Alaclair Ensemble

Alaclair Ensemble
Origin Montreal, Quebec City
Genres Canadian hip hop
Years active 2010s
Labels Google Records
Disques 7ième Ciel
Associated acts Accrophone, Movèzerbe, Rednext Level, Karim Ouellet, K6A
Website www.alaclair.com
Members Ogden a.k.a. Robert Nelson
Maybe Watson a.k.a. Produit Laitier
KenLo Craqnuques
Claude Bégin a.k.a. Claude Bégin
Eman a.k.a. Explosion Lyricale
Vlooper a.k.a. NRV Cantaloopa
Mash a.k.a. Thomas Gagnon

Alaclair Ensemble is a Canadian hip hop musical collective.[1] The band's concept is based around an alternate history in which the Patriotes won the Lower Canada Rebellion of 1838 and established a state based on the Declaration of Independence of Lower Canada. Their musical style draws on traditional Québécois folk music as well as contemporary hip hop and electronic music.[1] In the band's Bas-Canada mythology, the nation suffers none of the linguistic tensions between anglophones and francophones that exist in contemporary Quebec and Canadian society, and the band performs lyrics in both languages.[1]

The group consists of Ogden "Robert Nelson" Ridjanovic (rapper), Olivier "Maybe Watson" Normandin-Guenette (rapper), KenLo Craqnuques (rapper & producer), Claude Bégin (rapper, singer, producer, musician), Eman (rapper), Vlooper (producer) and Mash (producer).[1] Although the collective was initially principally based in Quebec City, most band members now reside in Montreal or Toronto.[1] Like several other hip hop collectives, the members also release music with their own side projects in addition to their collaborations as a band.[1]

The collective released their debut album on Bandcamp in 2010. The group's 2013 album Les maigres blancs d'Amérique du Noir, whose title is a satirical pun on Pierre Vallières' Quebec revolutionnary manifesto Les nègres blancs d'Amérique, was a longlisted nominee for the 2013 Polaris Music Prize.[2] Their follow-up album, Toute est impossible, was released in 2014.[3] In 2016, signed to Disques 7ième Ciel, the band launched their first priced album, Les Frères Cueilleurs.

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