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After Jamais (j’aurais pensé), La vie attend pasAmerica, and Rosier, Valence released his first album, Pêle-mêle, in September of 2021.

The fine-tuned yet laid-back indie pop of Vincent Dufour (alias Valence) is one that is unobtrusively attractive. An amalgam of warm colours and a nod to soft-rock ballad clichés, it melds catchy and cosmic melodies. Borrowing its dense sound from neo-psychedelia and its ethereal aesthetic from dream pop.

Valence’s approach is however anything but random, and draws its inspiration from electronic music research and sound modelling. He admits being influenced by pioneers of the method like François de Roubaix, or more recently, Kevin Parker. Producer in the maximum privacy of his bedroom in the St-Sauveur district, Valence nevertheless gives himself the leisure to explore as he pleases, without any limits or pressure.

Autonomous without going at it entirely alone, the young artist collaborated with Steeven Chouinard (from Le Couleur), Aubert Gendron Marsolais and Antoine Bourque, who – this time around in the studio, not in his room – joined to add their touch to the new track.

Listen to his first album “Pêle-mêle”!
order it here 
order the vinyl here

Listen now to Charlie, a single by Ariane Roy and Valence!

Shows

31 juillet
Isle-aux-coudres, QC
Festival Jeunart
Etienne Dufresne
Helena Deland
Hildegard
Lydia Képinski
Robert Robert
Valence
Nicolet

Credit

Branding : BillyClub
Design + dev. : P-L Cossette
Dev. : Deven caron