An accomplished soprano, Sasha received her vocal training at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. With an edgy sophistication and an artist’s desire for freedom, Sasha eventually rebelled against the constraints of the tight-laced opera scene, and left behind her established career as a classical performer.
She began collaborating with pop producer Frank Fitzpatrick and redefined her performance. She unveiled her new sound at top venues in New York and Los Angeles, and performed for over 8,000 people in Europe’s largest nightclub, Club Privilege in Ibiza, Spain.
She received overwhelming acclaim from U.S. and European club audiences and was soon asked to record the theme song to the film Princess Mononoke; the critically acclaimed, Holy Smoke, starring Kate Winslet; Modigliani, starring Andy Garcia; and most recently, the end credit song to Kettle of Fish starring Mathew Modine and Gina Gerson. Her song “Miles Away” was chosen as the theme song for the 2005 Toronto Film Festival. Her alluring rendition of “Angeli” was featured in Victoria Secret’s Fall 2006 campaign.
Sasha sings for top designers and celebrities at events like the re-opening of Bulgari’s flagship store in Beverly Hill’s, and for the launching of their new jewelry lines in Cannes, Paris, Basel, Sao Paolo, Rome and St. Petersburg. She performed for Maserati at The Four Seasons, and different fashion designers including Caroline Herrera and Richard Tyler, Max Mara, and Narciso Rodriguez. Sasha’s most recent appearance was for the Whitney Museum’s annual charity gala this past October.
Sasha Lazard’s debut album, The Myth of Red, was released on Higher Octave Music//EMI and made a remarkable impact on Billboard’s Hot Dance Chart and Billboard’s Classical Crossover Chart. Sasha has completed an acoustic CD entitled “Moonfall” which is available on CDbaby.com/sasha Lazard. She is at work on a follow up album to The Myth of Red, working with producers BLISS and collaborating again with Frank Fitzpatrick and David Tobocman. The EP will soon be available on CD Baby.com.
Sasha most recently recorded a duet album with soprano Shawna Stone entitled “Siren” for Manhattan Records/EMI. SIREN was produced by Peter Asher and Frank Fitzpatrick and will be released on March 5, 2007. Sasha and Shawna will be appearing in March in a PBS special entitled “Heavenly Voices.
The Incubus
Sasha Lazard Lyrics
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Come to your chamber by and by,
And bed beside you, but without
A sound, as night shades draw about.
There shall I give you, dark\skinned love,
Kisses cool as the moon above;
Embrace tight as a snake?s, a-slither
But when the bleak, dull light of dawn
breaks dim, then will you find me gone;
and cold your bed, till comes the light.
Others may rule your youth, your life,
with tenderness, all sweetness-rife:
I choose to rule you, love, with fright.
Comme des anges a l?oeil fauve,
je reviendrai dans ton alcove
et vers toi glisserai sans bruit
avec les ombres de la nuit,
Et je te donnerai, ma brune
des baisers froids comme la lune
et des caresses de serpent
autour d?une fosse rampant.
Quand viendra le matin livide,
tu trouveras ma place vide,
ou jusqu?au soir il fera froid.
Comme d?autres par la tendresse,
sur ta vie et sur ta jeunesse,
moi, je veux regner par l?effroi.
The above lyrics are from Sasha Lazard's song The Incubus, which is an interpretation of a romantic and dark poem by Charles Baudelaire. The lyrics depict the arrival of the Incubus, a demon or a malevolent spirit, to a woman's chamber. The Incubus is described as a bestial-eyed angel, who enters the room silently like the shades of the night. The demon then proceeds to give the woman cold and fearful love, with kisses as cool as the moon and embraces tight as a snake slithering over a grave pit.
The Incubus promises to rule the woman's love with fright, unlike others who rule with tenderness and sweetness. The Incubus warns the woman that once the bleak, dull light of dawn breaks, she will find his place empty and her bed cold until the night returns. The lyrics evoke an eerie and ominous atmosphere, with a speaker who seems to revel in the fear and uncertainty he inspires in the other person.
Overall, Sasha Lazard's rendition of Baudelaire's The Incubus is a hauntingly beautiful and intense song that interprets the darker themes of love, lust, and fear from a gothic perspective.
Line by Line Meaning
Like angels bestial-eyed shall I
Come to your chamber by and by,
And bed beside you, but without
A sound, as night shades draw about.
I will come to your chamber silently and embrace you, but I will look like an animalistic angel, and it will happen under the cover of night.
There shall I give you, dark\skinned love,
Kisses cool as the moon above;
Embrace tight as a snake?s, a-slither
over the grave pit, hither, thither.
I will give you love that is cool and calculating like the moon's gaze, but also tight and suffocating like a snake coiling around you.
But when the bleak, dull light of dawn
breaks dim, then will you find me gone;
and cold your bed, till comes the light.
Once the light of the day breaks, you will find that I have disappeared and left you alone in bed, awaiting the return of the warmth.
Others may rule your youth, your life,
with tenderness, all sweetness-rife:
I choose to rule you, love, with fright.
Some may control you with love and kindness, but I prefer to rule over you with fear and trepidation.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: DAVID TOBOCMAN, FRANK FITZPATRICK
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