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Sacha Bernardson is a musician, producer of pop and experimental music,composer for film, dance and theater.​He is also a singing teacher and meditation guide.

 

His work lies somewhere between sound design, vocal and orchestral arrangements.His music borrows architectures from pop and psychedelic rock,built from vocal assemblages, meticulous programming, baroque orchestration and cryptic poetry.

 

He has released a dozen albums and EPs recorded overrecorded over the course of almost a decade abroad, between Amsterdam, Pittsburgh London and Reykjavik. Based in Iceland for three years he is now in France, a few kilometers from Toulouse, in the medieval village of Cordes-sur-Ciel.​

 

Sacha also works in a variety of media: painting, video, graphic design, creating his own visuals and clips. He creates record sleeves and typography for artists artists such as Fredo Viola, drag queen Elips and the group Host.

 

Since 2009, he has initiated several artistic collectives, including Weird Kids (born in Iceland, with events taking place between Reykjavik, Edinburgh, Toulouse and Paris), which offers a new panorama of artistic disciplines and their event perspectives, as well as international exchanges between artists aimed at developing aimed at developing more equitable partnerships, complementing with initiatives such as Imogen Heap's Creative Passport, of which Sacha is one of the ambassadors, as well as Sofar Sounds, where he team in Toulouse.

 

He is also the co-creator of the Tephra music label with composer and musician Benjamin Gibert.He co-founded the Alto artistic residency in Cordes-sur-Ciel, in February 2022. The Alto residence welcomes numerous artists and offers educational workshops in singing, writing, production and photography.​

RELEASES & Main Works :

2008: Album Lave tes Oiseaux

2011: Album Backpack

2011: Accords Perdus (Performance Soundtrack)

2012: Album Postkaarten

2013: Album Dormancy

2013: Ep Stagnant

2014: Don't Pray for Us (movie soundtrack)

2015: Album 57°35'48''N​-​13°41'19''O

2016: Pagan Variation (movie soundtrack)

2017: Album Lactem 

2017: Album Rockall

2018: Album Rockall Japanese Edition

2020: EP Mud

2021: Mon Nom Est Stein, Play Soundtrack

2021: Album Make it Real

2022: Rétrospective Exhibition : Peau Neuve (La Papesse, Toulouse)

2023: Meditation Album : Ilargi

2023: Château Chariot: sleep-core performance.

2024: Sound-Design for Musée des Beaux-Arts, Gaillac.

2024: My Name Is Stein music album and book

Co-founder and Director of Weird Kids art collective

Ambassador (France) Mycelia for Music: http://myceliaformusic.org/

Multi-task at Sofar Sounds Toulouse.

Co-founder of Alto, art residency.

Co-founder of the music label Tephra.

  • 01. Lave tes oiseaux
  • 01 B
  • 03. Postkaarten Wo
  • 01 D
  • 01 S
  • 01 C
  • 01 L
  • Rockall
  • Mud
  • Make it Real

© Sacha Bernardson 2026

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