Jacno
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Jacno was a French
musician.
Born as Denis Quillard, he was a founding member of the first French punk
band The Stinky Toys
. In the early 1980s, after the group disbanded, he teamed up with former Stinky Toys singer Elli Medeiros
to form the pop duo Elli et Jacno
. Jacno had also released a number of solo albums since 1979.
He took his professional name from the name of the graphic artist who drew the Gallic helmet logo of French Gauloises
cigarettes brand.
He died overnight between 5–6 November 2009 from cancer, aged 52.
Elli et Jacno
- Singles
- Albums
- Compilation
As producer, composer and/or arranger
As writer
Duets
Tribute
1. Dominique A
: "Je t'aime tant"
2. Home
: "D'une rive à l'autre"
3. Étienne Daho
: "Amoureux solitaires"
4. Brigitte Fontaine
: "Je Vous Salue Marie"
5. Katerine
, Francis Et Ses Peintres : "Rectangle"
6. Thomas Dutronc
: "Je ne suis pas toujours de mon avis"
7. Chateau Marmont : "Main dans la main"
8. Jacques Higelin
: "Mauvaise Humeur"
9. Coming Soon
: "For You"
10. Miossec
: "J'ai triste"
11. Christophe
& Christophe Van Huffel : "Je viens d'ailleurs"
12. Alex Beaupain : "Tes Grands Yeux bleus"
13. Alexandre Chatelard : "T'oublier"
14. Stereo Total
: "Le Téléphone"
15. Erika Forster & Devonte Hynes : "Les Nuits de la pleine lune"
16. Arthur H
et Neïmo : "Rectangle"
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
musician.
Born as Denis Quillard, he was a founding member of the first French punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band The Stinky Toys
Stinky toys
Stinky Toys were a punk band from Rennes, France which started in 1976 and featured Elli Medeiros , Denis Quilliard, alias Jacno, , Bruno Carone , Albin Dériat , and Hervé Zénouda ....
. In the early 1980s, after the group disbanded, he teamed up with former Stinky Toys singer Elli Medeiros
Elli Medeiros
Elli Medeiros is a singer and actress .- The Stinky Toys :Medeiros moved to Paris, France, at the age of 14, dropped out of high school a couple of years later and joined the punk band The Stinky Toys....
to form the pop duo Elli et Jacno
Elli et Jacno
Elli & Jacno was a French 1980s electro-pop group. They were quite successful in France and to some extent in Britain, having been featured once on the front page of Melody Maker magazine.-History:...
. Jacno had also released a number of solo albums since 1979.
He took his professional name from the name of the graphic artist who drew the Gallic helmet logo of French Gauloises
Gauloises
Gauloises is a brand of cigarette of French manufacture. It is produced by the company Imperial Tobacco following their acquisition of Altadis in January 2008.- Cigarette :...
cigarettes brand.
He died overnight between 5–6 November 2009 from cancer, aged 52.
Discography
Solo- Jacno. Celluloid, 1979 (collaboration with Elli MedeirosElli MedeirosElli Medeiros is a singer and actress .- The Stinky Toys :Medeiros moved to Paris, France, at the age of 14, dropped out of high school a couple of years later and joined the punk band The Stinky Toys....
). - "Rectangle". Celluloid, 1980 - this title is his most important tune.
- "Tant de baisers perdus", single, 1985 (lyrics by Françoise HardyFrançoise HardyFrançoise Madeleine Hardy is a French singer, actress and astrologer. Hardy is an iconic figure in fashion, music and style. She is married to the singer and movie actor Jacques Dutronc.-Biography:...
). - T'es loin, t'es près. Barclay, 1988 (collaboration with Pauline LafontPauline LafontPauline Lafont was a French actress. She was the daughter of film star Bernadette Lafont and Diourka Medveczky, an Hungarian sculptor....
). - Une idée derrière la tête. Barclay, 1991 (collaborations with Jacques HigelinJacques HigelinJacques Joseph Victor Higelin is a French pop singer who rose to prominence in the early 1970s. Early in his career, many of Higelin's songs were effectively blacklisted from French radio because of his controversial left wing political beliefs, and his association with socialist groups...
, Paul PersonnePaul PersonnePaul Personne is a French blues singer and guitarist.-Studio albums:* Paul Personne * Exclusif * Barjoland * 24/24...
, Gérard Blanchard, Etienne DahoÉtienne DahoÉtienne Daho is a French singer, songwriter and record producer who has released a number of synth-driven and rock-surf influenced pop hit singles since 1981.- Career :...
and Elli Medeiros). - Faux témoin. Polygram, 1995 (collaboration with Etienne DahoÉtienne DahoÉtienne Daho is a French singer, songwriter and record producer who has released a number of synth-driven and rock-surf influenced pop hit singles since 1981.- Career :...
