CRi
CRi | |
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| Birth name | Christophe Dubé |
| Origin | Quebec, Canada |
| Genres | Electronic music |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Labels | Anjunadeep |
| Formerly of | Feuilles et Racines |
| Website | crimusic |
CRi is the stage name of Christophe Dubé, a Canadian electronic musician from Quebec.[1]
Originally from Quebec City, he was a beatboxer for local hip hop group Feuilles et Racines before releasing his debut EP as an electronic artist in 2013.[2] He released a number of standalone tracks and remixes for other artists before following up with the EPs Tell Her in 2016,[3] Someone Else in 2017,[4] and Initial in 2019.[5]
In 2019, CRi and Charlotte Cardin collaborated on a cover of Daniel Bélanger's "Fous n'importe où".[6] Juvenile, his first full-length album, was released in 2020 and included Bélanger as a guest vocalist on the track "Signal".[7]
In 2023, CRi released his second studio album, Miracles, on which he collaborated with artists such as Half Moon Run and Klô Pelgag.[8]
Someone Else was a nominee for Electronic Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2018,[9] and Juvenile received a nomination in the same category at the Juno Awards of 2021.[10] The same year, he won a Félix Award for Discovery of the Year at the 43rd ADISQ gala.[11]
CRi is the brother of actress and filmmaker Alexa-Jeanne Dubé.[12]
Discography
[edit]Studio albums
- Juvenile (2020)
- Miracles (2023)
Remix albums
- Why I Love You (Remixes) (2016)
- Me and My Friends: Remixes (2016)
- Juvenile (Remixed) (2021)
- Juvenile (Remixed: Part Two) (2021)
- Miracles (Remixed) (2024)
EPs
- Tell Her (2016)
- Someone Else (2017)
- Initial EP (2019)
- Signal (2020)
- To You (2021)
- Astray (2023)
- Miroir Miroir (2023)
- Hold You (2024)
References
[edit]- ^ "Introspective Montreal Producer CRi Comes Into His Own with New Video 'Don't'". Noisey, 26 May 2016.
- ^ "De DJ de sous-sol à artiste sélectionné aux Juno". Le Journal de Montréal, 23 January 2019.
- ^ "CRi: Tell Her". Exclaim!, 15 June 2016.
- ^ "CRi: Someone Else". Exclaim!, 22 March 2017.
- ^ "CRi propose un nouvel EP: le captivant Initial". Voir, 15 March 2019.
- ^ "Charlotte Cardin et CRi reprennent Daniel Bélanger". Voir, 16 January 2019.
- ^ "CRi lance Juvenile, un premier album 100 % québécois". Ici Radio-Canada, 17 October 2020.
- ^ "Miracles, un deuxième album lumineux pour CRi" [Miracles, a second luminous album for CRi]. ici.radio-canada.ca (in French). 23 September 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ^ "Juno Awards Reveal 2018 Nominees". Exclaim!, 6 February 2018.
- ^ Holly Gordon, "The Weeknd, JP Saxe, Jessie Reyez and Justin Bieber lead 2021 Juno Award nominations". CBC Music, 9 March 2021.
- ^ "CRi, la révélation de l'année qui veut démocratiser la musique électronique" [CRi, revelation of the year, who wants to democratize electronic music] (in French). 14 November 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ^ Matthew Bedard, "CRi teams up with filmmaker and sister Alexa-Jeanne Dubé for "Never Really Get There" music video" Archived 11 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Flaunt, 24 June 2020.
External links
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