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Saint Privat (band)

For other uses, see Saint-Privat (disambiguation).

Saint Privat is a music project conceived by producer Klaus Waldeck and singer Valérie Sajdik in 2004.[2] Inspired by classic Italian and French film music, Saint Privat has released three albums (Riviera, 2004; Superflu, 2006; Après la Bohème, 2023).

Saint Privat
Background information
OriginVienna, Austria
GenresElectronica with
Bossa nova
Years active2002 - present[1]
LabelsDope Noir Records
MembersValérie Sajdik (voc)
Klaus Waldeck (prod, keys)
Martin Spitzer (git)
Rüdiger Kostron (b)
Hermann Aigner (d)
Past membersClemens Wabra (git)

Erwin Schober (d)

Shayan Fathi (d)
Websitehttps://www.waldeck.at/saintprivat

Both Sajdik and Waldeck had notable musical careers before they met at a wedding in Vienna.[3] Waldeck had already scored international attention with his early Trip hop and Downtempo productions[4] having shelved his legal career for his musical pursuits.[5] Acting as "musical Hitchcock", Waldeck acts as composer, arranger, and producer on Saint Privat releases, making only rare appearances as a performer on keys and electronic effects.[6]

Sajdik finished her law degree in Paris in 2000, having graduated from music conservatory in Vienna and her girl band, C-Bra, had fallen apart.[7][8] Getting exhausted with the French capital, she relocated to Saint-Privat, a small hamlet in the southern region Occitania which was just becoming attractive for bohemians, artists, recovering drug users, and enterprising homemakers.[9] Local hearsay claims that George Harrison and members of Pink Floyd stayed for some time in the community. Novelist and screenwriter Ian McEwan became attracted to the picturesque village to relax, renovate an abandoned building, and work on Black Dogs[10] Sajdik has been a permanent resident of Saint Privat since 2002.

Albums

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Album cover for Riviera

Riviera

The project's first album Riviera was developed with jazz musicians Clemens Wabra on guitar, Rüdiger Kostron on bass, and Shayan Fathi on drums. In a 2019 interview, Waldeck cites Romanian piano legend Eugen Cicero as an inspiration for the compositions, who had made musical crossover popular with his 1965 release of Rokoko Jazz. Many tracks keenly refer to guitar work Antônio Carlos Jobim had developed for Bossa nova[11] while others boast classical genes ("Bach en dub"; "September Song" by Kurt Weill). Performed in English or French, the eleven songs celebrate a carefree nostalgia for glamorous beachfront life in the sixties, as popularized by music and movies. Saint Privat received the award for "Newcomer of the Year" at the Austrian Amadeus Music Awards in 2005.[12]

 
Album cover for Superflu

Superflu

The project's 2006 release Superflu continues its re-imagination of the sixties and the decadent ease of musical francophilia. Developed by experimenting live at Dope Noir's Vienna studios, the record ponders the decade's darker moments epitomized by Roman Polanski's 1968 movie Rosemary's Baby and gently strips Jefferson Airplane's "Somebody to Love" from its rock pathos[13] “Poisson Rouge”, Superflu's opening track, was used in the movie trailer for Paul Feig's 2018 comedy A Simple Favor.[14]

 
Cover for Après la Bohème

Après la Bohème

Après la Bohème was released in July 2023.[15][16] Its pre-released single "Boom, Boom Click" was heard in season three of Netflix's Emily in Paris[17] and on the red carpet of the 2023 Festival de Cannes.[18] The song was inspired by story of actress-singer Clandine Longet who (perhaps accidentally) shot her lover in 1976.[19]

Après la Boheme includes twelve songs - swinging tongue-in-cheek narratives ("Boom, Boom Click", "Regarde-moi Joe"), jazzy tales of romance ("Bossa Casanova"), a melancholic "Le Tailleur de Pierre" and pure feel good ("Toi et moi"). In an interview, Waldeck concedes "an almost nostalgic psychedelic character" of the album[20] Sajdik and he had been working on since 2020.

References

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  1. ^ Valerie Sajdik Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 2010-10-28
  2. ^ "Saint Privat lineup, biography". Last.fm. Retrieved 2023-03-28.
  3. ^ Redaktion (2006-03-30). ""Ein guter Pop-Song steht über allem" - Valerie Sajdik im mica-Interview". mica - music austria (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  4. ^ ElectroSwingThing (2010-10-05). "Waldeck (AT)". Electro Swing Thing. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  5. ^ "Waldeck". Austrian Music Export. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  6. ^ Gstettner, A. (July 23, 2004). "Musikalischer Hitchcock und göttliche Stimme". Jazzzeit. p. 12.
  7. ^ radiokulturhaus.orf.at. "Die neuen Österreicherinnen: Valerie Sajdik". radiokulturhaus.orf.at (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  8. ^ Forschungen, Institut für kunst-und musikhistorische (2002). "Sajdik, Valerie". ISBN 978-3-7001-3043-7 (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  9. ^ Redaktion (2006-03-30). ""Ein guter Pop-Song steht über allem" - Valerie Sajdik im mica-Interview". mica - music austria (in German). Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  10. ^ "Rustic Calm Inspires McEwan Tale of Evil - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. 2015-05-26. Archived from the original on 2015-05-26. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  11. ^ http://jazzbluesnews.com (2019-01-01). "Interview with Klaus Waldeck: The need a strong emotional bodywork … than you can add a little dose of intellect: Video •". Retrieved 2023-06-12. {{cite web}}: External link in |last= (help)
  12. ^ "Siegerliste der sechsten "Amadeus Awards" - Musik - derStandard.at › Kultur". 2023-03-27. Archived from the original on 2023-03-27. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  13. ^ Stöger, G. (November 22, 2006). "Leicht, aber nicht seicht". Falter. pp. 47/06.
  14. ^ Feig, Paul (2018-09-14), A Simple Favor (Comedy, Crime, Mystery), Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding, BRON Studios, Creative Wealth Media Finance, Feigco Entertainment, retrieved 2023-06-12
  15. ^ Gruber, Reinhard (2023-07-14). "Ende der Pause". Oberösterreichische Nachrichten. p. 24.
  16. ^ Saint Privat - Apres La Boheme, retrieved 2023-07-14
  17. ^ Emily in Paris (TV Series 2020– ) - IMDb, retrieved 2023-06-12
  18. ^ Opening Ceremony of the 76th Festival de Cannes - Red Carpet - EV - 2023, retrieved 2023-06-12
  19. ^ "Comeback-Album - Saint Privat: Wenn sich zwei Kulturen spiegeln | krone.at". 2023-07-15. Archived from the original on 2023-07-15. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  20. ^ "Saint Privat ist zurück mit beschwingter Melancholie | SN.at". 2023-07-14. Archived from the original on 2023-07-14. Retrieved 2023-07-14.
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