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Born in Brussels in the "Golden Sixties" Stéphane Owen took piano lessons from the age of seven and Jazz courses when he was a teen-ager. He completed his studies in sound engineering at the I.A.D. (Institute for the Arts of Diffusion, Belgium) in 1985.
Since his younger days, Stéphane always showed a deep interest both in music and sound technology. He also anticipated the massive use of computing in the audiovisual field as we know it today. He bought his first synthesizer at the age of sixteen and his first music computer a few years later.
His sound engineer career started when he was appointed as a "in house engineer" in a big "Solid State Logic" studio in Brussels. He learned a lot from manipulating both analog & digital sound technology.
In 1991 he founded the band Owen Curtiz with school mate Paul Curtiz, a talented singer/guitar player. The duo put out the Album "One World" in 1993 (T4A-Sony Music). In the meantime, his sound engineer career took off when he had the opportunity to work with famous french pop artist, Lara Fabian. He collaborated with her in Canada for three albums. Those records went all Gold & Platinum in Canada, France & Belgium.
Back in Brussels, Stéphane continued to work as a freelance engineer. Since then he worked with many well known artists like B.J. Scott, Maurane, Philippe Lafontaine, Alec "C'est l'Amour" Mansion, Latoya Jackson and Jazz musicians like Toots Thielemans & Philip Catherine.
He collaborated on a prime time music show for Belgian TV for seven years, givin him to opportunity to meet many new talents. He also got a name as an arranger and sound programmer.
In 2000 he founded the Yello Sub Studio with pianist Philippe Decock. This place started as a programming suite and became well know from many Belgian and French bands and singers.
Today, Stéphane has many different activities in the audivisual field : writing & arranging songs, composing music for TV Series, recording commercials or producing sound designs for video games and big corporate events.
However, after working so many years for others, Stéphane felt the need to go "back to roots". and he has begun to write songs for his own album. The style of this album reflects his various musical influences : electro, rock, brasilian music, soul, trip hop, and jazz. Sometracks on this CD will include guest singers.
Aug 24, 2007
I'm looking for guest singers for my project. The basic idea is to invite female vocalists on some of my songs. (For lead vocals or vocal "fills"). You will find examples of the styles of the voice in the two songs I've posted on my Virb profile. We can collaborate on …
Joachim Jannin, Dec 15, 2007:
Hey Master, merci pour l'accueil sur Virb... et je suis curieux d'entendre ton prochain disque!
A bientôt :)
JJ
Annalisa [photographer], Aug 30, 2007:
IG - Ivana Gatti / Gianni Maroccolo, Aug 24, 2007:
Hello Stéphane, thanks so much for your comment. Compliments for yours projects.
MAËLLE A.D, Aug 12, 2007:
Hello !!!! Bienvenu sur Virb ! Enjoy :)