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Pierre Lapointe
Pierre Lapointe
Canadian singer
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Subb
Subb
band
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Isabelle Boulay
Isabelle Boulay
Quebec singer
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Richard Clayderman
Richard Clayderman
French pianist
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Numéro
Numéro
electro-pop duo from Montréal
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Marie-Mai
Marie-Mai
Canadian singer
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Daniel Lavoie
Daniel Lavoie
Canadian singer–songwriter
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Marilou
Marilou
Canadian recording artist; pop singer
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Frédéric François
Frédéric François
Belgian singer
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Patsy Gallant
Patsy Gallant
Canadian actress and singer
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Mitsou
Mitsou
Canadian actor and singer
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Dubmatique
Dubmatique
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Lara Fabian
Lara Fabian
Belgo-Canadian recording artist; singer
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Daniel Balavoine
Daniel Balavoine
French recording artist; singer-songwriter
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Vulgaires Machins
Vulgaires Machins
French Canadian punk rock group
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Banlieue Rouge
Banlieue Rouge
Punk band from Quebec
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Simple Plan
Simple Plan
Canadian rock band
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Christophe Willem
Christophe Willem
French recording artist; singer
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Zazie
Zazie
French singer, songwriter, and former fashion model
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Jean-Pierre Ferland
Jean-Pierre Ferland
Canadian singer
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Mylène Farmer
Mylène Farmer
Canadian-born French recording artist; singer, songwriter
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Rachid Taha
Rachid Taha
Algerian singer
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Jacques Dutronc
Jacques Dutronc
French actor and musician
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Reset
Reset
Canadian punk rock band
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Lio
Lio
Belgian actress and singer
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Avril Lavigne
Avril Lavigne
Canadian singer, songwriter and actress
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Men Without Hats
Men Without Hats
Canadian synthpop and new wave band
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Niagara
Niagara
band
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Bodh'aktan
Bodh'aktan
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Loco Locass
Loco Locass
Canadian hip hop group from Quebec
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France Gall
France Gall
French singer
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Cali
Cali
French singer-songwriter
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Cœur de pirate
Cœur de pirate
Canadian recording artist; singer-songwriter
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Beau Dommage
Beau Dommage
band
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Patrick Norman
Patrick Norman
Canadian singer
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Viktor Lazlo
Viktor Lazlo
Belgian-French singer
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The Sainte Catherines
The Sainte Catherines
band
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Andy Kim
Andy Kim
Canadian pop rock singer and songwriter
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Yann Perreau
Yann Perreau
Canadian singer-songwriter
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Gilles Vigneault
Gilles Vigneault
Canadian poet and singer-songwriter
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Canadian hardcore punk
Canadian hardcore punk
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El Motor
El Motor
French-Canadian indie-rock band
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Bonjour Brumaire
Bonjour Brumaire
Canadian indie pop band
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Priestess
Priestess
Canadian rock band
Xavier Caféïne
French Canadian rock vocalist, multi instrumentalist, composer and producer

Xavier Caféïne

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French Canadian rock vocalist, multi instrumentalist, composer and producer
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Xavier Caféine is a French Canadian rock vocalist, multi instrumentalist, composer and producer from the province of Québec. 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.

Xavier formed a band called Poxy and released their self-titled album in 2004, followed by Artificial Pleasures in 2007.

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).