Saint Privat (band)

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

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).

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.

  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.