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 graduated from the I.A.D. (Institute for the Arts of Diffusion, Belgium) in 1985 where he studied sound engineering.
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 SSL studio in Brussels. He learned a lot from manipulating both analog & digital sound technology.
In 1991 he founded the band Owen Curtiz with his "old" friend and talented singer/guitar player Paul Curtiz. The duo put out the Album "One World" in 1993 (T4A-Sony Music).
And his career really took off when he had the opportunity to work with famous frenchsinging 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 for many well known artists and bands. He got a name as an arranger and sound programmer.
He also worked for a music TV Show for Belgian TV during seven years, givin him to opportunity to meet many new talents.
In 2000 he founded the Yello Sub Studio with fellow musician 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, jazz, etc.
Many tracks on this CD will include guest singers.
