On 11 October 2008, John Cale, James Dean Bradfield (of Manic Street Preachers), Fyfe Dangerfield of the Guillemots, Mark Linkous (of Sparklehorse), Peter Murphy (of Bauhaus), Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can Dance and Mark Lanegan appeared on stage at the Royal Festival Hall in London. During the same year, Nico briefly toured as supporting act for Siouxsie and the Banshees, one of many post-punk bands who namechecked her. Through Antoine Giacomoni, she met Corsican bassist Philippe Quilichini. [27] Also performing at this event were Blondie, Kevin Ayers, and Ultravox. His 1991 film J'entends Plus la Guitare is dedicated to Nico. Christian Päffgen, Actor: Mixed Blood. Nico returned to New York in 1979 where her comeback concert at CBGB (accompanied by John Cale and Lutz Ulbrich) was reviewed positively in The New York Times. so; … English syllables. In the 1980s, she toured extensively in Europe, United States, Australia and Japan. Friends played a tape of "Mütterlein", a song from Desertshore, at her funeral. My mother stared at the mirror and took great care to wrap the scarf appropriately. [7] Her son later said of the incident: In the late morning of July 17, 1988, my mother told me she needed to go downtown to buy marijuana. Christa Päffgen (16 October 1938 – 18 July 1988),[1][2][3] known by her stage name Nico, was a German singer, songwriter, musician, model, and actress. At the age of 17, Ari ran off from his adoptive parents, joined Nico and became a heroin addict - turned on to the drug by mother (!). He gave her the name "Nico" after a man he had fallen in love with, filmmaker Nikos Papatakis, and she used it for the rest of her life. Included on the "Procession" single was a new version of The Velvet Underground's "All Tomorrow's Parties". The live compilations 1982 Tour Diary and En Personne En Europe were released in November 1982 on the 1/2 Records cassette label in France; the ROIR cassette label reissued the former under the revised title "Do Or Die!" 1972 saw a one-off live reunion of Nico, Cale and Lou Reed at the Bataclan in Paris. In 1993, Nico: The Life and Lies of an Icon by musicologist Richard Witts covered Nico's entire life and career. Nico was then inspired by Egyptian music and Egyptian singer and diva Oum Kalthoum. Nico sang lead vocals on three songs ("Femme Fatale", "All Tomorrow's Parties", "I'll Be Your Mirror"), and backing vocal on "Sunday Morning", on the band's debut album, The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967). In 1959, she was invited to the set of Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita, where she attracted the attention of the acclaimed director, who gave her a minor role in the film as herself. They added strings, and— I didn't like them, but I could live with them. The first, in 1992, was Songs They Never Play on the Radio, a book by James Young that draws on his association with Nico in her last years. After a concert in Berlin in June 1988, she went on holiday in Ibiza to rest and died as the result of a cycling accident. After the end of her work with the Blue Orchids, she hired musical arranger James Young and his band the Faction for her concerts.[4]. For this album, in addition to originals like "Genghis Khan" and "Sixty Forty", Nico recorded covers of the Velvet Underground's "I'm Waiting for the Man" and David Bowie's "Heroes". The line-up for this show also included The Damned, Dead or Alive, Southern Death Cult, Danse Society and The Membranes. [28] For a few months in the 1980s, she shared an apartment in Brixton, London, with punk poet John Cooper Clarke[28] but not as a couple.[33]. Nico's friend Jim Morrison suggested that she start writing her own material. Ari Boulogne, né Ari Paffgen le 11 août 1962, est le fils de Nico du Velvet Underground et d'Alain Delon. [8], In 1946, Nico and her mother relocated to downtown Berlin, where Nico worked as a seamstress. [48] Low wrote a song titled "Those Girls (Song For Nico)" and Neko Case covered "Afraid" in 2013. [46] Marc Almond recorded a cover version of "The Falconer": she was one of the "things I was obsessed about at school" due to her "wonderful intriguing voice, icy and remote yet warm at the same time". Ari Boulogne a en grande partie mené une vie difficile car son père Alain Delon, ne l'a pas reconnu. Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Legs McNeil and Gillian Mccain, (Grove Press: New York, 1996). Ari sent que ses grands-parents veulent l'éloigner de sa mère, qu'ils détestent. Édith Cresson, née Campion le 27 janvier 1934 à Boulogne-Billancourt, est une femme d'État française..Membre du Parti socialiste (PS), elle est Première ministre, sous la présidence de François Mitterrand, du 15 mai 1991 au 2 avril 1992 ; elle est ainsi la première — et à ce jour la seule — femme à avoir accédé à la fonction de chef de gouvernement en France. Trivia (6) Son of Nico and Alain Delon. Ari BOULOGNE en 6 dates Août 1962: Naissance à Neuilly-sur-Seine d'Ari Päffgen. Réalisé par son compagnon de l'époque Philippe Garrel, ce film montre Nico, son fils Ari Boulogne et Philippe Garrel lui-même errant à travers des paysages arides d'Égypte et d'Islande. Ari — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. [40][41] Joy Division's Peter Hook cited Chelsea Girl as one of his favourite albums. [49], Two of Nico's songs from Chelsea Girl, "The Fairest of the Seasons" and "These Days", both written by Jackson Browne, were featured in Wes Anderson's film The Royal Tenenbaums.[50]. [25], Nico and Island Records allegedly had many disputes during this time, and in 1975 the label dropped her from their roster.