Dumas (musician)

Dumas
File:Dumas, Montreal 2013-06-14 - 017.jpg Dumas, Montreal, June 2013
Background information
Birth name	Steve Dumas
Born	Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada
Genres	Indie rock
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	2001–present
Website	dumasmusique.ca

Dumas (born Steve Dumas) is a Canadian musician a from Victoriaville, Quebec.

Career

Dumas released his first album Dumas in 2001, when he was 21. His second album, Le cours des jours, made him more well-known. The album includes contributions from Marie-Annick Lépine from the group Les Cowboys Fringants on two songs. In 2004, Carl Bastien and Dumas released the soundtrack to the film Les Aimants by Yves P. Pelletier.

Dumas' 2012 album L'heure et l'endroit debuted at number 11 on the Canadian Albums Chart.

Dumas has also produced and written music for other artists, as well as composing music for films. He wrote the theme song for Ça sent la coupe and Love and Magnets, for which he won an IRIS and a Felix Award.

Additionally, he has contributed vocals to several commercials and TV shows, while also collaborating in some of them as a columnist.

In February 2018, Dumas released his most recent work, Nos Idéaux. He began a solo tour of Quebec and Europe.

Discography

• Dumas (2001)
• Le cours des jours (2003)
• Ferme la radio (EP – 2004)
• Les Aimants en musique (Collaboration with Carl Bastien, soundtrack from the film Love and Magnets – 2004)
• Fixer le temps (2006)
• Nord (2008)
• Rouge (2009)
• Demain (2009)
• Au bout du monde (2009)
• Traces (2009)
• L'heure et l'endroit (2012)
• Dumas (2014)
• Un jours sur Mars (2016)
• Nos idéaux (2018)

Awards and recognition

• 2005 – Prix Rapsat-Lelièvre
• 2005 – Jutra Award best music for the film Love and Magnets (Les Aimants)
• 2005 – Félix Award – Spectacle of the year – Author-composer-interpreter for Dumas en solo
• 2005 – Félix Award – Album of the year – Original soundtrack for Les Aimants en musique

External links

• Official website