CRi

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CRi
Birth nameChristophe Dubé
OriginQuebec, Canada
GenresElectronic music
Occupation(s)Musician
LabelsAnjunadeep
Formerly ofFeuilles et Racines
Websitecrimusic.net

CRi is the stage name of Christophe Dubé, a Canadian electronic musician from Quebec.[1]

Originally from Quebec City, he was a beatboxer for local hip hop group Feuilles et Racines before releasing his debut EP as an electronic artist in 2013.[2] He released a number of standalone tracks and remixes for other artists before following up with the EPs Tell Her in 2016,[3] Someone Else in 2017,[4] and Initial in 2019.[5]

In 2019, CRi and Charlotte Cardin collaborated on a cover of Daniel Bélanger's "Fous n'importe où".[6] Juvenile, his first full-length album, was released in 2020 and included Bélanger as a guest vocalist on the track "Signal".[7]

In 2023, CRi released his second studio album, Miracles, on which he collaborated with artists such as Half Moon Run and Klô Pelgag.[8]

Someone Else was a nominee for Electronic Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2018,[9] and Juvenile received a nomination in the same category at the Juno Awards of 2021.[10] The same year, he won a Félix Award for Discovery of the Year at the 43rd ADISQ gala.[11]

CRi is the brother of actress and filmmaker Alexa-Jeanne Dubé.[12]

Discography[edit]

Studio albums

  • Juvenile (2020)
  • Juvenile (Remixed) (2021)
  • Miracles (2023)

EPs

  • Tell Her (2016)
  • Why I Love You (Remixes) (2016)
  • Someone Else (2017)
  • Me and My Friends: Remixes (2016)
  • Initial EP (2019)
  • Signal (2020)
  • Juvenile (Remixed: Part Two) (2021)
  • To You (2021)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Introspective Montreal Producer CRi Comes Into His Own with New Video 'Don't'". Noisey, 26 May 2016.
  2. ^ "De DJ de sous-sol à artiste sélectionné aux Juno". Le Journal de Montréal, 23 January 2019.
  3. ^ "CRi: Tell Her". Exclaim!, 15 June 2016.
  4. ^ "CRi: Someone Else". Exclaim!, 22 March 2017.
  5. ^ "CRi propose un nouvel EP: le captivant Initial". Voir, 15 March 2019.
  6. ^ "Charlotte Cardin et CRi reprennent Daniel Bélanger". Voir, 16 January 2019.
  7. ^ "CRi lance Juvenile, un premier album 100 % québécois". Ici Radio-Canada, 17 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Miracles, un deuxième album lumineux pour CRi" [Miracles, a second luminous album for CRi]. ici.radio-canada.ca (in French). 23 September 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Juno Awards Reveal 2018 Nominees". Exclaim!, 6 February 2018.
  10. ^ Holly Gordon, "The Weeknd, JP Saxe, Jessie Reyez and Justin Bieber lead 2021 Juno Award nominations". CBC Music, 9 March 2021.
  11. ^ "CRi, la révélation de l'année qui veut démocratiser la musique électronique" [CRi, revelation of the year, who wants to democratize electronic music] (in French). 14 November 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  12. ^ Matthew Bedard, "CRi teams up with filmmaker and sister Alexa-Jeanne Dubé for "Never Really Get There" music video" Archived 11 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Flaunt, 24 June 2020.

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