Texts found in Dédé Fortin’s personal effects after his death have been set to music and will be premiered on ICI Musique on November 17.
It is with the agreement of the family of the late leader of Les Colocs that the texts, which have never been recorded, have thus become musical works.
Élage Diouf, Jimmy Bourgoing and André Vanderbiest, three former members of the Colocs, participated in the creation of these new musical works, supported by many talented artists. The texts found have for titles In life, The year 2000, Professions, To die, Damn bicyk ride and Marie-France. They were set to song respectively by Mara Tremblay, Émile Bilodeau, Queen KA and Elkahna, Fanny Bloom, Sara Dufour and Antoine Gratton, who also signs the musical direction.
The posthumous work Dede: Any news from you will take the form of a two-hour program in which Dédé Fortin’s archives will also be integrated. The whole will be animated by François Lemay, under the direction of Alexandre Bernard.
The program will then be available for webcast from the Radio-Canada OHdio application.