MUSIC
From Issue #18
Projet Orange
By Surya Bhattacharya
Projet Orange is the duo-bro team of Jean-Sebastien and
Jean-Christophe from Quebec City. With their latest 
album,
Megaphobe, the brothers are trying to keep the peace
between their home-grown French fans and growing
English fans across the country. “We have a fan base in
Quebec, and we want to include them, and write music for
them. So we are still trying to keep the balance in our
album with songs both in French and English. We are proud
of our roots, and as we get to know the rest of Canada, we
are improving every day,” says Jean-Christophe.
This includes a struggle with responding to a surprising
rise in the number of fans who have discovered the
gloomy-pop ways of Projet Orange.
But things weren’t always this rosy. On February 7, 2002,
Jean-Sebastien discovered he had blood poisoning, which
affected his immune system. Meanwhile, Jean-Christophe
never left his brother’s side, and says the hospital became
their second home. They also stopped writing and
recording songs for six months. “You feel as if it was you,
especially when you’re so close,” says Jean-Christophe.
Soon Jean-Sebastien recovered, and as Jean-Christophe
points out, they were back to reality. But things weren’t the
same he says, “You become more conscious of everyday
details, and there is more intensity for what you do.
There’s also a little anger that follows you for a little while
because you can’t figure out what’s going on. Life suddenly
becomes so complicated from day to day.” And it affected
their music, “The music got louder,” he says, “We wanted to
scream and play. You look at everyone else and imagine
them gone. It’s tragic, but that’s true. It changed my ways
and priorities.”
Photo courtesy of BMG Music
