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Born in Belgium to non-musical parents, Sophie mostly grew up in the countryside. From a very early age, she showed a keen interest in nature and music, as she wanted to be both a singer and a forest ranger. Still today very partial to long walks in the forest, she spent her younger days sharing her time between the children’s choir and winding woodland paths.
At 12 years of age, she acquired a guitar, wanting to accompany herself. Instantly a series of sad songs was born; children’s songs in fact. As a teenager, confronted by parental pressure to follow so-called ‘normal’ studies, Sophie, still with a desire to make music, got involved in various local ‘rock’ groups, before forming her first group ‘Standard’.
Her passage into adulthood was punctuated by a series of difficult events, including the accidental death of her father, which led to a long period of sadness and soul-searching, delaying any focus on her own songs from one year to the next. In 1992, after studying Graphic Art, she spent a year in London where she perfected her English. This period of contemplation gave birth to a series of tracks, some of which were later reworked on her first album Cyclus. With its pop ballads and intimate songs, this acoustic album, rich in 70s sounds (Rhodes, Wurlitzer) gave Sophie the opportunity to express her talents subtly as she wrote 4 and co-wrote 5 of the 13 tracks on this first adventure with Benjamin Schoos (Miam Monster Miam) as artistic producer. This album met with enthusiastic Belgian press and was critically acclaimed as a first self-production.Uncompromisingly, Sophie sits in between two chairs, both uncomfortable, but fully occupied; on one side lies her fragility and melancholic songs, and on the other, her inner strength and spontaneous enthusiasm.
“Treizes titres qui nous emportent dans une sensation hypnotique et mélancolique, de temps suspendu coloré par un folk ultrasensible, cousin de Joni Mitchell ou de Stina Nordenstam..”
Philippe Cornet, le Vif L'express
"Une voix qui connait ses limites et navigue à vue entre Julie Cruise, Françoise Hardy, et la Joni Mitchell seventies.."
Luc Lorfèvre, Télémoustique
"Tous amoureux de Sophie Galet !"
Thierry Coljon, le soir
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