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Soren Sorensen (born Mounir 31 July) is a Swiss-American singer-songwriter, drummer, keyboardist, record producer and radio commentator; also known as the artist Dorian Gray.

Soren Mounir
Background information
Also known asDorian Gray
OriginGeneva, Switzerland
GenresProgressive rock, rock, pop, soul
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, musician, producer
Instrument(s)Vocals, drums, keyboards
Years active1987–present
LabelsMoonLand Music
Websitehttp://www.moonlandmusic.com/

Biography



Early life


Soren was born in Geneva, Switzerland. His professional career began as a drummer, first with progressive rock group KGB (CH) and then more famously in his country with band Alesia (CH) as a drummer-songwriter-producer. In KGB, Soren originally supplied drums and began to write songs.

Soren Sorensen's song "Mon Coeur l'aime" was performed by Kathy Leander to represent Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest,[1][2] in 1996, which was hosted by a-ha singer Morten Harket in Oslo, Norway.


Solo career


2007: Soren decides to go solo and signs an important Publishing deal with Editors "SIDOMUSIC B. LIECHTI & Cie" for most of his songs and also signs a production deal for his solo project under the name of Dorian Gray with debut album "Hurt by the Moon".[3] The album is co-produced and mixed by Chief Engineer Yvan Bing (Phil Collins) and mastered by Justin Shturtz at Sterling Sound NY.


Producer / songwriter


2002: Soren Sorensen (born Mounir) discovers Welsh singer Duffy on the Internet,[4] she's 17; together they write and produce more than 50 songs under the name of Soulego. In July 2003 they perform as a duet at the Wakestock (Wales) festival.

2003: Soren writes Star Academy 4 (French "Pop Idol") Lucie Doni's 1st single, "Je suis mes pas", which remained at 57 on the French Top 100 for six weeks (Atoll Music/Sony Music Entertainment France).

2004: Soren collaborates with producer Carmen Rizzo and Jamie Muhoberac in Los Angeles on the Invisible Sun Odyssey (I.S.O.) solo project; it's a tribute to composer/producer Jeff Lynne from ELO. CDs and vinyl records of "I.S.O". are released in France for the French Nightclubs.

2004 – 2005: Soren collaborates with French talented author Jerome Attal.

2006: Soren is featured on the "BRU(i)T" compilation CD (CH) – based on an idea by Antoine Bellwald (Phil Collins) and Alban Chaperon – with an original two minutes track called "BUDDAM".

2007: Soren collaborates with French singer and superstar David Hallyday who officially supports the project Dorian Gray and becomes Dorian's stage drummer for a few concerts.

2008: Soren is the composer of the new film soundtrack "PANORAMA 08"[5] for the "International Committee of the Red Cross" (ICRC)


Discography



References


  1. http://www.esctoday.com/annual/songinfo.php?contest=1063&song=1 [dead link]
  2. "Eurovision Song Contest : Switzerland 1996 : Kathy Leander, Mon Cœur l'Aime : ESC-History".
  3. "Dorian Gray". Archived from the original on 17 October 2006. Retrieved 28 January 2009.
  4. "Downtown Radio - the Home of Great Music".
  5. "International Committee of the Red Cross". 3 October 2013.




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