René Lussier

René Lussier is a guitarist and composer born in Montreal on 15 April 1957, whose work belongs to Quebec's musique actuelle. He started in 1973 with the progressive rock band Arpège and in 1983 co-founded the label Ambiances Magnétiques with Jean Derome, Robert M. Lepage and André Duchesne. His album Le trésor de la langue turned the melodies of recorded Quebec speech into music, and part of it won the Prix Paul-Gilson in 1989. Lussier also plays bass, percussion and bass clarinet.