Brasse-Camarade was a francophone rock and blues group from Ontario, Canada during the 1990s. They were one of the most popular and successful musical groups in Franco-Ontarian history, scoring Top 40 hits in Quebec and Portugal and becoming in 1995 the first Franco-Ontarian group ever to reach #1 on the MusiquePlus charts in Quebec.
The band's two core members, brothers François and Pierre Lamoureux, were born in Sudbury, and later lived in Toronto, Ottawa and Penetanguishene before moving to Montreal to study music at McGill University. They subsequently released their first album in 1993, and released four more albums before ending the band in 1999.
The Lamoureux brothers now run Fogolabs, a company which produces concert films and DVDs,[1] including releases for Rush, Branford Marsalis, Great Big Sea, Cowboy Junkies[2] and Willie Nelson.
Their Zappa Plays Zappa concert film earned a Grammy for Best Instrumental Rock Performance. Pierre and François Lamoureux also won the JUNO AWARD for MUSIC DVD OF THE YEAR on two occasions, once with The Tragically Hip (That Night In Toronto) and once with Billy Talent (666). The Lamoureux brothers also directed and produced Harry Connick, Jr.'s "Only You - The Concert" and "In Concert On Broadway" concert films. Both films earned Emmy Awards for Oustanding Music Direction. In addition, films by Pierre and François have earned a multitude of industry awards including two Gemini Awards with Cowboy Junkies, DVD Association Awards, DVD Award and Surround Music Awards for their various concert films with Rush, Branford Marsalis, Willie Nelson, The Stray Cats and The Brian Setzer Orchestra.
In 2010, the brothers created Cinemusica, a production company entirely dedicated to their creative projects in the creative and performing arts. FogoLabs has since evolved into a full audiovisual production company that go beyond concert films. FogoLabs recently produced boradcasts of the Frangrance Industry Fifi Awards, the NEA Jazz Masters Awards and other live events.
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Other drummers to have performed with Brasse-Camarade include Jo Anne Blondin and Martin Gaboury.