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Aarsen
Aarsen is a Canadian rock band, founded in 2006 by Justin Saintonge, Mathieu Saintonge, Younes Imgaline, Mathieu Joanisse, Patrick Costa and Sonny Tremblay. The Saintonge brothers and Mathieu Joanisse are the only original members left.

Aarsen has released three E.P’s since their beginning; “Better Late Than Never” (2008), “Lost In Transmission” (2011) and “Home” (2013).

== History ==

Better Late Than Never E.P.

Together, they produced songs that gradually made it to their first E.P. called "Better Late Than Ever". The 5 song E.P. was recorded at Chaotic Sound Studios in Ottawa in 2007 and 2008. During the recording process, Michel Boudreault joined the band and replaced Patrick Costa. Michel arrived at the end of the recording process but still had time to write and record the guitar solo on the song “Swept Away”.

Since it took almost two years to record the E.P., Frank Beecher, the recording engineer, proposed to name the E.P. “Better Late Than Never”. The band members thought it was a good idea and kept the name. The E.P. was mastered by Alan Douches from West West Side Studios in New York City.

“Better Late Than Never” was made available online, free of charge, on their official web site in August 2008. In December 2008, Aarsen released their first music video for the song “Frequency”. The video was produced by Julien Chartier and Luc Doucet. Aarsen was featured in the French TV show “La Piqûre”, aired on APTN, where a young aboriginal girl realized her dream of becoming a hairdresser.

Aarsen played their first show ever in Dixon’s Corner, Ontario, on April 24, 2009.

A few months later (June 20, 2009), Aarsen shared the stage with acts such as Gob, Subb, Exterio, Kamakazi and Priestess at the D-Tox Rockfest in Montebello, Québec.

In January 2010, their drummer Sonny Tremblay left the band to pursue his career with MyChildren MyBride.

Aarsen then started looking for a new drummer. During four months, they auditioned drummers without finding a perfect fit. In April 2010, Aarsen asked Jean-François Buteau to join the band. Buteau was known as the drummer of the punk rock band Overhead. They were one of the main acts of the Outaouais punk rock scene.

2010 was marked by some line-up changes; a hiatus from Michel to concentrate on other projects and his comeback to the band; and the departure of Younes.