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Soren Mounir | |
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Dorian Gray |
| Origin | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Genres | Progressive rock, rock, pop, soul |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, musician, producer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, drums, keyboards |
| Years active | 1987–present |
| Labels | MoonLand Music |
| Website | http://www.moonlandmusic.com/ |
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 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.
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.
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 composed ‘Le Monde Danse’ for Swiss singer Nandita Natarajan for the Eurovision Contest which gained public recognition and won the third nomination at the Swiss selections.
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)
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