[26]. [1] Reviewer Richard Goldstein describes Nico as "half goddess, half icicle" and writes that her Velvet Underground vocal "sounds something like a cello getting up in the morning". Ari Boulogne, né Ari Paffgen le 11 août 1962, est le fils de Nico du Velvet Underground et d'Alain Delon. Nico recorded her next studio album, Drama of Exile, in 1981. Huit ans qu'Anouchka Delon est heureuse aux côtés de son chéri, Julien Dereims. Christian Aaron Boulogne, nebo také zkráceně Ari Boulogne, rodným jménem Ari Päffgen (* 11. srpna 1962) je francouzský fotograf. Un chemin de croix émaillé de tragédies et de déceptions. [34], Nico inspired many musicians including Siouxsie and the Banshees, the Cure, Morrissey, Elliott Smith and Björk. 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Delon však otcovství nikdy nepřiznal. In the book Songs They Never Play on the Radio, James Young, a member of her band in the 1980s, recalls many examples of her troubling behaviour due to her "overwhelming" addiction – and that Nico claimed never to have taken the drug while in the Velvets/Factory scene but only began using during her relationship with Philippe Garrel in the 1970s. I asked for drums, they said no. 2020 v 22:12. After relocating to Manchester, England, in the early 1980s, Nico acquired a manager, the influential Factory Records executive and promoter Alan Wise,[28][29] and began working with a variety of backing bands for her many live performances. I asked for more guitars, they said no. This was the only song on the album to feature only Nico's voice and harmonium. In 1967 Nico recorded his song "I'll Keep It with Mine" for her first album, Chelsea Girl. Později jej adoptovali rodiče Alaina Delona, u kterých později žil. She was certainly capable of very casual racism about Alan [Wise], who was Jewish, but that was a way of having a go at Al."[37]. Ari Boulogne, dit Christian Aaron Boulogne, né Ari Päffgen à Paris le 11 août 1962, est un photographe français. It was a departure from her earlier work with John Cale, featuring a mixture of rock and Middle Eastern arrangements. in 1983. « A partir du moment où je vins à changer de nom, tout bascula ». Nico's first acting appearance with Garrel occurred in his 1972 film, La Cicatrice Intérieure. She had a definite Nordic Aryan streak, [the belief] that she was physically, spiritually and creatively superior. Nico was a heroin addict for over 15 years. [24], Around this time, Nico became involved with Berliner musician Lutz Ulbrich, guitarist for Ash Ra Tempel. Also in this time period, Nico let her hair return to its natural brown color but continued wearing mostly black. [42] Bauhaus' singer, Peter Murphy, considered that "Nico recorded the first truly Gothic album, Marble lndex or The End. [7] Delon denied paternity and Nico had difficulty raising Ari, so the boy was raised by Delon's parents. Později jej adoptovali rodiče Alaina Delona, u kterých později žil. According to biographer Richard Witts in his 1995 book Nico: The Life and Lies of an Icon, Wilhelm Päffgen was shot in the head by a French sniper while serving in the Wehrmacht and gravely wounded. Mahamad Hadi aka Mad Sheer Khan played oriental rock guitar and wrote all the oriental production. Ulbrich would accompany Nico on guitar at many of her subsequent concerts through the rest of the decade. She recorded her final solo album, Camera Obscura, in 1985, with the Faction (James Young and Graham Dids). Nico toured in 1982 with post-punk band Blue Orchids as her backing band. She once again dyed her hair, this time from blonde to red, and began dressing mostly in black, a look that would be considered a visual prototype for the gothic rock scene that would emerge in subsequent years.[22]. She also appeared in the Garrel films Anathor (1972); the silent Jean Seberg feature Les Hautes Solitudes, released in 1974; Un ange passe (1975); Le Berceau de cristal (1976), starring Pierre Clémenti, Nico and Anita Pallenberg; and Voyage au jardin des morts (1978). Ari Boulogne se présente comme le fils illégitime de Nico et Alain Delon. Drama of Exile was released twice, in two different versions, the second appearing in 1983.[24]. It was released a few months after her death on Almond's album The Stars We Are. His precise cause of death is unknown, as Nico gave several contradictory accounts later in life. In 1981, Nico released the Philippe Quilichini-produced single "Saeta"/"Vegas" on Flicknife Records. Several concerts to honour Nico's career were organized over the years with multiple singers to revisit her repertoire. And I asked for simplicity, and they covered it in flutes! [32], Nico saw herself as part of a tradition of bohemian artists, which she traced back to the Romanticism of the early 19th century. [4] At the time, her work impacted the emerging gothic rock scene. Multi-instrumentalist John Cale wrote that Nico's long dressing room preparations, and pre-performance ritual of burning a candle, often held up performances, which especially irritated songwriter Lou Reed . With no certainty that he would survive, his commanding officer, following standing orders, ended his life by gunshot. Nico's harmonium anchored the accompaniment, while John Cale added an array of folk and classical instruments, and arranged the album. A music video for "My Heart Is Empty" was filmed at The Fridge in Brixton. Nico svému synovi také věnovala píseň „Ari's Song“ z předešlého alba The Marble Index (1969). A duet called "Your Kisses Burn" with singer Marc Almond was her last studio recording (about a month before her death). 8. Performers included Cale, Kim Gordon with Bill Nace, Sharon Van Etten, Meshell Ndegeocello, Stephin Merritt, Peaches, Alison Mosshart, Joan As Police Woman, Greg Dulli, Yeasayer, and Mercury Rev. Nejprve žil se zpěvačkou a tak se objevil v několika filmech Andyho Warhola. At these shows, she was accompanied by a revolving cast of guitarists, including members of the Velvet Underground, Tim Hardin, Tim Buckley, Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Jackson Browne.