Bande à part (radio)
Encyclopedia
Bande à part is the name of a website
and a Sirius Satellite Radio
station in Canada
that are devoted primarily to French Canadian
arts and music.
Operated by the Société Radio-Canada
(SRC), Bande à part is the French
counterpart to CBC Radio 3
. Bande à part also broadcasts on Sirius Satellite Radio
channel 87. Some of its content also airs as a late-night program on Espace musique
, and the service produces a weekly podcast
and several Internet radio
streams, each devoted to a particular genre of music.
In the late 1990s, the CBC announced tentative plans to open a third radio network, devoted to youth culture. Although the original radio network proposal was abandoned, the CBC launched Radio 3 as a pilot project through its new media division in 2000, and Bande à part followed in early 2001. In the fall of 2001, Bande à part also produced a short run television series, bandeapart.tv, for ARTV
.
In 2004, Bande à part began airing on Espace musique
in a weekend timeslot. The network launched its podcast in 2005, a few months after the debut of Radio 3's podcast.
Both Radio 3 and Bande à part became satellite radio stations with the launch of Sirius Canada
in December 2005. The station aired on Sirius 93 from its launch until June 24, 2008, when it moved to Sirius 87 as part of a major realignment of the Sirius lineup.
and Tony Tremblay
. Courteau, Fragata and Gagnon also make occasional appearances on Radio 3 as band interviewers or correspondents who promote the Quebec music scene for English listeners.
The network primarily airs francophone
music, although some English Canadian and international music airs as well. The network airs a freeform mix of rock, pop, folk, hip hop, punk and electronic music — however, because Montreal
has a particularly prominent electronic and post-rock
music scene, Bande à part's playlist leans somewhat more toward experimental genres than Radio 3's.
Tour Tournée in the winter of 2006, jointly sponsored by CBC Radio 3 and Bande à part, included bands such as Wintersleep
, Two Hours Traffic
, Konflit dramatiK, Hexes and Ohs
, Great Aunt Ida, Shout Out Out Out Out
, Novillero
, Les Breastfeeders
, SS Cardiacs
, Les Dales Hawerchuk, Pony Up!
and The Deadly Snakes
. Each of the eight locations had a different lineup of predominantly local bands.
On March 24, 2006, the network staged a fifth anniversary show at the Spectrum in Montreal, featuring Les Dale Hawerchuk, Akido
, Karkwa
and Malajube
.
On October 1, 2006, Radio 3 and Bande à part again jointly sponsored See Vous Play, a show in Toronto
featuring Les Breastfeeders
, Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton
, Les Trois Accords
and The Joel Plaskett Emergency
.
On April 27, 2007, Bande à part and CBC Radio 3 jointly presented Quebec Scene, an Ottawa concert featuring The Stills
, The Besnard Lakes
, Karkwa
and Mahjor Bidet.
, Simon Proulx of Les Trois Accords
, Jean-Philippe Fréchette of Navet Confit
and Vincent Peake of Groovy Aardvark
. The single, "0.99$", debuted on Bande à part's podcast, and its video debuted on SRC Television
's Le Fric Show
.
The band has not, to date, announced any further collaborations.
musicians from Quebec to produce the compilation album
93 tours. Each of the album's nine tracks features three different rappers collaborating with producers Mash, Boogat and DJ Horg. The album is available as a free download from Bande à part's website.
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
and a Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Radio.Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of...
station in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
that are devoted primarily to French Canadian
French Canadian
French Canadian or Francophone Canadian, , generally refers to the descendents of French colonists who arrived in New France in the 17th and 18th centuries...
arts and music.
Operated by the Société Radio-Canada
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...
(SRC), Bande à part is the French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
counterpart to CBC Radio 3
CBC Radio 3
CBC Radio 3 is a radio station that consists of two parts devoted to Canadian arts and music: a radio service which is available on Sirius Satellite Radio and streaming audio, and several daily and weekly podcasts from the CBC Radio 3 website...
. Bande à part also broadcasts on Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Radio.Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of...
channel 87. Some of its content also airs as a late-night program on Espace musique
Espace musique
Espace musique is the French-language music radio service of Canada's national public broadcaster, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation...
, and the service produces a weekly podcast
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
and several Internet radio
Internet radio
Internet radio is an audio service transmitted via the Internet...
streams, each devoted to a particular genre of music.
Roots
Like its counterpart CBC Radio 3, Bande à part has roots in radio programming that predated widespread use of either the internet or satellite radio. It originally aired as a national radio program devoted to francophone alternative music, airing from Radio-Canada's studios in Moncton.In the late 1990s, the CBC announced tentative plans to open a third radio network, devoted to youth culture. Although the original radio network proposal was abandoned, the CBC launched Radio 3 as a pilot project through its new media division in 2000, and Bande à part followed in early 2001. In the fall of 2001, Bande à part also produced a short run television series, bandeapart.tv, for ARTV
ARTV
ARTV is a Canadian French language Category A specialty channel specializing in the arts and culture; including music, dance, theatre, visual arts as well as films and scripted television series.-History:...
.
