With no certainty that he would survive, his commanding officer, following standing orders, ended his life by gunshot. 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). Trivia (6) Son of Nico and Alain Delon. [7] Delon denied paternity and Nico had difficulty raising Ari, so the boy was raised by Delon's parents. She recorded the title track, which was written by Serge Gainsbourg but not released until 2001, when it was included in the compilation Le Cinéma de Serge Gainsbourg. Siouxsie and the Banshees invited her as special guest on their first major UK tour in 1978; they also later covered "All Tomorrow's Parties". Un chemin de croix émaillé de tragédies et de déceptions. Two Nico tribute concerts took place in Europe in the autumn of 2008 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Nico's birth and the 20th anniversary of her death. [24], Around this time, Nico became involved with Berliner musician Lutz Ulbrich, guitarist for Ash Ra Tempel. from Pure People- The photographer Ari Boulogne, whose real name Christian Aaron Boulogne, 48, is the son of the German singer Nico (Velvet Underground's figurehead) and the supposed son of Alain Delon.… 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. [38], Nico was buried in her mother's plot in Grunewald, a forest cemetery in Berlin. Ari sent que ses grands-parents veulent l'éloigner de sa mère, qu'ils détestent. [2] Nejprve žil se zpěvačkou a tak se objevil v několika filmech Andyho Warhola. 8. Cale produced and played most of the other instruments on both albums. Lüül: Ein Musikerleben zwischen Agitation Free, Ashra, Nico, der Neuen Deutschen Welle und den 17 Hippies by Lutz Ulbrich (Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf: Berlin, 2007). In Paris, Patti Smith bought a new harmonium for Nico after her original was stolen. Plusieurs chansons de l'album constituent la trame sonore de La Cicatrice intérieure. But the flute! Je synem německé modelky, později herečky a zpěvačky Nico (vlastním jménem Christa Päffgen) a francouzského filmového a divadelního herce Alaina Delona. 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). Christian Päffgen was born on August 11, 1962 in Paris, France as Christian Aaron Päffgen. A 58 ans, il a vécu dans l'ombre, élevé par la mère de l'acteur, et a connu l'enfer de la drogue et de l'hôpital psychiatrique. [15], Nico's tenure with the Velvet Underground was marked by personal and musical difficulties. Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (French: [alɛ̃ dəlɔ̃]; born 8 November 1935) is a French actor and businessman.He is known as one of Europe's most prominent actors and screen sex symbols from the 1960s and 1970s. In 1965, Nico met the Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones and recorded her first single, "I'm Not Sayin'" with the B-side "The Last Mile", produced by Jimmy Page for Andrew Loog Oldham's Immediate label. [48] Low wrote a song titled "Those Girls (Song For Nico)" and Neko Case covered "Afraid" in 2013. [3] Wilhelm was born into the wealthy Päffgen Kölsch master brewer family dynasty in Cologne and was Catholic, while Grete came from a lower-class background and was Protestant. [34], Nico inspired many musicians including Siouxsie and the Banshees, the Cure, Morrissey, Elliott Smith and Björk. in 1983. [1] produced by Philippe Quilichini. 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. Through Antoine Giacomoni, she met Corsican bassist Philippe Quilichini. Actor Ben Carruthers introduced her to Bob Dylan in Paris that summer. Pour Ari Boulogne, l’enfant qu’Alain Delon aurait eu avec Nico, la chanteuse des Velvet Underground, le fumet de la mort semble se mêler à celui de l’argent. [5] When she was two years old, she moved with her mother and grandfather to the Spreewald forest outside of Berlin to escape the World War II bombardments of Cologne. [34] She also introduced her son to heroin. These releases were followed by more live performances throughout Europe over the next few years. The first time I heard the album, I cried and it was all because of the flute. [25], Nico and Island Records allegedly had many disputes during this time, and in 1975 the label dropped her from their roster.[26]. In the 1980s, she toured extensively in Europe, United States, Australia and Japan. She said that she was deeply moved by the music, so she couldn't help but make a contribution. Již v roce 1970 se jako zpěvák podílel na písni „L… She began playing regularly at the Squat Theatre and other venues with Jim Tisdall accompanying her on harp and Gittler guitar. By this time, she was living in New York and taking acting classes with Lee Strasberg.[7]. 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. She had a definite Nordic Aryan streak, [the belief] that she was physically, spiritually and creatively superior. She recorded her final solo album, Camera Obscura, in 1985, with the Faction (James Young and Graham Dids). "[36], In 2019, Nigel Bagley, who was Nico's co-manager and promoter in Manchester, said he never saw Nico express racist views: "She was in a multicultural city and was good friends with Yankee Bill, our American-Jamaican doorman." Nico had an affair with French actor Alain Delon and gave birth to their son on 11 August 1962, Christian Aaron Boulogne, whom she called Ari. The album has a classical-cum-European folk sound. [6] Through her travels, she learned to speak English, Spanish, and French. When Warhol began managing the Velvet Underground, a New York City rock band he proposed that the group take on Nico as a "chanteuse", an idea to which they consented, reluctantly for both personal and musical reasons. Nico's friend Danny Fields, the American journalist