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Diotima

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About Me

DIOTIMAgrandit rive gauche. Très vite, elle décide que décidément, c'est un peu étroit , le sixième. Du coup, elle visite toute les écoles du quartier, s'arrange pour se faire congédier, et tente l'éducation britannique. Mais du haut de ses 10 ans 3 quarts, Diotima fait ce constat toujours d'actualité: " Les Zinstitutions et les cadres rigides Zest pas fait pour moi"; Elle se dit que la vie c'est peut-être ailleurs. Alors elle dépasse le periph, les bornes et les limites. D'abord, il y a les balades états- uniennes fréquentes, normal parceque la petite Diotima est un peu américaine et parle couramment le patois local . Ensuite, elle découvre la culture hip-hop, la musique, le chant, la danse, la banlieue parisienne et ses habitants. Entre temps elle passe son bac en candidat libre. Etudie la mode. Multiplie les errances et les expèriences. Mais Diotima le sait, le sent. La Voie, c'est la musique... La volonté chevillé au corps, elle travaille le chant, compose, et écrit des textes depuis l'adolescence. Dans la musique de Diotima on trouve de sa sensualité. Diotima n'est-elle pas celle qui explique à Socrate qui est Eros? On trouve un héritage culturel hétéroclite, de nombreux voyages dans le monde et vers les autres, son amour de la nature, avec, en vrac, l'identité juive ashkenaze, la rebellion, le poid d'une éducation, le hip-hop, la fête, les States, Cuba... Mais surtout on trouve des trucs qui viennent du ventre, des trucs de la vie qui déborde. Parceque la musique de Diotima est à son image, instinctive.... ____________________________________________________________ _______________DIOTIMA grows up on the left side of the river in Paris. Very fast, she feels she has other places to discover. So, there she is, visiting all the schools around, finding a way to get expuled every time, and trying school in England. At 10 years old she discovers that institutions are not for her, ( which she still believes...) She tells herself that life is maybe somewhere else. So, she passes through the "périphérique", through the limits ... First, she goes often to the States, because the little Diotima is a bit american and speaks fluently the language. Then she finds out about hip-hop culture, music , singing, dancing, parisians suburbs and it's suburbers. Passing by, she graduates from high-school, learns fashion. Tries a lot and learns about life. But Diotima feels it, knows it. The right path is music. With will she's been composing writing and singing her own songs since she was a teen. In Diotima's music, we can feel all her sensuality. Isn't she the one who explains to Socrate who is Eros? We can also find a rich cultural heritage, travels, her love for nature, her jewish (ashkenaze) identity, rebellion, the weight of an education, hip-hop, the States, Cuba... But especially there is her feeling, those things from the guts, from this crazy life... Because Diotima's music is like her : only instinct.

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Member Since: 6/26/2006
Band Website: For now working on it
Band Members: Diotima produces her own songs, writes and sings them. She also works with other composers and some musicians.
Influences: Trip-hop and Lounge music, as Tricky, Morcheeba, Portishead, some of Bjork, St germain...Soul from the 70's, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, The Meters, The Temptations, Sly and the Family....New-Soul, Gill Scott, Erika Badu, Ursula Rucker, D'Angelo, Tony Toni Tone, Anthony Hamilton....Prince, George Clinton, Chakka Khan, Zapp...Reggae and Dubs, also Ragga, like Sizzla, Barrington Levy, Bob Marley of course, the Gladiators, Steel Pulse,Cornell Campbell, Peter Tosh....Hip-hop, especially Old School, Bahamadia, the Roots, Wu-Tang, Biggy, Mobb Deep, Outkast, Snoop, Tupac, Common...
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Sounds like what she feels in her guts, what comes up to her mind... Sounds like music, she doesn't really like to put things in a box.... Ca sonne comme ce qu'elle sent dans ses tripes, ce qui lui vient à l'esprit, elle n'aime pas vraiment mettre les choses en boite...
Record Label: None and looking for one if you're interested :-)
Type of Label: None