4]
Dyotte was a guitarist with the Undercovers, a band which also included future members of the Stills, before joining with pianist Pierre-Alain Faucon and singer/guitarist Julien Fargo to create the band Chinatown in 2006, adding drummer Gabriel Rousseau and bassist Toby Cayouette. Faucon was best known for the song "Retour à Vega", which had been composed for his previous band in 2002, and then covered by the Stills for the soundtrack of the 2004 film Wicker Park. [5] Chinatown also recorded their own version of "Retour à Vega" on their second album. [6]
Chinatown released their debut EP, L'amour, le rêve et le whisky, in 2007 on the Tacca Musique label, [7] followed by two studio albums, Cité d'or (2009) [7] and Comment j'ai explosé (2012). [8]
Following Chinatown's breakup, Dyotte released his self-titled solo album in 2015, [9] followed by Politesses in 2017. [10] He has also recorded a number of non-album singles as duets with other vocalists, including "Amour, amour" with Monia Chokri, [11] "Effeuille-moi le cœur" with Kandle [12] and "C'est l'été, c'est l'été, c'est l'été" with Evelyne Brochu. [13]