Frédéric Chichin

Fred Chichin - Eurockéennes de Belfort, 2007

Frederic "Fred" Chichin (* 1. June 1954 in Clichy ; † 28. November 2007 ) was a French rock musician and singer-songwriter , who with the avant-garde - Pop duo Les Rita Mitsouko became known.

biography

He owes his parents Madeleine and Jean-Lois Chichin his Italian and Scandinavian roots from the Auvergne . His father was a fan of the Nouvelle Vague and founder of the magazine Miroir du cinéma . He took his son to many Nouvelle Vague previews, but he was more interested in old westerns from Hollywood productions. He was also captivated by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones .

At 14, Chichin was playing the drums and the accordion when he learned the music of Jimi Hendrix and discovered his passion for cinema and theater.

Chichin died of cancer on November 28, 2007 at the age of 53 and is buried in the Cimetière de Montmartre .

Artistic career

Chichin left school at the age of 16 and hitchhiked through Amsterdam, London and Morocco singing for a few years, working for the post office, handing out brochures, accompanying a puppeteer with music and writing songs for his children's plays, was a technician at the opera, recording assistant and projectionist in the cinema to finance his passion for music.

He met Nicolas Frize, played acoustic-electronic music with him and gained further musical experience at Frize's Experimental Music Research Center in Vierzon . Then Chichin turned to rock music and founded the punk band "Fassbinder" with Jean Néplin, with whom Chichin remained friends until his death (2003) . Together they wrote a number of songs, some for other projects. Thus Avenue Du Crime on the album Seppuku by Daniel Darcs band Taxi Girl released while Elle Demande Quelqu'un in Jean-Luc Godard's music documentary droite Sonian ta 1987 was heard.

With Alain Kan and his brother Hugues (drums) he appeared in the band "Gazoline" at the end of the seventies, which gave concerts in the "Gibus", among others.

The paths of Catherine Ringer and Fred Chichin first crossed in spring 1979 at the music revue Flashes rouges in Montreuil (Paris). Chichin played as guitarist for the group "Le fond de l'air est rock", Catherine had a role as "victim" in the revue. The two became a couple personally and musically; the relationship resulted in three children.

1980 Catherine Ringer and Frédéric Chichin founded the avant-garde - Pop duo Les Rita Mitsouko , devoted to his style mix of jazz , rock, punk and influences from South America and Egypt quickly earned a reputation as among the most innovative music groups from France. Some songs by Chichin and Néplin ( Le Futur N ° 4 , Tonite , Perfect Eyes and La Belle Vie ) appeared on the debut LP Rita Mitsouko , published in 1984 . They had their first hit in France with Marcia Baila . Two years later, in 1986, the singles C'est comme ça and Andy from the LP The No Comprendo also achieved international success. In addition to his own productions, he recorded videos and films with many other artists. Les Rita Mitsouko existed until Frederic Chichin's death in 2007. The duo released other records ( Marc et Robert (1988), Systems D (1993), Cool Frénésie (2000), La Femme Trombone (2002), Variéty (2007)) and left on concert tours.

Discography

Albums with "Les Rita Mitsouko"

• 1984 - "Rita Mitsouko" (April 1984)
• 1986 - "The No Comprendo" (September 20, 1986)
• 1988 - "Marc et Robert" (November 7, 1988)
• 1990 - "RE" ( remix )
• 1993 - "Systems D" (November 16, 1993)
• 1996 - "Acoustiques" (live album, concert on M6 (television) on October 27, 1996)
• 2000 - "Cool Frénésie" (March 7, 2000)
• 2001 - "Bestov Les Rita Mitsouko" ("Le Bestov", November 6, 2001)
• 2002 - "La Femme Trombone" (September 10, 2002)
• 2004 - "Live avec l'Orchestre Lamoureux" (March 2004)
• 2007 - “Variéty” (probably April 16, 2007) on the “Because Music” label

Singles with "Les Rita Mitsouko"

(Abstract)