). - La Part des anges. Mélodie/Sony Music, 1999 (collaboration with Les Valentins).
- French paradoxe. Emma/Wagram, 2002 (collaborations with Helena NoguerraHelena NoguerraHelena Noguerra is a Belgian actress, singer and television presenter of Portuguese descent. She is the sister of singer Lio....
, MiossecMiossecChristophe Miossec is a Breton singer and songwriter born in Brest, Brittany, France on December 24, 1964.-Beginnings:Christophe Miossec was not new to the world of music when he met his first great success. Between 14 and 17, he was in a teenage band, Printemps Noir , touring around Brest...
, Thomas DutroncThomas DutroncThomas Dutronc is a jazz French guitarist. His mother is the singer Françoise Hardy. His father is the singer, songwriter, guitarist, and film actor Jacques Dutronc....
, Arthur HArthur HArthur Higelin , better known under his stage name Arthur H , is a pianist, songwriter and singer. He is best known in France for his live performances - four of his albums were recorded live - and remains relatively little-known in the English-speaking world.-Career:He is the son of the French...
). - Tant de temps. Warner Music, 2006 (collaboration with Françoise Cactus from Stereo TotalStereo TotalStereo Total is a Berlin-based multilingual, French-German duo comprising Françoise Cactus and Brezel Göring . Both Cactus and Göring sing and play multiple instruments...
).
Elli et Jacno
Elli et Jacno
Elli & Jacno was a French 1980s electro-pop group. They were quite successful in France and to some extent in Britain, having been featured once on the front page of Melody Maker magazine.-History:...
- Singles
- "Main dans la main" / "T'oublier" (1980)
- "Oh là la" / "Je t'aime tant" (1981)
- "Je t'aime tant" (version by IndochineIndochineIndochine is French for Indochina. It may refer to:*Indochine , a French new wave/rock band, formed in 1981.*Indochine , a 1992 Academy Award winning French film that tells the story of a young Indochinese woman named Camille....
in La République des Meteors, 2009) / "Chanson pour Olivia" (1982) - "Le téléphone" / "Le téléphone" (instrumental) (1982)
- Albums
- 1980 : Tout va sauter (Vogue)
- 1982 : Boomerang (Celluloïd)
- 1984 : Les nuits de la pleine lune (CBS)
- Compilation
- 1981 : Inédits 77-81 (Vogue)
As producer, composer and/or arranger
- 1980 : "Amoureux solitaires" for LioLioLio is a singer and actress who was a pop icon in France and Belgium during the 1980s.- Biography :...
(new version of "Lonely Lovers" by Stinky ToysStinky toysStinky Toys were a punk band from Rennes, France which started in 1976 and featured Elli Medeiros , Denis Quilliard, alias Jacno, , Bruno Carone , Albin Dériat , and Hervé Zénouda ....
, lyrics by Elli MedeirosElli MedeirosElli Medeiros is a singer and actress .- The Stinky Toys :Medeiros moved to Paris, France, at the age of 14, dropped out of high school a couple of years later and joined the punk band The Stinky Toys....
) - great success in Europe - 1980 : "Disco-rough" for Mathématiques Modernes - "single of the week" par the NMENMEThe New Musical Express is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles...
- 1981 : Mythomane for Étienne DahoÉtienne DahoÉtienne Daho is a French singer, songwriter and record producer who has released a number of synth-driven and rock-surf influenced pop hit singles since 1981.- Career :...
(his first album) - 1986 : "Oh la la" for Pauline LafontPauline LafontPauline Lafont was a French actress. She was the daughter of film star Bernadette Lafont and Diourka Medveczky, an Hungarian sculptor....
, single (lyrics by Etienne DahoÉtienne DahoÉtienne Daho is a French singer, songwriter and record producer who has released a number of synth-driven and rock-surf influenced pop hit singles since 1981.- Career :...
) - 1987 : Sous influence divine for Daniel DarcDaniel DarcDaniel Darc , born Daniel Rozoum, is a French singer, who has achieved success with his band Taxi Girl between 1978 and 1986, and also as a solo artist...
(his first solo album) - 1988 : "Ne m'oublie pas" for Pauline LafontPauline LafontPauline Lafont was a French actress. She was the daughter of film star Bernadette Lafont and Diourka Medveczky, an Hungarian sculptor....
, single (lyrics by Etienne DahoÉtienne DahoÉtienne Daho is a French singer, songwriter and record producer who has released a number of synth-driven and rock-surf influenced pop hit singles since 1981.- Career :...
) - 1988 : Tombé du ciel for Jacques HigelinJacques HigelinJacques Joseph Victor Higelin is a French pop singer who rose to prominence in the early 1970s. Early in his career, many of Higelin's songs were effectively blacklisted from French radio because of his controversial left wing political beliefs, and his association with socialist groups...
