David Donatien plays percussion since 5 years old with all his musical family, after all this beautiful growing time he cross a lot of road with incredible and rich meeting .
In the beginning in Paris he worked and built the band for the label sensistive (Kreen, delavoix) and becomes with this label the musical director of clementine celarie for few fun years. His road experiences are with Wassis Diop, Gerald Toto, Daniel Romeo, Allan Stivell, Sally Nyollo, Malia, Cunnie williams, Fire Tongue & Chief Cook, bernard lavilliers. He recorded with Julien Baer, Sally Nyollo, Gerald Toto, Charles Schilling, Daromeo, Eric Legnini, Bernard Lavilliers, Junior Jack, Souleymane Diamanka.
Now David Donatien is starting his producing career he just finish to produce the album of Yael Naim, released in 2007.