who helped her sign to Elektra Records, described her as "Nazi-esque", saying: "Every once in a while there'd be something about Jews and I'd be, 'But Nico, I'm Jewish,' and she was like 'Yes, yes, I don't mean you.' Immediately following her musical work with the Velvet Underground, Nico began work as a solo artist, performing regularly at The Dom in New York City. In March 1988, she and Young hired new guitarist Henry Olsen: together, they composed new songs to be premiered at a festival organized by Lutz Ulbrich at the Berlin Planetarium in June. Included on the "Procession" single was a new version of The Velvet Underground's "All Tomorrow's Parties". This was the only song on the album to feature only Nico's voice and harmonium. She led a nomadic life, living in different countries. On 17 October 2008 at the Volksbuehne in Berlin, Nico's ex-boyfriend Lutz Ulbrich, who was her musical collaborator in the late 1970s, presented another tribute concert, which featured Marianne Rosenberg, Soap&Skin, Marianne Enzensberger and James Young, the keyboardist from The Faction, Nico's last band. Ari Boulogne, né Ari Paffgen le 11 août 1962, est le fils de Nico du Velvet Underground et d'Alain Delon. 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. Down the hill on her bike: "I'll be back soon." « A partir du moment où je vins à changer de nom, tout bascula ». For people with the name Nico, see, "The Velvet Underground | American rock group", "Life among the ruins; Poignant moments of love and loneliness in postwar Europe", "13. A promotional film for the song "Evening of Light" was filmed by Francois de Menil. Delon's mother adopted the child, giving him his last name: 'Boulogne'. A number of Nico's performances towards the end of her life were recorded and released, including 1982's Heroine, Nico in Tokyo, and Behind the Iron Curtain. 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. The 1995 documentary Nico Icon by Susanne Ofteringer examined the many facets of Nico's life with contributions from those who knew her, including her colleagues Reed and Cale. And I asked for simplicity, and they covered it in flutes! 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. In September 1982, Nico performed at the Deeside Leisure Centre for the Futurama Festival. Quant à The Falconer, elle figurait dans un film antérieur de Philippe Garrel, Le Lit de la Vierge. Produced by John Cale, it featured Nico's version of the Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart song "My Funny Valentine". [42] Bauhaus' singer, Peter Murphy, considered that "Nico recorded the first truly Gothic album, Marble lndex or The End. Nico performed a version of the Doors' "The End", which was the catalyst for The End... later that year. 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. [4], Nico was born Christa Päffgen in Cologne to Wilhelm and Margarete "Grete" Päffgen (née Schulze, born 1910). Shortly before her death, Nico stopped using heroin and began methadone replacement therapy as well as a regimen of bicycle exercise and healthy eating. [52], In January 2013, John Cale organized a tribute A Life Along the Borderline at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City. [21], For The Marble Index, released in 1968, Nico wrote the lyrics and music. In 1981, Nico released the Philippe Quilichini-produced single "Saeta"/"Vegas" on Flicknife Records. In 1993, Nico: The Life and Lies of an Icon by musicologist Richard Witts covered Nico's entire life and career. [11] At age 17, she was contracted by Coco Chanel to promote their products, but she fled to New York City and abandoned the job. "Alain Delon, une main sur le volant, l’autre me tapotant l’épaule, me tient ce discours : "T’es mon pote, toi, t’es mon pote". She left in the early afternoon on the hottest day of the year. A duet called "Your Kisses Burn" with singer Marc Almond was her last studio recording (about a month before her death). 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]. Friends played a tape of "Mütterlein", a song from Desertshore, at her funeral. At Salford University in 1982, she joined Bauhaus for a performance of "I'm Waiting for the Man". [citation needed] Her father enlisted as a soldier at the onset of the war and died in 1942. Around this time, she dyed her brown hair blonde, later claiming she was inspired to do so by Ernest Hemingway. [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". In September 1978, Nico performed at the Canet Roc '78 festival in Catalonia. Christian Aaron Boulogne, nebo také zkráceně Ari Boulogne, rodným jménem Ari Päffgen (* 11. srpna 1962) je francouzský fotograf. "[19] Chelsea Girl is a traditional chamber-folk album, with strings and flute arrangements by producer Tom Wilson. Velvet Underground members Lou Reed, John Cale and Sterling Morrison contributed to the album, with Nico, Reed and Cale co-writing one song, "It Was a Pleasure Then. Ari BOULOGNE en 6 dates Août 1962: Naissance à Neuilly-sur-Seine d'Ari Päffgen. The album's closing song was an updated version of "König", which she had previously recorded for La cicatrice interieure. 1977: Adoption par Paul Boulogne, le beau-père d'Alain Delon, il devient Ari Boulogne. She appeared at the Rainbow Theatre, in London, with Cale, Eno, and Kevin Ayers. At some shows, she was accompanied on guitar by Cheetah Chrome (the Dead Boys). Ari Boulogne a en grande partie mené une vie difficile car son père Alain Delon, ne l'a pas reconnu. Five years later, on july 8th 1988, Nico fell from her bicycle while on Ibiza on and was brought unconscious to Cannes Nisto Hospital,were she died from a brain hemorrhage. [55][56], This article is about the German rock singer.