In 2004, Bande à part began airing on Espace musique
Espace musique
Espace musique is the French-language music radio service of Canada's national public broadcaster, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation...
in a weekend timeslot. The network launched its podcast in 2005, a few months after the debut of Radio 3's podcast.
Both Radio 3 and Bande à part became satellite radio stations with the launch of Sirius Canada
Sirius Canada
Sirius Canada is a Canadian company, a partnership between Slaight Communications, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Sirius Satellite Radio, which was one of three services licensed by the CRTC on June 16, 2005 to introduce satellite radio service to Canada.On November 24, 2010, following...
in December 2005. The station aired on Sirius 93 from its launch until June 24, 2008, when it moved to Sirius 87 as part of a major realignment of the Sirius lineup.
Programming
Personalities associated with the network include Alexandre Bernard, Alexandre Courteau, Yuani Fragata, Élodie Gagnon, François Lemay, Natalie Poirier, Claude RajotteClaude Rajotte
Claude Rajotte is a well-known DJ/VJ/,music critic from Montreal, Canada. Rajotte is currently working for MusiquePlus -Life:...
and Tony Tremblay
Tony Tremblay
Tony Tremblay is a French Canadian poet, writer, spoken word artist, journalist and radio personality, born in Jonquière, Quebec in 1968, and now living in Montreal.Tony Tremblay is the co-founder of Exit poetry magazine...
. Courteau, Fragata and Gagnon also make occasional appearances on Radio 3 as band interviewers or correspondents who promote the Quebec music scene for English listeners.
The network primarily airs francophone
Francophone
The adjective francophone means French-speaking, typically as primary language, whether referring to individuals, groups, or places. Often, the word is used as a noun to describe a natively French-speaking person....
music, although some English Canadian and international music airs as well. The network airs a freeform mix of rock, pop, folk, hip hop, punk and electronic music — however, because Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
has a particularly prominent electronic and post-rock
Post-rock
Post-rock is a subgenre of rock music characterized by the influence and use of instruments commonly associated with rock, but using rhythms and "guitars as facilitators of timbre and textures" not traditionally found in rock...
music scene, Bande à part's playlist leans somewhat more toward experimental genres than Radio 3's.
Concerts
The network also sometimes sponsors concerts.Tour Tournée in the winter of 2006, jointly sponsored by CBC Radio 3 and Bande à part, included bands such as Wintersleep
Wintersleep
Wintersleep is a Canadian indie rock band from Halifax, Nova Scotia.-Background:Wintersleep formed in 2001 and released two albums with Dependent Music, a music label and artists' collective that began in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 1994....
, Two Hours Traffic
Two Hours Traffic
Two Hours Traffic is a Canadian indie rock band, based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. They are named after a line in the prologue to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Although often described as the band that Halifax guitarist Joel Plaskett took "under his wing", they have increasingly...
, Konflit dramatiK, Hexes and Ohs
Hexes and Ohs
Hexes & Ohs is a Canadian electronic indie pop group from Montreal. Their sound combines 1980s inspired beats and synthesizer sounds with indie pop structures and melodies.They have released three albums since 2005 and have opened for many artists such as Tokyo Police Club, Sloan, and Mates of State...
, Great Aunt Ida, Shout Out Out Out Out
Shout Out Out Out Out
Shout Out Out Out Out is a Canadian dance punk/electro group from Edmonton, Alberta. Their debut album Not Saying/Just Saying, released in 2006, quickly garnered significant airplay on Canadian campus radio and on CBC Radio 3. The album debuted at #11 on Canada's national campus radio chart,...
, Novillero
Novillero
Novillero is a Canadian indie pop band formed in 1999 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Their musical style has been dubbed "mod-pop".Novillero formed in 1999 out of the ashes of Winnipeg lounge pop darlings Transonic, picking up Rod Slaughter , Dave Berthiaume , and Rusty Matyas along the way...
, Les Breastfeeders
Les Breastfeeders
-History:Formed in 1999, Les Breastfeeders were finalists in the 2003 edition of Les Francouvertes and also won the SOCAN award for best francophone song of the year in 2003, with their song Angle Mort...
, SS Cardiacs
SS Cardiacs
SS Cardiacs was a Canadian indie rock band, briefly active in the early 2000s.First formed in 2004 by Jessie Stein, Andy Lloyd and Dana Snell, the band released its sole album, Fear the Love, on Blocks in 2005. Stein's brother, José Miguel Contreras of By Divine Right, also participated in the...
, Les Dales Hawerchuk, Pony Up!
Pony Up!
- Early years :Pony Up! formed on New Year's Eve 2002 and, upon developing a relationship with singer Ben Lee, released their debut, self-titled EP, Pony Up! in 2005 on his friend Steve Aoki's label, Dim Mak.- 2006-2007 :...
and The Deadly Snakes
The Deadly Snakes
The Deadly Snakes were a Canadian indie rock band influenced by garage rock, punk, folk rock, and early r&b.-History:Formed in Toronto in 1996, the band's final line-up consisted of Andre Ethier on vocals and guitars, Matthew Carlson on guitar, trumpet and bass, Chad Ross on guitar, bass and...
