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Stéphane Lafleur Stéphane Lafleur (born 1976) is a French-Canadian film director, editor and musician.Joël Vaudreuil Joël Vaudreuil is a Canadian musician and animator from Quebec. He is most noted for his short film '' The River's Lazy Flow (Le courant faible de la rivière)'', which won the Jutra Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 16th Jutra Awards in 20 ...

, Nicolas Moussette, and Mathieu Charbonneau. The band's

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name literally means "with no

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History

Avec pas d'casque began as a duo, made up of Lafleur and Vaudreuil, who recorded a self-produced album in 2004, which they sold at their concerts. The group's first official album, ''Trois chaudières de sang'', was released on

Dare to Care Records Bravo Musique is a Canadian independent record label. Based in Montreal, the label was founded in 2000 by Éli Bissonnette and Hugo Mudie as Dare to Care Records. Artists who have released material on Bravo Musique or Dare to Care include CLAASS, ...

on May 9, 2006. In 2008, after gaining a third member in Nicolas Moussette, the band released their second album, ''Dans la nature jusqu'au cou'', on Grosse Boîte, the French division of Dare to Care. After adding a fourth member, Mathieu Charbonneau, Avec pas d'casque released their third album, ''Astronomie'', on March 20, 2012. It was subsequently long-listed for the

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nominee for Francophone Album of the Year at the

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. Lafleur is also a film director and screenwriter, whose films have included ''

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'', ''

You're Sleeping Nicole ''You're Sleeping Nicole'' () is a 2014 Canadian drama film directed by Stéphane Lafleur. It was selected to be screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. The film had a limited release (in Montreal) ...

(Tu dors Nicole)'' and ''

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''. Vaudreuil is an animator whose short film '' The River's Lazy Flow (Le courant faible de la rivière)'' won the

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for

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at the

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in 2014, and whose full-length animated feature debut ''

When Adam Changes ''When Adam Changes'' (, lit. "Adam Changes Slowly") is a Canadian animated comedy-drama feature film, directed by Joël Vaudreuil and released in 2023. The film centres on Adam ( Simon Lacroix), an impressionable teenager growing up in smalltown ...

(Adam change lentement)'' premiered in 2023. Moussette has also had credits as part of the animation team on Vaudreuil's films. Charbonneau has also worked in film as a score composer, including the films '' A Colony (Une colonie)'', ''

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(La déesse des mouches à feu)'' and ''Viking''.

Members

* Stéphane Lafleur: voice, guitar, ukulele, kazoo, flute, synthesizer * Nicolas Moussette: bass,

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* Mathieu Charbonneau:

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, synthesizer * Joël Vaudreuil: drums,

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, kazoo

Discography

* ''Avec pas d'casque'' (2004), Independent * ''Trois Chaudières de Sang'' (2006), Dare to Care Records * ''Dans La Nature Jusqu'Au Cou'' (2008), Grosse Boîte * ''Astronomie'' (2012), Grosse Boîte * ''Dommage Que Tu Sois Pris'' (2013), Grosse Boîte * ''Effets Spéciaux'' (2016), Grosse Boîte

References

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