Saez

French singer-songwriter Damien Saez was born in Saint-Jean de Maurienne (Savoie) on August 1, 1977. At the end of 1999, he appeared on the French scene under the name Saez, with the single "Jeune et con", which was an immediate success. In his lyrics, he adopts a political stance close to that of alterglobalism, and asserts the heritage of committed French chanson. From rock songs with the air of generational anthems to various experiments, Saez, whose music draws on a multitude of influences - from British rock to electro and classical music - has established himself in a handful of albums, notably Jours Étranges (1999) and God Blesse (2002), as one of France's finest rock musicians. After an English-language interlude under the name Yellow Tricycle, Saez returned with the vigorous J'Accuse in the spring of 2010, accompanied by the kind of controversy the singer is so fond of. In 2012, Messina takes over in the form of a triple album. Damien Saez again hit the headlines in 2013 with Miami and its provocative cover. Then he disappeared completely, publishing nothing more on social networks, only to reappear three years later with a major project: a year-long adventure, marking his fortieth birthday, called Le Manifeste, which he describes as "New Art". He describes it as a "new art" project, which he describes as a logbook of poems, new titles, photos and texts. It takes shape with the publication of three albums, L'Oiseau Liberté (2016), Lulu (2017) and #Humanité (2018). Followed by a loyal audience and visible only in concert, Saez has become a marginal artist who continues to record conceptual albums like the quadruple Le Manifeste 2016-2019: Ni Dieu Ni Maître in 2019, followed in 2025 by the triptych Apocalypse, Mélancolie and La Symphonie des Siècles.