Areski Belkacem

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Areski Belkacem (1973)

Areski Belkacem (born January 23, 1940 in Versailles ) is a French musician , composer , record producer and actor . His musical spectrum includes Arab and African influences , chanson , jazz , rock and experimental pop music .

Life

Areski Belkacem (often just called Areski ) was born in Versailles to parents of Algeria . In 1969 he recorded the album Higelin et Areski with Jacques Higelin , whom he had met during military service . In the same year he played the revue Niok with Higelin and Brigitte Fontaine at the Petit Théâtre du Lucernaire. Pieces of the Revue Comme à la radio resulted in a collaboration between Fontaine, Areski and the Art Ensemble of Chicago, the album of the same name, which received the Grand Prix du Disque de la Chanson Française. In the following years Areski brought out several albums together with Fontaine, on which the duo experimented with different musical styles as well as lyrical-theatrical texts. Even after the end of his creative phase as a duo (1970 to 1985) he wrote and produced numerous works by Fontaine.

In 1970 Areski released his first solo album Un beau matin . In 1972 he played the leading role in Pierre Barouh's debut film Ça va, ça vient . In the 1970s he also worked as an actor and composer with the theater director Peter Brook at his Center International de Recherche Théâtrale. In 1982 Areski directed the play L'inconciliabule ou Acte II by and with Brigitte Fontaine - in which he also played a part, and in 1985 he brought out the theater spectacle Made in France with her at the Théâtre de Paris . He wrote the score for À mort la mort! (1999, D: Romain Goupil), and - together with Fontaine and his son Ali Belkacem - the film music for Jeunesse dorée (2001, D: Zaïda Ghorab-Volta). In 2002 he composed the music for a production of the play Liaison transatlantique (2002, D: Patrice Kerbrat). Areski Belkacem released
his second solo album Le Triomphe de l'Amour in October 2010.

Discography (selection)

Solo albums
  • 1970 Unbeau matin
  • 2010 Le Triomphe de l'Amour
Collaborations
  • 1969 Areski Belkacem and Jacques Higelin: Higelin et Areski
  • 1970 Brigitte Fontaine: Comme à la radio (with the Art Ensemble of Chicago)
  • 1973 Areski Belkacem & Brigitte Fontaine: Je ne connais pas cet homme (with Antoine Duhamel )
  • 1974 Areski Belkacem & Brigitte Fontaine: L'Incendie
  • 1975 Areski Belkacem & Brigitte Fontaine: Le Bonheur
  • 1977 Areski Belkacem & Brigitte Fontaine: Vous et nous (with Antoine Duhamel and Jean-Philippe Rykiel )
  • 1979 Areski Belkacem & Brigitte Fontaine: Les églantines sont peut-être formidables
  • 1990 Brigitte Fontaine: French corazon
  • 1995 Brigitte Fontaine: Genre humain (with Étienne Daho )
  • 1997 Brigitte Fontaine: Les palaces
  • 2001 Brigitte Fontaine: Kékéland (with Sonic Youth , -M-, Noir Désir )
  • 2004 Brigitte Fontaine: Rue Saint Louis en l'île (with -M-, Mouss et Hakim, Gotan Project )
  • 2006 Brigitte Fontaine: Libido

Filmography

actor

  • 1972: Ça va, ça vient (D: Pierre Barouh)
  • 1973: Salut, voleurs! (D: Frank Cassenti)
  • 2012: The day will come (Le grand soir) (D: Gustave Kervern & Benoît Delépine )

music

  • 2001: life begins (Jeunesse dorée)

literature

  • Mentioned in: Benoît Mouchart, Brigitte Fontaine - intérieur / extérieur . Editions du Panama 2006, ISBN 2-755-70067-X (French).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Brigitte Fontaine - biography, discographie et fiche artiste. In: musique.rfi.fr. March 3, 2011, accessed February 3, 2019 (French).
  2. ↑ http://www.zweitausendeins.de/filmlexikon/?sucheNach=titel&wert=52207 Retrieved on December 5, 2011.
  3. ↑ http://www.lesarchivesduspectacle.net/index.php?IDX_Spectacle=1895 Retrieved December 5, 2011
  4. ↑ Biography ( Memento of October 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved on December 5, 2011.
  5. ↑ http://www.lesarchivesduspectacle.net/index.php?IDX_Spectacle=13785 Retrieved December 5, 2011.
  6. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2008562/ Retrieved December 5, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Belkacem, Areski
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French musician, composer, record producer and actor
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Versailles