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Biography

Damien Saez was born in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoy, on August 1st, 1977, where he lived until the age of 3-4 years. Then he moved to Marseille. Saez spent most of his childhood in Marseille until he moved to Dijon when he was about 8 years old, where he was raised by his Algerian mother, after she got divorced from her Andalusian husband. Later, she met a director of documentaries who works for the French channel 'France 3' and gave birth to Damien's two younger brothers.

At the age of 8, he started Piano lessons with Boris Nedeltchev at the 'Conservatoire National de Région de Dijon' and graduated with a diploma 9 years later. He then took an interest in the guitar. His career as a singer began in 1995 when he let his interest in writing come out. He stopped playing in bands that sang covers of more famous bands such as Pink Floyd. He wanted to work on his own songs that he had written and try to attract a new audience.

In 1999, a record company became interested in his compositions, and he signed a record contract with Island and began to record his first album 'Jours étranges' which went double platinum. His first single 'Jeune et con' was broadcasted on many radio stations and reached the general public, which earned a nomination for 'newcomer of the year' at the 'Victoires de la Musique' in 2001.

In December 2001 his first poetry collection was published entitled 'À ton nom'. In March 2002, he released his second album 'God Blesse / Katagena'. In the mean time he released a piece of instrumental work called 'Katagena'. It was available online via non-official web-sites and could be downloaded free of charge.

Brian de Palma contacted him and asked him to contribute to the oroginal soundtrack of 'La Femme Fatale' released in cinemas in April 2003. The song that was chosen 'Sexe' caused a lot of commotion due to its vulgar lyrics. Many radio stations refused to broadcast it, and the video was banned from the television.

On April 22nd, 2002, the day after the first round of presidential elections, he released the song 'Fils de France'online, which was meant to be against the French right-wing politician Le Pen who qualified himself for the second ballot. The song was written and recorded in about 10 hours, then made available for free on Universal Music's website.

His third album, 'Debbie', was released in 2004 with a more rock style than the previous albums.

In 2005 he quit Universal Music and went on tour, which was called 'Damien Saez: Piano and Voice' in which he produced his own style accompanied by three guitars and a piano. According to Rock Mag in June 2006, Saez is recording his forthcoming album, which will be released under an independent label in 2008 as he no longer has any connection with Barclay. Three extracts (Killing the lambs, Numb and Yellow Tricycle)are already available on the artist's myspace site.

Discography

Albums

• 25 October 1999: Jours étranges
• 26 March 2002: God Blesse (double album: God Blesse & Katagena)
• 31 August 2004: Debbie
• 2008: Killing The Lambs (expected)

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Singles & Others

• 2000: Jeune et con, single, 3 April
• 2000: Sauver cette étoile, single (limited edition), 24 October
• 2001: Katagena, album (online experimental album)
• 2001: Les Oiseaux de passage (tribute album to Georges Brassens)
• 2002: Fils de France, single, april
• 2002: Sexe, film original band Femme fatale, 26 April
• 2002: Sexe / Solutions, single, 28 May
• 2004: Debbie, single, may 2004
• 2005: Marie ou Marylin, single

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Bibliography

• 2001: À ton nom, ISBN 2742735550

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External Links

• (French) Official Site
• (French) SaezWorld, Non-official Site
• (French) SaezLive, Fan-base Live Records Archive
• (French) DamienSaez.com Non-Official Site
• (English) God Bless ... Saez, Non-official Site
• (French) Katagena, Non-official Site
• (French) Jeunesse-Saezienne, Non-official Site
• (English) Rate Your Music, Saez Record Listing / Ratings