Poirier

About

The artist

Poirier is an active DJ, producer, songwriter, and musician based in Montréal, Quebec. The exact Spotify artist 5IpvS5ea4bymk3HpP1jVU4 aligns with his current artist-controlled Bandcamp, Apple Music artist 324816371, Resident Advisor artist poirier, MusicBrainz artist f06e6e44-1083-4283-86e9-8ccfc6ef6649, and Wikidata item Q600436. Born Ghislain Poirier, he began releasing music in 2001 and developed a production language that moves between ambient electronics, dancehall, soca, hip-hop, house, and acoustic textures. His work emphasizes exchange across languages, communities, eras, and cultures, often through sessions with vocalists and instrumentalists from Montréal and beyond. Poirier has released music through labels including 12k, Ninja Tune, Wonderwheel Recordings, and his own Novisa imprint. The collision-reviewed principal Spotify catalog in Canada contains fifty-eight album and single containers from September 23, 2003 through June 11, 2026. MusicList counts seven albums, twelve multi-track EPs, and thirty-nine other singles. Representative releases include Beats as Politics, Breakupdown, Running High, Migration, Soft Power, Sous le manguier, and Quiet Revolution. His current catalog also includes extensive remixes and collaborations with artists such as Djely Tapa, Jérôme Minière, KNLO, Waahli, Flavia Coelho, Ramon Chicharron, Boogát, and Samito. Current MUTEK Montréal material identifies Poirier as Montréal-based, documents more than twenty-five years of work and over fifty-five official remixes, and presents a 2026 anniversary performance of Il n'y a pas de Sud... alongside recent dance composition. Quiet Revolution, issued in 2024, brings electronic and acoustic sound into a more intimate frame, followed by a 2025 remix collection and new 2026 collaborations. Public listening and professional information route through the artist-controlled Bandcamp. MusicList does not reproduce direct contact details or social handles. Spotify media is displayed live with provider attribution and a monogram fallback.