Lætitia Sadier

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Laetitia Sadier (born May 6, 1968, sometimes known as Seaya Sadier) is the name of a French musician and writer most commonly known as the singer of experimental rock band Stereolab.

Laetitia Sadier was born in France in 1968. She met McCarthy leader Tim Gane at a gig in London in the late 1980s, and they started a romantic and musical relationship in 1990. Their band Stereolab became one of the most influential bands of the 1990s. Laetitia Sadier was a key contributor to the band's sound performing the trademark singsong lead vocals and writing the (often revolutionary) English and French lyrics. As well as lead vocals she also plays keyboards, percussion, guitar and, more recently brass in the band.

In 1994, Laetitia Sadier added French backing vocals to "To the End", a top 20 hit for Blur.

In 1996, Laetitia Sadier formed the spin-off band Monade with Pram's Rosie Cuckston. Monade released the singles "The Sunrise Telling" and "Witch Hazel/Ode to a Keyring" in 1997. The band's debut album Socialisme Ou Barbarie: The Bedroom Recordings was released on Duophonic Records in Europe and Drag City in the U.S. in 2003. The band's second album A Few Steps More was released on Too Pure in 2004.

Despite her second band she remains an active part of Stereolab and recorded a series of singles with them in 2005-2006. These singles were released as Fab Four Suture in 2006. She is no longer romantically attached to Tim Gane. The pair had a child (Alex) in 1998.

She also sang lead vocals on "Haiku One" from Sigmatropic's 2004 album Sixteen Haiku & Other Stories which was an album based on the poetry of Greek poet George Seferis.