20 Ans, La Forêt Des Mal-Aimés
Pierre Lapointe
20 ans, La forêt des mal-aimés is a 2026 limited‑edition 5‑LP box set that celebrates the 20th anniversary of Pierre Lapointe’s landmark 2006 album La forêt des mal‑aimés. Issued by Audiogram in a hand‑numbered run of 500 copies, the set gathers three interlinked projects on five translucent green vinyl records: the original studio album La forêt des mal‑aimés, the remix/companion album La forêt des mal‑aimés symphonique, and, for the first time on vinyl, the live album 2x2 (Pierre Lapointe en concert dans la forêt des mal‑aimés) with the Orchestre Métropolitain under Yannick Nézet‑Séguin. The packaging, overseen by design studio Ping Pong Ping, features new photos, archival imagery, and updated art direction that reframes the original record as a full “universe” spanning studio, remix, and orchestral concert.
The core of the box remains La forêt des mal‑aimés itself, a conceptually ambitious chanson album whose orchestral arrangements and theatrical storytelling helped cement Lapointe’s status in Québécois and francophone music. The symphonic and live discs show how the material has evolved in performance: the remix album offers electronic and experimental reworkings by collaborators like Jérôme Minière, Ghislain Poirier, and Kid Koala, while 2x2 documents the songs expanded for full orchestra and chorus on stage. Together, 20 ans, La forêt des mal‑aimés functions less as a simple reissue and more as a retrospective portrait of a cult album’s life over two decades, underlining how its blend of baroque pop, melancholy, and literary lyricism has continued to resonate and invite reinterpretation.
20 Ans, La Forêt Des Mal-Aimés
Pierre Lapointe
20 ans, La forêt des mal-aimés is a 2026 limited‑edition 5‑LP box set that celebrates the 20th anniversary of Pierre Lapointe’s landmark 2006 album La forêt des mal‑aimés. Issued by Audiogram in a hand‑numbered run of 500 copies, the set gathers three interlinked projects on five translucent green vinyl records: the original studio album La forêt des mal‑aimés, the remix/companion album La forêt des mal‑aimés symphonique, and, for the first time on vinyl, the live album 2x2 (Pierre Lapointe en concert dans la forêt des mal‑aimés) with the Orchestre Métropolitain under Yannick Nézet‑Séguin. The packaging, overseen by design studio Ping Pong Ping, features new photos, archival imagery, and updated art direction that reframes the original record as a full “universe” spanning studio, remix, and orchestral concert.
The core of the box remains La forêt des mal‑aimés itself, a conceptually ambitious chanson album whose orchestral arrangements and theatrical storytelling helped cement Lapointe’s status in Québécois and francophone music. The symphonic and live discs show how the material has evolved in performance: the remix album offers electronic and experimental reworkings by collaborators like Jérôme Minière, Ghislain Poirier, and Kid Koala, while 2x2 documents the songs expanded for full orchestra and chorus on stage. Together, 20 ans, La forêt des mal‑aimés functions less as a simple reissue and more as a retrospective portrait of a cult album’s life over two decades, underlining how its blend of baroque pop, melancholy, and literary lyricism has continued to resonate and invite reinterpretation.