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= Alex Burger (music) = Alex Burger is a singer-songwriter born October 24, 1990, in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec.

He launched his first EP, «À m’ment donné», in June 2018. This opus is followed by "Sweet Montérégie", launched on January 22, 2021, under the Big in the Garden label. undefined Between the two launches, Burger carved out a place among the finalists of the Festival international de la chanson de Granby in 2018, made his way to the Francouvertes finals in 2019 and won the Cabaret Festif! of Baie-Saint-Paul in 2019. In 2020, Burger participates in the program La Voix, broadcasted on the TVA network. He is part of Pierre Lapointe's team and makes it to the quarter-finals.

Alex Burger was part of the Câltar-Bateau group with eight other musicians. This group launched two albums: Verbal boisson # 7 in 2014 and La bavure des possessions in 2015. This latest opus allows them to make their way to the finals of the Francouvertes in 2016. In 2017, the group decided to take a break. At the same time, Burger participates in the Bon Enfant project, as a bassist,  with Daphné Brissette (Canailles), Étienne Côté (Canailles), Mélissa Fortin (Canailles) and Guillaume Chiasson (Ponctuation). undefinedHe is also bassist for Mon Doux Saigneur with Emerik St-Cyr. It was then that he launched his solo career.

His beginnings in music
Alex Burger has always been passionate about music and will begin to tame the guitar when he is 12 years old, drawing inspiration from groups like AC / DC and Guns N' Roses. However, he waited until he was 19 to start singing.

His country music inspirations
Burger comes from a family where country music was omnipresent. At his grandfather, it was common to hear of Willie Lamothe. As the years went by, Alex Burger tamed this musical style to the point of inhabiting it and being bitten by it.

His inspirations are as international (Hank Williams, John Prine, Bob Dylan) as they are from Quebec (Faulkner, Plume, Marcel Martel).

His stint at La Voix
It was the show's producers who, after his Francouvertes finale, approached him to invite him to the Quebec adaptation of The Voice. Burger wasn't sure he wanted to participate. It was his father who convinced him to leap. The singer is very happy about it today, even though he did not win the grand prize. His last performance, during which he performed « Doris » from Stephen Faulkner, pitted him against Flora Stein, who later became a finalist on the show. For Burger, participation in La Voix constitutes great visibility with the Quebec public.

Throughout his career, Alex Burger has remained true to himself and his universe. He even allowed himself a political message when he put a sticker saying "Justice for Joyce" on his guitar without the production realizing it. This action was intended as a tribute to Joyce Echaquan, an autochthon mother who died in hospital in inhumane conditions.

A first album: Sweet Montérégie
Sweet Montérégie is the first opus by Alex Burger, who signed the production and co-directing with Alexandre Martel (Hubert Lenoir, Anatole).

The album is sometimes tinged with blues, country and rock, but his musical style is always intended to bring people together. Alex Burger likes to test things, have creative freedom and confront the unknown while telling stories in each of the pieces.

La Presse described the album as a nice surprise at the start of 2021, giving it a rating of 4 out of 5 stars and noting the background work done by Burger in the writing of texts, the composition of music, arrangement and realization.

Discography :
EP À m’ment donné, 2018

Sweet Montérégie, 2021