Clay and Friends - About the band

Biography

Clay and Friends offer a hard-hitting blend of soul, funk and hip-hop backed by prose in the image of what has come to be known as: La Musica Popular De Verdun.

Renowned for their supercharged live shows, Clay and Friends have thrilled over 1,850 Canadian and European crowds since 2014 under the #KeEpItMoViN' umbrella. The quintet has racked up over 60 million listens to its catalog since its debut on streaming platforms.

The band has no record label contract and has been running its independent structure since 2017.

Their song Going Up The Coast is certified Gold by Music Canada, commemorating the single's 40,000 digital sales. The hit single has over 20 million listens to date since its release in October 2018.

November 2023: Clay and Friends win the Félix at ADISQ in the category: Show of the Year: Multilingual and other languages.

The group was nominated for the prestigious Félix-Leclerc 2021 award, and its song Bouge ton thang was nominated for Song of the Year at the Gala de l'ADISQ 2022 and for the SOCAN Songwriting Prize the same year.

Their French-language album AGUÀ EXTEND'EAU is nominated in the Pop Album of the Year category at the Premier Gala de l'ADISQ 2023. In September 2023, the group wins a Prix Gémeaux: Best Musical Theme - All Categories, for its opening song on the Infoman 2022 TV show (New Year's Day edition).

Mike Clay

Singer, multi-instrumentalist

Mike Clay aka @alldayjam aka Morning Meditations aka your favorite ghostwriter's favorite ghostwriter.

Adel Kazi

Beatmaker, beatboxer

Imported from the Sahara desert inside a crate of olive oil, it's the finest, cleanest machinist around.

Clément Langlois-Légaré

Guitarist

Clément Langlois-Légaré, aka Pops at the guitar, is the band's maestro. Master of his 6 strings, Verdun's Santana never stops pulling ideas out of his hat.

Pascal Boisseau

Bassist

Pascal Boisseau, aka Killah B on the bass, is the band's Minister of Groove. Healer by day, bass guru by night, he's sure to get you shaking at high velocity.

Émile Désilets

Keyboardist

Emile Desilets aka Alvaaaro at the piano is the sound expert. He takes up a lot of space in the van populaire de Verdun with his keyboards and his clothes, but on the other hand, he always looks good.

Awards and distinctions

2023

JUNE 2023: Signing of the Livre d'Or de l'Arrondissement de Verdun de Montréal to highlight the exceptional contribution of Clay and Friends, well known on the music scene for their sense of belonging to Verdun.

September 2023: The group wins a Prix Gémeaux in the Best Musical Theme - All Categories category, for its opening song on the program Infoman 2022 (New Year's Day edition) on ICI TÉLÉ (Radio-Canada).

September 2023: Clay and Friends are nominated at the ADISQ in the category: Album of the Year: Pop (for AGUÀ EXTEND'EAU) and in the category: Show of the Year: Multilingual and other languages.

September 2023: Her hit single ''Going Up The Coast'', released in October 2018, reaches 20 million listens on Spotify.

November 2023: Clay and Friends win the Félix award at the ADISQ in the category: Show of the Year: Multilingual and other languages.

2022

The band won the GAMIQ 2022 (Independant Music Award of Quebec) for the Pop EP of the Year with their AGUÀ EP.

song ''Bouge ton thang'' is nominated in the ''Song of the Year'' category at the Gala de l'ADISQ 2022.

song ''Bouge ton thang'' is nominated for the SOCAN Songwriting Prize 2022.

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2021

Clay and Friends were chosen with their song "Cardin" as "Artistes Découvertes des Médias Francophones Publics" (Radio-Canada, Radio France, RTBF in Belgium and RTS in Switzerland).

Nominated for the prestigious Prix Félix-Leclerc (in collaboration with Les Francos de Montréal).

song ''OK'', from its recent EP Grouillades, is nominated for the SOCAN SOCAN Songwriting Prize 2021.

song ''Going Up The Coast'' is certified a gold single in Canada by Music Canada, commemorating the song's 40,000 digital sales in Canada.

2020

The group won the 2020 GAMIQ for the Pop EP of the Year with the project Grouillades.

ADISQ nomination: Show of the Year (Grouillades).

Révélation Chanson Radio-Canada 2020-2021

Clay and Friends is the Quebec representative in the official selection of INOUÏS de Bourges 2020 in France.

Clay and Friends is Rouge FM's iHeartRadio Future Star artist of the month.