• 1982 - "Don't Forget the Nite" ( EP ), with "Minuit dansant" a. a.
• 1984 - “Restez avec moi”; "Marcia Baïla" (from the album "Rita Mitsouko")
• 1986 - "Andy"; “Un soir, un chien”; "C'est comme ça"; "Les histoires d'amour" (from the album "The no comprendo")
• 1988 - "Qu'est-ce que t'es belle" (duo by Catherine Ringer and Marc Lavoine )
• 1988 - "Mandolino City"; "Singing in the Shower" (with the " Sparks "); "Tongue Dance"; "Le petit train" (from the album "Marc et Robert")
• 1990 - "Hip Kit"; "Don't Forget the Nite" (from the album "RE")
• 1993 - “Y'a d'la haine”; "Les amants" (title song from "The Lovers of Pont Neuf"); "Femme d'affaires" (from the album "Système D")
• 1996 - "Riche" (duet with Doc Gynéco , from the album "Acoustiques")
• 2000 - "Cool Frénésie" (from the album "Cool Frénésie")
• 2002 - "Triton, Sasha, Tu Me Manques" (from the album "La Femme Trombone")
• 2007 - "Communiqueur d'Amour" (from the album "Variéty")

Films, DVDs and videos with "Les Rita Mitsouko" (selection)

• 1985 - Champs-Elysées (TV series, episode June 15, 1985)
• 1987 - Protect your rights (Soigne ta droite) - Title C'est comme ça
• 1987 - Die Verliebte (L'amoureuse) - Music / Text Les histoires d'A
• 1991 - The Lovers of Pont Neuf (Les amants Du Pont-Neuf) - theme song Les amants
• 1991 - My life is hell (Ma vie est un enfer)
• 1995 - L'âge des possibles - Music / Text Andy
• 1996 - Reinventing love (L '@ mour est à réinventer) (TV series) –music / text C'est comme ça in the section Dans la décapotable
• 1996 - Thieves of the Night (Les voleurs) - Music / Text Tonite
• 1998 - If you love me, take the train (Ceux qui m'aiment prendront le train) - Music / Text Don't Forget the Nite
• 1998 - Sale battars (short film)
• 2000 - Johnny Hallyday - Live à la Tour Eiffel (guest appearance)
• 2002 - Peau d'Ange - Angels don't cry (Peau d'ange) - Music / Text Les amants

Awards

• 1987 - "Grand Prix de l'Académie Charles-Cros"
• 1987 - "Aux Victoires de la Musique Meilleur album" for "The no comprendo", "meilleur clip" for "C'est comme ça"
• 1990 - "Bus d'Acier de la décennie" for their complete works,
• 1993 - "Video of the Year" from MTV Europe for "Y'a d'la haine"
• 2000 - "Les Rita Mitsouko, c'est (toujours) comme ça" (book by Jean William Thoury)
• 2001 - "Prix Roger-Seiller" du groupe français ("Prix de Printemps de la SACEM")

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1. ↑ Frédéric Chichin on ritamitsouko.org (French)
2. ↑ http://www.orf.at/?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.orf.at%2Fticker%2F272628.html
3. ↑ Homage to Jean Néplin (French)
4. ↑ Daniel Darc (French-language Wikipedia)
5. ↑ Taxi Girl (French language Wikipedia)
6. ↑ Alain Kan (French-speaking Wikipedia)
7. ↑ Chronology of the appearances in the "Gibus" ( memento of the original from October 12, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French)  
8. ^ "Grand Prix de l'Académie Charles-Cros" (French)
9. ↑ Impressions from Rita's “meeting” with François Mitterrand
10. ^ " Bus d'Acier de la décennie " (French-language Wikipedia)
11. ^ "Prix Roger-Seiller" ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French)  
12. ^ "Prix de Printemps de la SACEM" ( Memento of the original dated December 2, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French)  
13. ↑ SACEM (French-language Wikipedia)

Web links

• Website of "Les Rita Mitsouko" and Catherine Ringer & Frédéric Chichin (French / English)
• "Les Rita Mitsouko" on "mySpace.com" (English / French)
• "Les Rita Mitsouko" on "Laut.de" (biography, discography, photo gallery, CD reviews etc.)
• "Les Rita Mitsouko" on "Last.fm"
• "Les Rita Mitsouko" biography by Radio France Internationale (RFI )
• Obituary for Frédéric Chichin in: rfimusic