Jelly Fiche

NEWS FLASH
Italie, le 25 Fevrier 2009
"Tout ce que j'ai reve" est maintenant en finale dans la categorie "Best Debut Album" aux "Prog Awards" qui se tiennent en Italie. La finale aura lieu le 1er mars 2009.
Italy, Feb 25th, 2009
"Tout ce que j'ai reve" has reached the finals for "Best Debut Album" at the "Prog Awards" in Italy. The final will take place on March 1st.
Montreal, le 8 Decembre 2008
"Dans la peau d'un autre" a ete tournee en primeur a l'emission "Dans le Beat de Montreal", animee par Jeff Paquet. S'en est suivi un entrevue avec Syd. Nous tenons a remercier l'equipe de CKOI ainsi que Jeff Paquet pour leur generosite!
Montreal, July 14th 2008 Jelly Fiche and Unicorn Digital are proud to announce the launch of Jelly Fiche’s debut album “Tout ce que j’ai rêvé” on Apple’s I Tunes Music Store.
Montreal, June 28th 2008 Jelly Fiche had the honor of opening for Scotland’s band Fish at a sold out Theatre National in Montreal. To see pictures of this event, please visit www.jellyfiche.com.
Montreal, March 18th 2008 Jelly Fiche is proud to present their debut album “Tout ce que j’ai rêvé”. The group played the album in its integrality in front of a full capacity audience at Lion D’or in Montreal. The album went officially on sale with the help of Montreal based Unicorn Digital Records and its distribution network.
Montreal, September 15th 2007 Jelly Fiche performed a full house at Salle Pierre Mercure as part of the “Festival des Musiques Progressives de Montreal”. To see the band’s picture album taken for this event, please visit www.fmpm.net
Syd:
Syd est la voix de Jelly Fiche. Natif de Granby, il possede un talent inne pour la composition. En 2001, il obtient une bourse de creation en chanson populaire du Conseil des Arts & des Lettres du Quebec. C'est en 2002 qu'il lance son premier album solo comme auteur-compositeur-interprete, Mammifere revolutionnaire, titre qui lui a valu la position N°1 au Top Franco de la station Montrealaise COOL 98,5 FM. Par la suite, il signe un titre sur l'album d'Anny Carrier (DKDD), Une larme parmi les vagues. Apres sa formation au Cegep St-Laurent en basse electrique, en piano et en chant, Syd devient vite un mordu de la scene. Ses experiences se multiplient comme chanteur, bassiste et choriste avec nombre d'artistes dont Sylvain Cossette, One Ton (Warner Music), la chorale Zarzuella, Rock Story (Suzie Villeneuve) pour ne nommer que ceux-ci.

Syd is Jelly Fiche’s voice. A Granby, Quebec native, he is given a natural talent for composition. In 2001, he is awarded a grant in popular music creation by the “Conseil National des Arts & Lettres” of Quebec. He launched in 2002 his first solo album entitled “Mammifère Révolutionnaire”, which title track reached Number One on Montreal radio station COOL 98,5 FM’s French chart. He then signed a title on Anny Carrier’s “Une larme parmis les vagues” album (DKDD). He discovered a vivid passion for live performance after his electric bass studies at Cegep St-Laurent. His credentials as bass player and singer include the musical “Flower Power”, performing casinos since 2007, One Ton (Warner Music), Sylvain Cossette and the Zarzuella vocal ensemble. In 2007, he is hired as a composer and bandleader for “Humour Aveugle” (St-Denis and Olympia theatres) galas headlining many upcoming comics such as Rachid Badouri and Mike Ward.
Eric Plante:
Ne a Montreal, Eric Plante se joint a Jelly Fiche comme saxophoniste, clavieriste et compositeur. Apres ses etudes en musique a l'Universite de Montreal, ce passionne du Jazz est engage par Le Cirque du Soleil sur les spectacles Quidam, Alegria et Saltimbanco, avec qui il fait le tour du monde de 1996 a 2004. De plus en plus sollicite comme compositeur, arrangeur, programmeur et chef d'orchestre, Eric participe a la production et enregistre la trame sonore du film Framed avec Neil Smolar, film qui a ete presente au Toronto Film Festival en 2000 ainsi qu'au premier album de Mathieu Lavoie, Avaler le vent (Diffusion YFB). Il a participe aux emissions The Tonight Show with Jay Leno et Good morning America. Eric Plante peut aussi etre entendu sur la trame sonore du film IMAX Journey of man du Cirque du Soleil, sur la version DVD du spectacle Alegria, ainsi que sur les abums Crazy Mama de Lulu Hughes (Novem) et Night Fever (LCQ Productions) avec lesquels il se produit en spectacle.

A Montreal, Quebec native, Eric Plante joins Jelly Fiche on saxophones and keyboards. This passionate for jazz was hired by Cirque du Soleil right after his music studies at University of Montreal. He toured the world from 1996 to 2004 on Cirque’s productions Quidam, Alegria and Saltimbanco. This experience gave him the opportunity to participate on TV shows such as “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and “Good Morning America”. Since then, his credentials include Quebec-based productions “Night Fever” and “Elvis Story, the Mega-Production” presented in casinos, theatres and arenas around the province, Jazz singer phenom Nikky Yanofsky and various formations in Quebec either as musician or bandleader. As a producer, Eric signed the soundtrack for the musical “Urbania”, Mathieu Lavoie’s “Avaler le vent”, various movies and jingles, as well as being responsible for many preproduction projects and all of Jelly Fiche’s recordings. As a musician, Eric can be heard on such albums as Michaël’s “Il Tempo”, Lulu Hughes’ “Crazy Mama”, LCQ productions’ “Night Fever”, Cirque du Soleil’s “Alegria” live DVD and CD, “Saltimbanco” CD, “Journey of Man” and “Wintuk” soundtracks. Eric still works occasionally with Cirque as a musician and consultant on their productions “Corteo” and “Saltimbanco”.
Jean-Francois Arsenault:
Ce guitariste et compositeur de talent d'origine Montrealaise vient completer le trio d'accolytes avec brio. Outre son diplome d'etudes collegiales en guitare jazz du Cegep Lionel-Groulx, Jean-Francois Arsenault possede plusieurs annees d'experience sur la scene Nord-Americaine, que ce soit dans le milieu corporatif avec diverses formations d'interpretation ou dans des salles de spectacles avec plusieurs chanteurs populaires. Depuis 1993, il se voue a l'enseignement de la guitare et transmet sa passion sur scene, notamment avec les chanteurs quebecois Hugo Lapointe et Alexandre Beliard, ainsi qu'avec l'artiste africain Musa Dinkala. En 2005, il enregistre un spectacle televise a Musique Plus avec les freres Eric Lapointe et Hugo Lapointe.
Originated from Montreal, Quebec, this composer and guitar player of great talent earns his diploma in jazz guitar studies at Cegep Lionel-Groulx. Since 1993, he as discovered a passion for teaching guitar and a strong desire to communicate it to a wide variety of people. Jean-Francois acquired a massive experience as a live guitar player performing various casinos in North America. His notable credentials include Quebec singer’s Hugo Lapointe, Alexandre Beliard, as well as African artist Musa Dinkala. In 2005, he participated in a live television capture for Musique Plus with brothers Eric and Hugo Lapointe.