Coeur de Pirate is the solo project of award-winning singer-songwriter and pianist Béatrice Martin.
Since the age of 3, Martin has been playing the piano and expressing herself
through songs and music. After spending several years singing and playing
keyboards in Montreal indie bands, Martin decided to go solo and released her
eponymously titled debut album in September 2008, to immediate national and
international acclaim. Her popularity on YouTube and MySpace helped her
garner millions of new fans. Coeur de Pirate has now sold more than one million
albums worldwide and counting. Martin toured the album extensively throughout
Europe and North America, while building an impressive list of collaborations
(Jay Malinowski, Kardinal Offishal, David Usher) and awards (Felix awards in
2009 and 2010, and the 2010 Victoire de la Musique Award for Original Song of
the Year, Juno and Polaris Prize nominations, etc.). Martin then returned in
November 2011 with her sophomore album, Blonde, which she co-produced
with Montrealer Howard Bilerman (Arcade Fire, Godspeed You! Black Emperor,
The Dears). Blonde found widespread success, leading to more sold-out tours
across Europe, Canada and the United States, selling over 200 000 copies
worldwide while Coeur de pirate reached Diamond certification in France. Martin
took home 2 Felix awards at the 2012 ADISQ gala (Pop Album Of The Year and
Female Singer Of The Year), while in 2013 she collaborated with the likes of
Simple Plan and Lights. The following year, Martin provided the soundtrack to
Radio-Canada’s hit medical series, Trauma, as well as the original score to
Ubisoft’s video game, Child of Light. Martin returns in 2015 with her third
album, a collection of songs dating as far back as 2012, written mostly in
Montreal. Where Blonde was inspired by 60’s yéyé, Francoise Hardy and Brigitte
Bardot, that new album finds Martin boldly expanding her horizons and
modernizing her approach. The intoxicating first single “Carry On” was recorded
in Stockholm with producer Bjorn Yttling (Peter Bjorn and John, Robyn, Lykke
Li), her beloved piano is now cradled within a swirling ensemble of synthesizers
and carefully crafted string arrangements, with layers of dynamic drum sounds
and samples powerfully propelling the song forward. "Carry On" signals the end
of an era and ushers in another, where Martin reflects more deeply on her life up
to that point.
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