As writer
- "J'ai triste" for Les Valentins
- "Le Bourdon" for Paul PersonnePaul PersonnePaul Personne is a French blues singer and guitarist.-Studio albums:* Paul Personne * Exclusif * Barjoland * 24/24...
Duets
- "D'une rive à l'autre" with Romane BohringerRomane BohringerRomane Bohringer is a French actress, film director, screenwriter and costume designer. She is the daughter of Richard Bohringer and sister of Lou Bohringer. Her parents named her after Roman Polanski....
, 1994 - "Je fume pu d'shit" with Stupeflip, 2002
- "Bang Bang" and "Ne Dis Rien" in Ukuyéyé by Mareva GalanterMareva GalanterMareva Galanter is a French actress and former beauty queen.Galanter won the 1998 "Miss World of Islands" and then the 1998 "Miss Tahiti" beauty contest that allowed her to compete for the Miss France 1999 crown, which she won.Galanter expanded her work into music and singing, releasing Ukuyéyé,...
, 2006
Tribute
- Jacno Future, 2011
1. Dominique A
Dominique A
Dominique Ané , better known as "Dominique A," is a French songwriter and singer.-Early life:Born on the 6 October 1968 in Provins, France, Dominique Ané is the only child of a teacher and a homemaker. He was passionate about literature and music from a young age...
: "Je t'aime tant"
2. Home
Home
A home is a place of residence or refuge. When it refers to a building, it is usually a place in which an individual or a family can rest and store personal property. Most modern-day households contain sanitary facilities and a means of preparing food. Animals have their own homes as well, either...
: "D'une rive à l'autre"
3. Étienne Daho
Étienne Daho
Étienne Daho is a French singer, songwriter and record producer who has released a number of synth-driven and rock-surf influenced pop hit singles since 1981.- Career :...
: "Amoureux solitaires"
4. Brigitte Fontaine
Brigitte Fontaine
Brigitte Fontaine, born in 1939 in Morlaix in the Brittany region of France, is a singer of avant-garde music. During the course of her career she has employed numerous unusual musical styles, melding rock and roll, folk, jazz, electronica, spoken word poetry and world rhythms...
: "Je Vous Salue Marie"
5. Katerine
Katerine
Katerine is a surname or given name, and may refer to:Given name* Katerine Avgoustakis, a winner of the 2005 Star Academy show in Belgium* Katerine Moreno , a Bolivian swimmerSurname* Philippe Katerine, a French singer...
, Francis Et Ses Peintres : "Rectangle"
6. Thomas Dutronc
Thomas Dutronc
Thomas Dutronc is a jazz French guitarist. His mother is the singer Françoise Hardy. His father is the singer, songwriter, guitarist, and film actor Jacques Dutronc....
: "Je ne suis pas toujours de mon avis"
7. Chateau Marmont : "Main dans la main"
8. Jacques Higelin
Jacques Higelin
Jacques Joseph Victor Higelin is a French pop singer who rose to prominence in the early 1970s. Early in his career, many of Higelin's songs were effectively blacklisted from French radio because of his controversial left wing political beliefs, and his association with socialist groups...
: "Mauvaise Humeur"
9. Coming Soon
Coming Soon
Coming Soon is a 1999 American romantic comedy that stars Bonnie Root, Mia Farrow, and Gaby Hoffmann.-Plot:Three wealthy, savvy high school seniors, Stream Hodsell , a smart, down-to-earth strawberry blonde, sassy Jenny Simon , who masks her intelligence behind a guise of fishnet stockings, and...
: "For You"
10. Miossec
Miossec
Christophe Miossec is a Breton singer and songwriter born in Brest, Brittany, France on December 24, 1964.-Beginnings:Christophe Miossec was not new to the world of music when he met his first great success. Between 14 and 17, he was in a teenage band, Printemps Noir , touring around Brest...
: "J'ai triste"
11. Christophe
Christophe
- As mononym/pseudonym :* Christophe , French comic strip artist and botanist* Christophe , French singer* Christophe , Belgian hairstylist- As first name :* Christophe Barratier, French filmmaker...
& Christophe Van Huffel : "Je viens d'ailleurs"
12. Alex Beaupain : "Tes Grands Yeux bleus"
13. Alexandre Chatelard : "T'oublier"
14. Stereo Total
Stereo Total
Stereo Total is a Berlin-based multilingual, French-German duo comprising Françoise Cactus and Brezel Göring . Both Cactus and Göring sing and play multiple instruments...
: "Le Téléphone"
15. Erika Forster & Devonte Hynes : "Les Nuits de la pleine lune"
16. Arthur H
Arthur H
Arthur Higelin , better known under his stage name Arthur H , is a pianist, songwriter and singer. He is best known in France for his live performances - four of his albums were recorded live - and remains relatively little-known in the English-speaking world.-Career:He is the son of the French...
et Neïmo : "Rectangle"