. Each of the eight locations had a different lineup of predominantly local bands.
On March 24, 2006, the network staged a fifth anniversary show at the Spectrum in Montreal, featuring Les Dale Hawerchuk, Akido
Akido
aKido is the pseudonym of Canadian electronic rock musician and composer Kim Gaboury. Gaboury assembles a live band to tour with; this live component is generally considered a separate entity from aKido in the recording studio....
, Karkwa
Karkwa
-History:Formed in 1998, the group consists of vocalist and guitarist Louis-Jean Cormier, keyboardist François Lafontaine, bass guitarist Martin Lamontagne, percussionist Julien Sagot, and drummer Stéphane Bergeron...
and Malajube
Malajube
Malajube is a francophone indie rock band based in Montreal. The band has three albums out on Dare to Care Records.-History:Formed by a group of friends in Montreal, the band made itself known in 2004 with the release of its first album, Le Compte complet. Critics welcomed the disc with positive...
.
On October 1, 2006, Radio 3 and Bande à part again jointly sponsored See Vous Play, a show in Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
featuring Les Breastfeeders
Les Breastfeeders
-History:Formed in 1999, Les Breastfeeders were finalists in the 2003 edition of Les Francouvertes and also won the SOCAN award for best francophone song of the year in 2003, with their song Angle Mort...
, Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton
Emily Haines
Emily Haines is a Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter. She is the lead singer and keyboardist of the band Metric and a member of Broken Social Scene. As a solo artist, she performed with her own name and under the alias Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton...
, Les Trois Accords
Les Trois Accords
Les Trois Accords is a rock band from Drummondville, Quebec. The band launched its first album Gros mammouth album in 2003. Some of the notable songs, taken from that album, include "Hawaïenne", "Saskatchewan" and "Lucille". Along with their videos, these songs received heavy exposure in Quebec...
and The Joel Plaskett Emergency
Joel Plaskett
Joel Plaskett is a Canadian rock musician originally from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. He grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia and now resides across the harbour in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia...
.
On April 27, 2007, Bande à part and CBC Radio 3 jointly presented Quebec Scene, an Ottawa concert featuring The Stills
The Stills
The Stills were a Canadian rock band from Montreal, Quebec, formed in 2000. The band consists of Tim Fletcher , Dave Hamelin , Olivier Corbeil , and Liam O'Neil , Gregory Paquet .-History:The band members have known each other since the age of...
, The Besnard Lakes
The Besnard Lakes
The Besnard Lakes are a Canadian indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Formed in 2003 by the husband and wife team of Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas, two of their three albums have been nominated for the Polaris Music Prize.-History:...
, Karkwa
Karkwa
-History:Formed in 1998, the group consists of vocalist and guitarist Louis-Jean Cormier, keyboardist François Lafontaine, bass guitarist Martin Lamontagne, percussionist Julien Sagot, and drummer Stéphane Bergeron...
and Mahjor Bidet.
Collaborative music projects
In 2007, the network has also been involved in several collaborative music projects.Vauvandalou
In 2007, Bande à part gathered a number of Quebec rock musicians for a one-off supergroup single. The group, Vauvandalou, consisted of Fred Fortin of Les BreastfeedersLes Breastfeeders
-History:Formed in 1999, Les Breastfeeders were finalists in the 2003 edition of Les Francouvertes and also won the SOCAN award for best francophone song of the year in 2003, with their song Angle Mort...
, Simon Proulx of Les Trois Accords
Les Trois Accords
Les Trois Accords is a rock band from Drummondville, Quebec. The band launched its first album Gros mammouth album in 2003. Some of the notable songs, taken from that album, include "Hawaïenne", "Saskatchewan" and "Lucille". Along with their videos, these songs received heavy exposure in Quebec...
, Jean-Philippe Fréchette of Navet Confit
Navet Confit
-External links:* * at Bande à part...
and Vincent Peake of Groovy Aardvark
Groovy Aardvark
Groovy Aardvark was a Canadian rock band noted for its longevity in the Quebec music scene. Their final concert was staged in August 2005.-Discography:*1994: Eater's Digest*1996: Vacuum*1998: Oryctérope*1999: Exit Stage Dive...
. The single, "0.99$", debuted on Bande à part's podcast, and its video debuted on SRC Television
Télévision de Radio-Canada
Télévision de Radio-Canada is a Canadian French language television network. It is owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, known in French as Société Radio-Canada. Headquarters are at Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal, which is also home to the network's flagship station, CBFT-DT...
's Le Fric Show
Le Fric Show
Le Fric Show is a Canadian television series, which airs on Radio-Canada. Hosted by Marc Labrèche, the series airs a satirical mix of advocacy journalism and entertainment segments...
.
The band has not, to date, announced any further collaborations.
93 tours
In the fall of 2007, Bande à part worked with 27 unsigned hip hopHip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
musicians from Quebec to produce the compilation album
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
93 tours. Each of the album's nine tracks features three different rappers collaborating with producers Mash, Boogat and DJ Horg. The album is available as a free download from Bande à part's website.