{"id":978,"date":"2026-08-03T01:01:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T05:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/english\/la-comedienne-aline-winant-presente-son-premier-album-north\/"},"modified":"2026-08-03T01:01:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T05:01:58","slug":"la-comedienne-aline-winant-presente-son-premier-album-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/english\/la-comedienne-aline-winant-presente-son-premier-album-north\/","title":{"rendered":"The actress ALINE WINANT presents her first album NORTH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/?attachment_id=89885\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ALINE-WINANT-north.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600px\" height=\"600px\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-89885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ALINE-WINANT-north.jpg 600w, https:\/\/linitiative.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ALINE-WINANT-north-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aline Winant presented North, her first bilingual album, produced by \u00c9tienne Hamel (Nicolet). An actress and singer-songwriter from Montreal of Belgian origin, she traces, through inhabited poetry, the contours of roots and self-reinvention. Carried by an introspective folk music with careful arrangements, its nine pieces sit like a balm in the heart of winter.<\/p>\n<p>For this project, she surrounded herself with \u00c9tienne Dupr\u00e9 (Duu, zouz, Kl\u00f4 Pelgag) on bass, Renaud Gratton on trombone, Guillaume Guibault (Ariane Moffatt) on keyboards and Mandela Coupal-Dagleish (Mon deux Saigneur, Alex Burger, Patche) on drums. Trained actress (Royal, Une fin, Ext\u00e9rieur\/Nuit), Aline Winant composed her first songs during the pandemic and begins a collaboration in 2024 with \u00c9tienne Hamel (Nicolet), which will lead her to North. Marked by her career in theater, cinema and dance, Aline develops a narrative and sensory universe, where pictorial writing constantly questions the body, vulnerability and sensuality.<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT THE ALBUM Written throughout Aline Winant&rsquo;s tenth year in Montreal, far from her native Belgium, the album celebrates a slow rooting and reinvention of oneself. Aline&rsquo;s writing, nourished by her career as an actress, explores the relationship with the past, the body and memory. Always in tension between appeasement and loss of bearings, his music like his words are sometimes light and airy, sometimes raw and vibrant.<\/p><div id=\"linit-3600208352\" class=\"linit-dans-le-contenu linit-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8992136571741975\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px;\" \ndata-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8992136571741975\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"6185130430\"><\/ins> \n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"_ytid_76065\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0kro3dX59yU?enablejsapi=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;cc_load_policy=0&amp;cc_lang_pref=&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;loop=0&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autohide=2&amp;theme=dark&amp;color=red&amp;controls=1&amp;disablekb=0&amp;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-is-override no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\" allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\" name=\"_ytid_76065\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>North<\/p>\n<p>1. Safe and Sound2. Monica3. North4. Blur5. A Different Man6. Slow Dancer7. Here8. Water9. Without Reason<\/p>\n<p>Cover credit: photo Alessia Pizzanelli colorization Jocelyne Lalibert\u00e9 graphics Elena BolletteCREDITS Lyrics and music Aline Winant Guitar Aline Winant, \u00c9tienne Hamel Trombone Renaud Gratton Piano Guillaume Guibault Keyboard \u00c9tienne Hamel, \u00c9tienne Dupr\u00e9 Bass \u00c9tienne Dupr\u00e9 Drums Mandela Coupal-Dagleis Production and mixing \u00c9tienne Hamel Mastering Francis Ledoux Recorded at Studio Waterhouse, Sutton UPC 3618026990631 Distributed by Happy Life via Believe<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT THE FOCUS TRACK \u201cWATER\u201d Carried by catchy acoustic guitars and a luminous choir, \u201cWater\u201d brings lightness where life sometimes hardens us. Written in response to a dear friend who said \u201cI\u2019m afraid of becoming a stone,\u201d the song celebrates movement, softness and the possibility of remaining porous to the world.<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT Line Winant is an actress and singer-songwriter. Born in Belgium, raised in Germany and settled in Quebec, she transforms uprooting into a poetic and sensitive subject. After having distinguished herself in theater, television and cinema (Royal, Une fin, Ext\u00e9rieur\/Nuit, Liam, Peau \u00e0 Peau), she reveals herself in music with Suddenly Everyone\u2019s a Stranger in My Family (2023), a first bilingual EP with cinematic and ethereal atmospheres. This project brings her to the stages of the Montreal Pop Festival and Santa Teresa, as well as opening acts for Shaina Hayes, Vanille and Velours Velours. Marked by her career in theater, cinema and dance, Aline develops a narrative and sensory universe, where pictorial writing constantly questions the body, vulnerability and sensuality.<\/p>\n<div id=\"linit-2385842014\" class=\"linit-apres-contenu linit-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-8992136571741975\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px;\" \ndata-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8992136571741975\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"6185130430\"><\/ins> \n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aline Winant presented North, her first bilingual album, produced by \u00c9tienne Hamel (Nicolet). An actress and singer-songwriter from Montreal of Belgian origin, she traces, through inhabited poetry, the contours of roots and self-reinvention. Carried by an introspective folk music with careful arrangements, its nine pieces sit like a balm in the heart of winter. 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