Jason Deeh Pitre

Jason Deeh Pitre
Jason Deeh Pitre
Born	Bathurst, New Brunswick
🏡 Residence	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
🏳️ Nationality	Canadian
💼 Occupation	Singer, musician, songwriter, filmmaker
📆 Years active	2003–present

Jason Deeh Pitre is a Canadian singer, musician, songwriter and indie filmmaker based in Montreal, Quebec. He is known worldwide for his duet with Seal (musician) in front of the Notre-Dame Basilica (Montreal). He is currently the frontman of the band The Scroll. He also wrote and directed two independent features, Affinity Point and Do You Truss Me?.

Biography[edit]

Pitre was born and raised in Bathurst, New Brunswick. In 2003, he moved to Montreal and began making music under the moniker The Scroll, "an electro-pop/experimental" project.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The single 'To Be a Sadist (You Have to Act Questionable)' appeared on the Montreal compilation Varia 2003.^[5] That same year, Pitre was asked to do the official music for The 2003 Canada Winter Games.^[6] In 2005, he released The Scroll's critically acclaimed double album 'Swan Soliloquy of a Deehrelict'. Exclaim! gave the album a high score and noted "The Scroll don't just touch on a variety of musical forms, they kick the shit out of them with songs ranging from wistful, to edgy, to utterly psychotic" .^[7] The Scroll signed to Akachic Records soon after.^[8]

In the late 2000s, while working as a successful director for an adult company, Pitre directed his first independent feature film, Affinity Point. It premiered at the Festival du nouveau cinéma 2010 edition in the Focus new Quebec works section.^[9]^[10]^[11] Around this time, Pitre began using the moniker Deeh for his film soundtrack work.^[12]

In 2009, Jason released The Scroll's second album '...and the man who sees his own wraith...' ^[4]

Between 2011 and 2013, Pitre directed his second feature film 'Do You Truss Me?' and released The Scroll's third album, 'Constant Public Humiliation'.^[13] 'Do You Truss Me?' was completed in 2013 but has yet to be released.^[14]

In 2015 and 2016, Pitre regularly appeared on Elisa Jordana's spreecast, Kermit and Friends. Pitre has long been a contributor to Kermit and Friends on a sporadic basis [...] His role was usually comedic, and he provided several music clips in the early shows".^[15] Among his comedic and music performances he provided a cover of Elisa Jordana's song 'Fuck you, I’m Fine'.^[16] Jason parted the show on bad terms and released a controversial six part online documentary called 'The People vs Jasouche Douchon' about the subject.^[17]

In January 2016, Pitre released The Scroll's fourth album, 'It Will Never Come, Lover' to positive reviews.^[1]^[2]^[18]^[19]^[20]

Apart from being a singer, musician, songwriter and filmmaker, he is also a well-known Montreal busker and performs in the city's famous old port during the summer months.^[1] In late June 2016, while he was busking in front of the Notre-Dame Basilica, Jason's voice captured Seal's (who was in Montreal for a private engagement) attention. After listening for close to an hour, Seal invited Jason to do an impromptu duet of “Stand By Me” with him.^[21] A video of their duet was published online and went viral overnight, attracting millions of views and making Jason a sudden internet sensation. ^[22]^[23] That week, Jason appeared on most TV news, newspaper and online news outlets from around the world.^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28] It was confirmed that "Seal and Jason kept up a sporadic contact via Twitter messaging."^[21]

On July 23, 2016, Pitre published his cover of Seal’s song, “Bring It On”. Seal Retweeted it and commented it positively on Twitter.^[21]^[29]

On September 1 and 2, 2016, Seal had two live performance scheduled at the Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls. Around the same time, Jason and his band The Scroll were playing a few shows in Toronto. Aware that Pitre was geographically near, Seal invited Jason to sing a few songs with him on the two dates.^[21]^[30] Pitre soon published a video of their performances on September 7, 2016.^[31]

In 2018, The Scroll opened for Seal at the Montreal Jazz Festival.[1] For the encore, Pitre performed David Bowie's 'Rebel Rebel' with Seal and Rennie Adams.[2]

