Malajube

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Malajube

Background information
Origin	Sorel, Quebec Canada
Genre(s)	Indie rock
Label(s)	Dare to Care
Website	malajube.com
Members
Julien Mineau Francis Mineau Mathieu Cournoyer Thomas Augustin Renaud Bastien

Malajube is a francophone indie rock band based in Montréal, Québec, Canada. The band has two albums out on Dare to Care Records.

A group of high school friends from Sorel, Quebec, the band made itself known in 2004 with the release of its first album, Le Compte complet. Critics welcomed the disc with positive reviews, which allowed the group to become instantly famous in the Québécois music scene. Several of its songs, such as "Le Métronome" and "La Valérie", were prominent mainstays on several Québec radio stations. For the production of the album, the group turned to Martin Pelland from fellow Montreal band The Dears.

In the months that followed the release of their first album, Malajube launched a tour across Québec, participating in several major festivals, such as Les FrancoFolies de Montréal.

In February 2006, the quartet released its second album, Trompe-l'œil, which also received a warm welcome on the part of Québec media. Collaborations with singer Pierre Lapointe, Québecois rap group Loco Locass, and the use of a wide variety of instruments has contributed to the album's success in addition to audio engineer/record producer Ryan Battistuzzi's (We Are Wolves, Death from Above 1979, Blessed By A Broken Heart) production work.^[1] Trompe-l'œil also began to attract attention in English Canada in July, when it was shortlisted for the inaugural Polaris Music Prize, and in the United States in October, when it was a featured review on Pitchfork Media. In 2006, they won three Félix Awards at the 28th edition of the Gala de l'ADISQ: two for Trompe-l’œil, "Best alternative album" and "Best cover art" while they were proclaimed "Revelation of the year 2006". CBC has described them as one of very few Québec musical groups who have achieved success in English Canada despite not performing in English, something the band states they have no interest in doing.

On October 17, 2006, Malajube released their CD Trompe-l’œil in the U.S. They also participated in the CMJ Music Marathon in New York City on November 2, 2006.

The band's song "Montreal -40°C" was featured in a Rogers Wireless commercial, and another song, "Ton Plat Favori", was in a Zellers commercial. Pâte filo was also featured in a commercial for Radio Shack in the United States.