Navet Confit is a Canadian

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...

 indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band, whose core member is musician Jean-Philippe Fréchette. Navet Confit is in rotation

Spin (radio)

In radio broadcasting, a spin is a single play of a song. The term is also used as a unit to measure popularity, typically in spins per week...

 on CBC Radio

CBC Radio

CBC Radio generally refers to the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which are outlined below.-English:CBC Radio operates three English language...

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Originally from the Beauce

Beauce

Beauce is a natural region in northern France, located between the Seine and Loire rivers. It now comprises the Eure-et-Loir département and parts of Loiret, Essonne and Loir-et-Cher. The region shared the history of the province of Orléanais and the county of Chartres, which is its only major...

 region of Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

 and based in 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...

, he has released five albums and three EPs

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 on the independent record labels Dry and Dead and La Confiserie. In 2007, he also collaborated with Fred Fortin of 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...

, 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...

 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...

 in the supergroup Vauvandalou, who released the one-off single "0.99$" through Bande à part

Bande à part (radio)

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....

 and Radio-Canada

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...

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EPs

• EP1, 2004
• EP2, 2005
• EP3, 2006
• EP4, 2006
• EP5/Platitude Confortable, 2009

External links

• Navet Confit
• Navet Confit at Bande à part
  Bande à part (radio)
  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....