Album lore

Claude Bégin’s 2015 release Les magiciens, issued by Coyote Records, gathers a dozen tracks that straddle chanson québécoise and indie rock, filtered through a distinctly francophone lens. The album’s twelve pieces, including “Avant de disparaître” and the title track, offer a blend of introspective lyricism and melodic invention that aligns with the pop québécoise tradition, yet hints at a restless, modern sensibility.Les magiciens occupies a modest but resonant place within the Quebecois music lineage, its songs marked by a clear-eyed attention to narrative and a deft interplay between acoustic and electric instrumentation. Though not widely trafficked—just over a thousand listeners on Last.fm—the record remains an artifact for those attuned to the subtle currents running through French-Canadian rock and pop of the mid-2010s.

Album lore

Claude Bégin’s 2015 release Les magiciens, issued by Coyote Records, gathers a dozen tracks that straddle chanson québécoise and indie rock, filtered through a distinctly francophone lens. The album’s twelve pieces, including “Avant de disparaître” and the title track, offer a blend of introspective lyricism and melodic invention that aligns with the pop québécoise tradition, yet hints at a restless, modern sensibility.Les magiciens occupies a modest but resonant place within the Quebecois music lineage, its songs marked by a clear-eyed attention to narrative and a deft interplay between acoustic and electric instrumentation. Though not widely trafficked—just over a thousand listeners on Last.fm—the record remains an artifact for those attuned to the subtle currents running through French-Canadian rock and pop of the mid-2010s.