FLORE LAURENTIENNE’S VOLUME III AVAILABLE APRIL 10, 2026 VIA SECRET CITY RECORDS
WATCH / SHARE “FLEUVE VII” HERE
BUY / STREAM “FLEUVE VII” HERE
EUROPEAN TOUR BEGINS IN APRIL
CANADIAN DATES COMMENCE ON JUNE 26, INCLUDING MONTREAL JAZZ FESTIVAL AND OTTAWA JAZZ FESTIVAL
TICKETS ON SALE HERE
PRE-SAVE VOLUME III HERE
SONGS SYNCED IN THE CÉSAR-NOMINATED FILM NINO, AND IN A LOUIS VUITTON ADVERTISEMENT FT. JEREMY ALLEN WHITE
VIDEO COLLABORATION WITH ICONIC INSTRUMENT BRAND MOOG MUSIC
Photo Credit: Alex Blouin & Jodi Heartz // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES
Following the inclusion of three pieces from 8 tableaux in the César‑nominated film Nino and a Volume I track in a Louis Vuitton advertising campaign, Flore Laurentienne—the project of composer and orchestrator Mathieu David Gagnon—returns with “Fleuve VII”, a new piece from his upcoming album Volume III, arriving April 10 via Secret City Records. This new work highlights a delicate dialogue between the piano and the string orchestra, carried by minimalist and hypnotic writing. Mathieu David Gagnon explains: “I created this series of pieces, called Fleuve, based on a fairly simple concept: reusing the same chords, but in a different order. The idea is to evoke the changing character of the St. Lawrence River.”
On stage, Flore Laurentienne will tour Europe this spring with six dates announced in London, Brussels, and Paris, before a highly anticipated concert at the Maison Symphonique, presented as part of the Montreal International Jazz Festival on June 26. The project comes to life on stage thanks to an ensemble of seven musicians—a string quartet, two keyboardists, and a percussionist—led by Mathieu David Gagnon, who plays the Minimoog, an instrument emblematic of Flore Laurentienne’s signature sound. Tickets are on sale now.
WATCH / SHARE “FLEUVE VII” HERE
BUY / STREAM “FLEUVE VII” HERE
Flore Laurentienne's compositions have enjoyed remarkable success since the beginning of the year. Three of his pieces feature in the César-nominated film Nino, directed by Pauline Loquès and starring Théodore Pellerin, who won the Q d'Or award for Actor of the Year for his role in the film. In addition, the piece “Petit piano,” from Volume I, accompanies Louis Vuitton's spring-summer 2026 campaign, featuring Jeremy Allen White. Flore Laurentienne has also collaborated with Moog Music, an iconic brand of analog instruments, on a video highlighting his approach and use of the Minimoog.
SONGS SYNCED IN THE CÉSAR-NOMINATED FILM NINO, AND IN A LOUIS VUITTON ADVERTISEMENT FT. JEREMY ALLEN WHITE
VIDEO COLLABORATION WITH ICONIC INSTRUMENT BRAND MOOG MUSIC
MORE ABOUT VOLUME III
The message, the shareable essence, on this third album by Flore Laurentienne, is light; it is the seed in the ground that becomes a plant and then a flower, blooming at its peak and then inevitably wilting so that the cycle can begin again; it is the quest for beauty in chaos, from which harmony is born. On Volume III, Mathieu David Gagnon and his Flore Laurentienne return to celebrate the magnificence of the river and its floral and sylvan surroundings.
Volume III is also a more in-depth exploration of the arrangement of acoustic and synthetic elements that characterize Flore Laurentienne. Unlike the first three albums, most of the pieces were developed with the band members during residencies and concerts before being recorded, which enriched the compositions at a stage when they were still evolving. The band fuels the project and stimulates Gagnon's writing by advancing the sound of the project, nourishing it and allowing it to go further.
This new milestone also marks the end of a trilogy that began in 2019 with Volume I – with the inherent and parallel aspiration of reaching a third volume in order to pay tribute to Volume 3, L'Infonie's (a Quebec cult collective that blended jazz, prog, art music, and poetry) first album. The latter did not influence Flore Laurentienne's music per se, but rather its conception of freedom in composition, combining classical and improvisation.
The progression of Volume III is in line with the evolution of the project: while the first track, "Fleurs," is similar to what Volume II offered, "(À travers les) Chablis," the closing track, gives us a glimpse of what the next installment might sound like. It's an album to be enjoyed alongside its two predecessors, while also looking forward to the next step. Flore Laurentienne is constantly evolving, but from the beginning, the vision has remained the same: to create music that is alive, true, human, and uncompromising.
WATCH / SHARE “RÉGATE” HERE
BUY / STREAM “RÉGATE” HERE
ABOUT FLORE LAURENTIENNE
Rooted in the Québec landscape and inspired by the vastness of the St. Lawrence River, Flore Laurentienne’s music— a harmonious blend of strings and analog synthesizers—takes us on a journey to the edge of the sublime, where we find ourselves both fragile and powerful, suspended between vulnerability and wonder.
Flore Laurentienne draws inspiration from contrasting worlds: the melodic clarity and counterpoint of Johann Sebastian Bach; the narrative intensity and progressive audacity of King Crimson; and the electronic minimalism of Hans-Joachim Roedelius.
FLORE LAURENTIENNE TOUR DATES
Thursday, April 9 - Bratislava, SK - Nova Cvernovka
Friday, April 10 - Prague, CZ - Palac Akropolis - Spectaculare Festival
Saturday, April 11 - London, UK - Royal Albert Hall - Elgar Room
Tuesday, April 14 - Brussels, BE - Botanique - Rotonde
Wednesday, April 15 - Düdingen, CH - Bad Bonn
Thursday, April 16 - Enghien-les-Bains, FR - Centre des Arts
Friday, June 26 - Montreal, QC - Maison Symphonique (Montreal International Jazz Festival)
Saturday, June 27 - Ottawa, ON - National Arts Center (Ottawa Jazz Festival)
Saturday, October 24 – Sherbrooke, QC - Granada Theatre