During the 2020 pandemic, The Scroll released two album, Zizi Mortel and The Doppelganger is Unburdened. [3][4]

Pitre released his first novel, The Hedonist, in 2023. [5]

Discography[edit]

The Scroll[edit]

Year	Format	Album	Label
2005	Double-LP	Swan Soliloquy of a Deehrelict	Akachic Records
2009	LP	... and the man who sees his own wraith...	independent (Deehrelict Productions)
2011	EP	Cover Lad	independent (Deehrelict Productions)
2012	LP	Constant Public Humiliation	independent (Deehrelict Productions)
2015	Double-LP	Rejected Relicts 1: The B-Sides and Remixes 2005-2015	Akachic Records
2016	LP	It Will Never Come, Lover	independent (Deehrelict Productions)
2017	LP	Live 2017	independent (Deehrelict Productions)
2020	LP	Zizi Mortel	independent (Deehrelict Productions)
2021	LP	The Doppelganger is Unburdened	independent (Deehrelict Productions)
2024	LP	(upcoming album)	independent (Deehrelict Productions)
2025	Double-LP	Rejected Relicts 2: The B-Sides and Remixes 2015-2025	independent (Deehrelict Productions)

Deeh[edit]

Year	Format	Album	Label
2010	LP	Affinity Point (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	independent (Deehrelict Productions)
2014	LP	Do You Truss Me? (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	independent (Deehrelict Productions)
2014	SP	Songs for the West (Unreleased music for a Western)	independent (Deehrelict Productions)

Filmography[edit]

Year	Title	Role
2010	Affinity Point	Director, Deehrelict Productions
2015	Do You Truss Me?	Director, Deehrelict Productions

Bibliography[edit]


Year	Title	Role
2023	The Hedonist: My Secret Life as a Pornographer for the Mob	Writer

References[edit]

External links[edit]

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[bucketlistmusicreviews-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 The Scroll – It Will Never Come, Lover

[transatlanticdiablog-2] 2.0 ^2.1 NEW ALBUM BY THE SCROLL: The neo-wave/shoegaze/cyberpunk band just released “It Will Never Come, Lover”

[3] Halloween is coming early (if you dig film)

[deehrelict-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Deehrelict Brain : bio

[5] Varia 2003

[6] Deeh - Canada Winter Games Music

[7] Scroll, Swan Soliloquy of a Deehrelict, by Mike Adair, Exclaim!

[8] Akachic Records

[9] Festival du nouveau cinema announces strong line-up

[10] Affinity Point, FNC

[11] Affinity Point's IMDb

[12] Deeh's Bandcamp

[13] (fr) Une fin de semaine de découvertes! (Partie 1)

[14] Do You Truss Me?'s IMDb

[15] THE HIGH LONESOME SOUND OF JASON DEEH PITRE

[16] THE SCROLL- Fuck you, I'm Fine! (Lonely Night Retro Mix) Elisa Jordana cover

[17] IMDb of Defamed: The People Vs Jasouche Douchon

[18] The Scroll

[19] It will never come, lover – The Scroll — Indépendant

[20] Review – The Scroll

[blanketfortlife-21] 21.0 ^21.1 ^21.2 ^21.3 Getting to Know Seal’s “Busker”: Who Is Jason Deeh Pitre, Anyway?

[22] Old Montreal busker thrilled as Seal joins him for impromptu duet

[23] Seal and busker duet Stand By Me (Montreal.2016)

[24] (fr) Un chanteur montréalais fait le tour du monde

[25] Watch Seal Shut It All Down By Joining a Street Musician to Sing ‘Stand By Me’

[26] A memorable performance! This video of Seal singing a surprise version of Stand By Me with a street busker will make your day

[27] (fr) Seal chante avec un musicien de rue à Montréal

[28] Seal Sings a Surprise Duet with a Street Performer | ABC News

[29] Jason Deeh Pitre (the Scroll) - Bring it On (Seal cover) MUSIC VIDEO

[30] Seal @ Avalon Ballroom (Inside the Fallsview Casino) Niagara Falls, Ontario 9-1-16

[31] Seal duets with Jason Deeh Pitre (The Avalon, Fallsview Casino) FULL PERFORMANCE

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