Maten

About

The artist

Maten is an Innu folk-rock trio professionally anchored in Mani-Utenam on Quebec's North Shore. The current lineup is Samuel Pinette, Mathieu McKenzie, and Kim Fontaine. The group has been active since the late 1990s and has performed on hundreds of stages in Quebec and beyond. Its songs are written in Innu-aimun and connect alternative folk-rock with Innu melodies, rhythms, cultural continuity, and direct accounts of community life. Earlier career releases include Akua tutu, Tshi Metuatshen, and the self-titled Maten. Utenat, the group's fourth album, arrived in March 2023 through Makusham Musique and expanded the sound with collaborators including Black Bear, Élage Diouf, and Shauit. The exact Spotify identity 00PhJFghTO58e6Je0DiPh9 contains five principal album and single containers available in Canada: one album and four singles under Spotify's current classifications. They span the collaborative single Tshe minupunanu in June 2022 through Katak in March 2025. This provider-visible count does not include every earlier career recording and is not presented as a complete discography. The matching Apple Music identity 1242019515 independently connects Utenat and the current catalog to the same group. Maten's current activity is documented by its official 2025 tour calendar, the 2025 Katak release, a 2025 ADISQ Indigenous Artist of the Year nomination, and an official July 2026 Festival Eau Grand Air performance. Current professional ties to Mani-Utenam are also reflected by the official management and label route through Makusham Musique. Professional inquiries route through Maten's official contact page. MusicList does not reproduce the direct names, email addresses, or telephone numbers shown there. Spotify media is displayed only through the provider-attributed live route with a monogram fallback.