Some new projects Quebec Most cutting edge musicians have ranked polaris Music Awards Short List.
pop provocateur Hubert LenoiroCongolese-Canadian Pierre Quanders and electronic orchestral musicians Ori He is among 10 contenders for this year’s $50,000 award for Best Canadian Album.
They join in London, Ont. rapper ruff Whose “Tao” became their fifth album to be selected for Polaris, the most of any artist since the creation of the award in 2006.
Among the Quebec nominees, Lenoir takes a place with “Picture d’Ipes: Musique Directe”, also known as “Picture of Myself”, a concept album that featured musical compositions for recorded life of his daily life. Set up the conversation.
Quandres, who was born to Jose Louis Modabi in Kinshasa, Congo, before moving to Montreal, is best known for “Jose Luis and the Paradox of Love”. The album captures the dancefloor energy of Afro-Latin beats and features a collaboration with Vin Butler and Regine Chasagne of Arcade Fire.
Ouri is the stage name for Ourielle Auve, whose album “Frame of a Fauna” was inspired by her classical training in France and the electronic music she discovered when she moved to Montreal.
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First Nations hip hop act Snotty Knows Rage Kids took their third spot for “Life After”, while indigenous duo Ombigizzi descended on the list for their debut “Sew Back Together”, produced by Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew.
Other Polaris-nominated albums include Toronto singer-songwriter Charlotte Day Wilson’s “Alpha,” Rosarville, NB-raised Lisa LeBlanc’s “Chiak Disco”, St. John-based musician Kelly McMichael’s “Waves” and Vancouver rock band Destroyer’s “Labyrinthitis”. ” Are included.
Chosen by a group of journalists, broadcasters and bloggers, the Polaris Music Awards have named the best Canadian album of the past year – regardless of genre or sales. The winner will be announced during a grand presentation on September 19 in Carloo, Toronto.
Tickets for the evening are available through Ticketmaster, while the ceremony will be broadcast live on CBC Music.
Last year, Polaris turned to hip hop artist Cadence Weapon for “Parallel World,” his poetic reflection on race, policing and technology that was largely inspired by the George Floyd protests in 2020.
Each runner-up gets $3,000.
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