Born Valérie Sajdik on April 2, 1978, in Vienna, Austria, vocalist Valerie spent her childhood in Moscow, where her father was a diplomat and her mother a journalist. In 1998 Valerie was selected for the girl group C-Bra, with whom she scored a few hit singles and released the album Mind Your Make Up! (1999). She next fronted the award-winning downtempo group Saint Privat, which debuted in 2004 with the album Riviera and the single "Tous les Jours"; both were Top 40 hits in Austria. Sophomore album Superflu was less successful, and Valerie then embarked on a solo career as a jazzy pop/rock singer. Pushed by the Top Ten single "Regen," her 2007 album Picknick was reissued the following year in a new edition. ~ Jason Birchmeier