{{Short description|Canadian indie pop band}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox musical artist | background = group_or_band | name = Tricot Machine | image = TricotMachine 2009 stbg.jpg | caption = Tricot Machine in 2009 | landscape = yes | alias = | origin = Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada | genre = Indie pop | years_active = {{start date|2005}}–{{end date|2012}} | label = Grosse Boîte | website = {{URL|tricotmachine.ca}} | current_members = | past_members = * Catherine Leduc * Matthieu Beaumont }}
'''Tricot Machine''' was a Canadian indie pop band, active from 2005 to 2012. Originally from Trois-Rivières, Quebec, the band's core members were Catherine Leduc and Matthieu Beaumont.<ref name=solo>"[http://fr.canoe.com/divertissement/musique/nouvelles/2013/01/31/20544376-qmi.html Catherine Leduc travaille sur un projet solo]{{dead link|date=April 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}". canoe.ca, 31 January 2013.</ref><ref>[https://voir.ca/musique/2017/04/12/il-y-a-10-ans-tricot-machine-tricot-machine/ "Il y a 10 ans : Tricot Machine – Tricot Machine"]. ''Voir'', Olivier Boisvert-Magnen 12 April 2017</ref>
==History== Leduc and Beaumont formed Tricot Machine in 2005. They released their self-titled debut album in 2007 on Grosse Boîte. The album was named Chanson Album of the Year at the Quebec Independent Music Awards.<ref>[https://exclaim.ca/music/article/quebec_independent_music_awards_gamiq_winners "Quebec Independent Music Awards (GAMIQ) Winners Announced"]. ''Exclaim!'', Cam Lindsay, 17 September 2007</ref> They won a Félix Award that year for ''Révélation de l'année'' (New Artist of the Year),<ref name=solo /> and Leduc won the Echo Songwriting Prize (French division) for their single "L'Ours".<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081602/http://www.chartattack.com/news/2007/10/04/abdominal-and-tricot-machine-win-echo-songwriting-prizes/ "Abdominal And Tricot Machine Win ECHO Songwriting Prizes"]}}. chartattack.com, 4 October 2007.</ref>
In 2008, the duo released ''Tricot Machine chante et raconte 25 décembre'', a Christmas-themed package comprising an EP of Christmas music and an illustrated children's book featuring an original Christmas story.<ref>"Tricot Machine présente son maxi de Noël". ''Voir'', 5 November 2008.</ref> They followed up with their second full-length album, ''La prochaine étape'', in 2010.<ref>[http://fr.canoe.com/divertissement/musique/nouvelles/2010/03/12/13207636-qmi.html "Prêts pour la prochaine étape"]{{dead link|date=April 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}. canoe.ca, 13 March 2010.</ref>
Leduc announced in early 2013 that she was working on her debut solo album.<ref name=solo/> The album, ''Rookie'', was released in 2014,<ref>Alain de Repentigny, [https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/musique/entrevues/201404/07/01-4755245-catherine-leduc-la-vie-apres-tricot-machine.php "Catherine Leduc: la vie après Tricot Machine"]. ''La Presse'', 7 April 2014.</ref> and she followed up in 2017 with the album ''Un bras de distance avec le soleil''.<ref>Raphaël Gendron-Martin, [https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2017/05/27/ne-pas-se-bruler-avec-le-succes "Ne pas se brûler avec le succès"]. ''Le Journal de Montréal'', 27 May 2017.</ref> Although both were billed as solo albums rather than Tricot Machine albums, Beaumont remained involved in the production, songwriting and instrumentation on both releases.
==Discography== * ''Tricot machine'' (2007) * ''Tricot machine chante et raconte 25 décembre'' (2008) * ''La prochaine étape'' (2010)
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==External links== * {{official website|tricotmachine.ca}}
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Category:Canadian indie pop groups Category:Musical groups from Quebec Category:Trois-Rivières Category:Canadian musical duos Category:Musical groups established in 2005 Category:2005 establishments in Quebec Category:Félix Award winners