Jacno
Jacno was a French musician.
Born as Denis Quilliard, 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.
In 1999, the Italian DJ Gigi D'Agostino used the track Rectangle for his song La Passion. The song was a hit in Austria and Belgium where it became a number-one single, and was very popular in other European countries.
Jacno died in the night of the 5 and 6 November 2009 from cancer, aged 52.
Discography
SoloJacno. Celluloid, 1979.Rectangle. Celluloid, 1979 Tant de baisers perdus, single, 1985.T'es loin, t'es près. Barclay, 1988.Une idée derrière la tête. Barclay, 1991.Faux témoin. Polygram, 1995.La Part des anges. Mélodie/Sony Music, 1999.French paradoxe. Emma/Wagram, 2002.Tant de temps. Warner Music, 2006.Elli et Jacno
- Singles
- "Main dans la main" / "T'oublier"
- "Oh là la" / "Je t'aime tant"
- "Je t'aime tant" / "Chanson pour Olivia"
- "Le téléphone" / "Le téléphone"
- 1980 : Tout va sauter
- 1982 : Boomerang
- 1984 : Les nuits de la pleine lune
- 1981 : Inédits 77-81
- 1980 : "Amoureux solitaires" for Lio - great success in Europe
- 1980 : "Disco-rough" for Mathématiques Modernes - "single of the week" par the NME
- 1981 : Mythomane for Étienne Daho
- 1986 : "Oh la la" for Pauline Lafont, single
- 1987 : Sous influence divine for Daniel Darc
- 1988 : "Ne m'oublie pas" for Pauline Lafont, single
- 1988 : Tombé du ciel for Jacques Higelin
- "J'ai triste" for Les Valentins
- "Le Bourdon" for Paul Personne
- "D'une rive à l'autre" with Romane Bohringer, 1994
- "Je fume pu d'shit" with Stupeflip, 2002
- "Bang Bang" and "Ne Dis Rien" in Ukuyéyé by Mareva Galanter, 2006