A hybrid,
thanks to all those diverging styles. His new EP has to
be experienced as a lyrical journey.
Born in Paris, he learnt to play the saxophone in
a district music school in the same city and the
instrument soon became a fundamental part of
his music. Swiftly, Saintard emancipated himself
from academia, tried to play the piano, to compose
and construct his first pieces with his DJ friend
Monomite. He soon collaborated on many projects as
a saxophonist, composer and producer with the rapper
Prince Waly, the group Feu! Chatterton and
Enchantée Julia.
At once influenced by Gil Scott Heron, Sly and the
Family Stone, Chucho Valdès, Prince and Kenny
Garrett; Staintard paved his way to create his own
signature. In London, he discovered English soul and
the organic mix of textural sounds. Under the sun
of Ibiza and Barcelona, he added warm colors to his
musical palette. With a potent mix of nonchalance and
groove, his beat swings between Tom Misch and Henri
Salvador.
One can hear on certain tracks his half sung, half
spoken voice in his mother tongue. Humorous and
self-deprecating, his music depicts the real of the
ordinary, drawing pictures of a trivial everyday life.