Oktopus

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The artist

Oktopus is a Montréal, Quebec ensemble founded in 2010 by clarinetist, composer, and arranger Gabriel Paquin-Buki. Its artist-controlled biography describes a practice rooted in klezmer music and expanded through classical works, Quebec songs, Balkan traditions, and jazz improvisation. The current official roster names Paquin-Buki with Matthieu Bourget, Maxime Philippe, Kalun Leung, Francis Pigeon, Guillaume Martineau, and Zoé Dumais. The ensemble remains active through an extensive 2026 and 2027 calendar that includes performances across Quebec, British Columbia, Europe, Chile, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. Current Montréal engagements include Théâtre de Verdure and several municipal cultural venues. Oktopus released its debut album Lever l'encre in 2014, followed by Hapax in 2017, Créature in 2021, and Brahms, Balkans & Bagels in 2025. The exact Spotify artist 0ABjriW7UyTYbFiI0J4d2S connects all four principal studio albums, dated from June 1, 2014 through May 2, 2025. A fifth provider container is a multi-artist Syli d'Or concert collection and is not counted as a principal Oktopus release. The ensemble's official biography records JUNO and Canadian Folk Music Award nominations for Hapax, Félix, Canadian Folk Music Award, and Opus nominations for Créature, a creative-fusion prize at Slovak Radio's International Competition of Folk Music Recordings, and a 2023 Bubbe Awards People's Choice Award for the Wiegala video. Oktopus directs professional inquiries through its artist-controlled contact page. MusicList does not reproduce the direct email addresses or telephone numbers displayed there. Spotify media is shown live with provider attribution and a monogram fallback. The exact English and French payload was reviewed for collision-free identity, current Montréal and Quebec geography, active status, current roster, catalog arithmetic, musical traditions, honours, safe contact routing, provider media, and meaning parity.