Fred Fort

See also: Fort

Fred Fortin (born Joseph Antoine Frederic Fort Perron the May 5th 1971 with Saint-Premium, Quebec) is a singer, type-setter and musician multi-instrumentalist Québécois. True one-man band, this character out of ordinary does not do anything to like the criticism which, according to him, takes its music more with serious that him.

Biography

In 1991, it supplements a DEC in music of Cégep the St. Lawrence (low and composition). He was discovered in the middle of the Années 1990 by Dédé Fortin (no family ties), singer of the group Colocs.

In 1996, Fred Fortin it records its first album in a country cottage with the lake Etchemin. Some songs make a shy person bored with the radio (“Portrait of a UFO”, “Mildewed moé' if”) but the unit is considered burst too much for the commercial radios. Follows a series of albums and parallel projects which will ensure Fred Fortin, nearly ten years later, a recognition criticizes and a success of considerable regard, particularly for its disc Planter the decoration , appeared in 2004.

Among his other projects, one finds Gros Led to the end of the years 1990, and Galaxie 500. In 2006, it becomes beater of the Breastfeeders.

Discography

  • 1996 : Joseph Antoine Frederic Fort Perron
  • 2000: the Dry land
  • 2004: To plant the decoration

Other achievements

  • 1998 : musician and corealisation on the album the Chihuahua of Mara Tremblay.
  • 1999 : musician of the sound screen of the film Full Blast .
  • 1999 : Large Carried out - Kills this drum Pierre Bouchard .
  • 2000 : Galaxy 500 - Galaxy 500 .
  • 2002 : musician - " Broad ensemble".
  • 2004 : realization of the album Courtepointes of Arsenic33.
  • 2006 : voice on the white Serge of America of Mononc' Serge (Mononc' Serge).
  • 2006 : battery on mornings of great evenings of the Breastfeeders .
  • 2007 : participation album " To burn the jour" of Paul Cargnello.

Rewards

  • July 2000: Price Mirror of the French-speaking song composer-songwriter, International festival of summer of Quebec.
  • March 2001: Price Song, Official reception of the Mimi (independent Musics)

External bond

  • Official site of Fred Fort
  • Interview (audio) with Fred Fort

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