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Xavier Caféïne
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Xavier Caféine is a French Canadian rock vocalist, multi instrumentalist, composer and producer from the province of Quebec. He is the primary songwriter and lead singer of his band Cafeine and has also released music under alternate spellings; Caféine, Xavier Caféïne, or Caféïne. Xavier received formal Jazz-Pop bass training at the Cégep Marie-Victorin school in Montreal. His first release was the indie-punk album Mal éduqué mon amour in 1998 sung entirely in French. The follow-up album Pornstar was released in 2000, leaning toward a more glam rock sound, with English lyrics.
In August 2006, he released Gisèle on Indica Records as a solo project. Once again Xavier wrote the music, sang and performed most of the instruments on his album. Additional drums were recorded by his friend Michel Langevin of Voivod. Gisèle considered a classic French-language punk rock album, earning two ADISQ 2007 nominations for "Best Rock Album of the Year" and "Best Male Artist", and winning the GAMIQ 2007 award for "Best Rock Album". The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada awarded him the "2008 Discovery of the Year Song" award for "La fin du monde".
Cafeine's most recent album New Love was released again on Indica Records in 2013. The album was produced by Gus Van Go, giving the sound a crisper, more modern electro-punk-pop-rock sound. Singles "New Love", "Electric" and "L'ettre D'Amour" each reached the top 15 French-Canadian Commercial Alternative Radio BDS charts. New Love was primarily recorded in English with alternate French language versions for "Electric" and "L'ettre D'Amour". On February 17, 2015, New Love was digitally released in the US, marking the first time Cafeine's music received domestic distribution in a territory outside of Canada. The USA album cover art was changed from a photo of Cafeine to a blown out photo of a headless angel. A cover version of The Gun Club's song Sex Beat was included as a bonus track.
As a live performer, Cafeine is known for his high-octane-punk intensity. Le Journal de Québec quoted "he is still a beast on stage" referencing Toronto's alternative weekly NOW Magazine who declared "Cafeine is amazing, what a beast on stage". Established as a beloved personality, Cafeine regularly makes live appearances on French-Canadian music television such as Radio-Canada Television's show Stereopop or MusiquePlus specials such as Pop de jam.
In 2007, Belgian singer Plastic Bertrand contacted him to collaborate on the writing and composing of his new album "Dandy Bandit". Together they wrote seven songs. The two remain good friends, periodically performing together live as recently as June 24, 2015 in Montreal for the annual St. Jean Baptiste holiday. The free outdoor concert was attended by over 15,000 people in the streets of the Villeray area of Montreal and presented by La fete national dans Villeray 2015.
Other producer & songwriting collaborations include two albums for French-Canadian punk band Gazoline, "Futurbabymama" (2012) and their self-titled album Gazoline (2014).
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Xavier Plante connu sous le nom d'artiste Xavier Caféïne, ou, parfois, Xavier Caféine est un chanteur/musicien de rock indé et punk rock, autrefois associé à son groupe originel, Caféïnequi faisait dans le rock/garage. Créé en 1997, celui-ci s'est produit pour la dernière fois début 2002.
Toutefois, il a récemment adopté un son évoquant une combinaison des premiers groupes de punk (par exemple The Clash, Bad Religion et The Pixies) et de ses contemporains indy (qui incluent Trail of Dead, Malajube et We Are Scientists). Ce nouveau son est surtout discernable dans ses derniers albums. Il est présentement sous contrat avec Indica Records, tout comme les Vulgaires Machins.
En août 2006, il enregistra son premier album (Gisèle) en tant qu'artiste solo. Il joua la plupart des instruments sur son album mais reçut une aide de Michel Langevin à la batterie pour quelques chansons. Le disque est décrit comme étant authentique de l'artiste et les fans du rock et les critiques musicaux au Québec l'ont apprécié.
Il a offert des spectacles dans plusieurs festivals au Canada, dont le Festival musique et arts Osheaga (2007), le Festival d'été de Québec (2006–2008), les FrancoFolies de Montréal (2006–2008) et Woodstock en Beauce (2006–2007).
En 2007, le chanteur belge Plastic Bertrand l'approcha pour collaborer à l'écriture et à la composition de son nouvel album. Ensemble, ils écrivirent 7 chansons.
La Société canadienne des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique (SOCAN) lui remit le prix Chanson découverte de l'année 2008 pour La fin du monde.
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