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Life's sweetness lies within our choice.
Each opportunity to transform bitterness into nectar stands as a grand triumph, not solely for ourselves but for the entirety of humanity. Embracing self-belief, love, and the promise of tomorrow, we pave the path for our progeny and the collective soul of mankind.
Love, AmaltheuS.
BiographY
AmaltheuS was born on October 25th, 1984 in Nice, France.
He is a songwriter & singer, mainly in English and also in French. His compositions mix different styles such as pop, rock, funk & soul.
The name “AmaltheuS” is the latin name for Amalthea, the Greek foster-mother of Zeus, himself considered as the Supreme God of the Universe in ancient Greece.
Self-taught musician, AmaltheuS has the so-called "relative" musical ear which allows him to reproduce identically a melody from a reference note, distinguishing each interval, in particular those composing the chords and harmonics of a piece of music.
He started playing on a keyboard/arranger at the age of 7, and learned by himself listening, working and reproducing musical works ranging from the French pop music, across British and American pop music and also classical music which constitute his musical influences.
As a child, he grew up in a relatively poor family between the French Riviera (South of France) where he is from and various regions of Center, South West and North East of France. After his parents’ divorce, he was raised with his two brothers by his single mother. During difficult times, they had to turn to food distribution associations. His favorite artists are Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler, Lenny Kravitz, Pink Floyd, Michael Jackson and Elton John.
He got married in 2020 and has a daughter. He now lives in the South of France.
He’s passionate with spiritual and speculative Alchemy that he discovered when he was 26 years old and thoroughly studied since then. He uses to say “The entire Universe is about Alchemy, it hides the most ancient philosophy of the living.” Fun fact is that the first musical album he bought was “Alchemy” from Dire Straits when he was 16.
He is still much involved in associations and in particular the association “Les Restaurants du Cœur” which he regularly supports, and from which he benefited as a child, as well as humanitarian associations such as “Help” & “Enfants du Monde” to help children in need in Africa and in particular in Burkina Faso & Ethiopia.
CAREER
AmaltheuS made their debut in 2002 with the group Bombjack composed of his brother "Quiet", his cousin Alexandre Balduzzi (French Star Academy 2), and his friends "Jahléo", "Jimi Jay" and himself under the pseudonym "Big Zeb".
From 2003, the training Bomb Jack evolves to create the group Bombjack Gang by adding to its 5 members 3 new links "Marcostar" on electric guitar, Yann on bass and "Toufaï" on drums, allowing them to beef up their sound and perform on bigger stages in Paris and in the provinces.
Some emblematic dates marked this period such as the Cwinter irque or The Bastille Stage in Paris, the Palais Nikaïa in Nice, or on many other stages in France, notably at Bruay-la-Buissiere (France) in front of more than 12,000 people as well as in Brussels (Belgium), or at the Festival de la francophonie in Graz (Austria).
The Bombjack epic will also produce a few TV and radio appearances, since the group will notably be invited twice in 2006 on the show le TNT-show on the TNT channel Direct8 hosted by Laurie Cholewa, as well as on RMC for an interview by Evelyn Thomas and on Radio Shalom, a local radio station in Nice.
In 2007, he decided to leave the group BombJack after the realization of their album "Experience" available on Deezer since 2011.
In 2022, and after a long period of retirement devoted to his professional and family activities, he decided to return to musical creation under the pseudonym "Amaltheus" in reference to the nymph Amalthea who breastfed Zeus and which will give birth to the cornucopia, with an A and an S in capital letters in reference to its initials.
In March 2024, AmaltheuS crossed 200,000 plays on Spotify, which attests to the growing enthusiasm for his music. With texts tinged with poetry and catchy melodies, AmaltheuS attracted an ever-wider audience. His unique musical style, which combines different influences, seduces fans of pop, rock, funk and soul.
With his return to musical creation, AmaltheuS promises to give us many more moments of aural pleasure and thrills!
EVENTS
Upcoming official releases on all music platforms:
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New! September 15th, 2024 : Hope
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March 7th, 2024 : Freedom
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December 1st, 2023 : Heart Of love
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September 29th, 2023 : Fantasy
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August 1st, 2023 : Electroshock - Radio Mix
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April 27th : Alchemy
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February 14th, 2023 : Shininess
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November 11th, 2022 : The Sweetest Passion
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October 25th, 2022 : Color Blind
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August 30th, 2022 : Don't Leave Me Babe