Mathias Malzieu (born 1974), the lead singer of the French band
Dionysos
In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (; grc, Διόνυσος ) is the god of the grape-harvest, winemaking, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, festivity, and theatre. The Romans ...
, co-founded the group in 1993 when he lived in
Valence in
Drôme
Drôme (; Occitan: ''Droma''; Arpitan: ''Drôma'') is the southernmost department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. Named after the river Drôme, it had a population of 516,762 as of 2019. (
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (ARA; ; frp, Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes; oc, Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups; it, Alvernia-Rodano-Alpi) is a region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Au ...
). Three of his school-friends (Eric Serra Tosio, Michael Ponton and Guillaume Garidel), comprised the original band membership.
Books
Malzieu has written the following books:
* ''38 mini westerns avec des fantômes'' (2002)
* ''
Maintenant qu'il fait tout le temps nuit sur toi'' (2005)
* ''
La mécanique du cœur'' (2007); English translation titled ''The Boy with the Cuckoo-Clock Heart'' released in September 2009
* ''
Métamorphose en bord de ciel'' (2011)
* ''
Le Plus Petit Baiser Jamais Recensé'' (2013)
* ''
Journal d'un vampire en pyjama'' (2016); English translation titled ''Diary of a Vampire in Pyjamas'' released in May 2017
More recently :
* ''
Une sirène à Paris''
* ''
Le dérèglement joyeux de la métrique amoureuse''
Movies
Together with Stephanie Berla, he directed the movie "
Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart
''Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart'' is a 2013 French 3D computer-animated musical fantasy film based on the concept album by the French rock band Dionysos, and on the novel '' La Mécanique du cœur'' written by the band's lead singer Mat ...
" (2013).
"
Une sirène à Paris" (2020)
Personal life
Malzieu's partner , Daria Nelson, is a French photographer.
References
Living people
1974 births
Musicians from Montpellier
French songwriters
Male songwriters
French rock singers
French singer-songwriters
French rock guitarists
French male guitarists
21st-century French singers
21st-century guitarists
21st-century French male singers
French male singer-songwriters
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