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Francis Rimbert (born October 3 1952 in Val d'Oise, France) is a French musician and composer. He was one of the first pioneers in France who could demonstrate what possibilities could be achieved by synthesizers.
Biography
Francis Rimbert has been playing music since he was 5 years old. He started in classical way learning to play the piano. At the conservatory, he studied harmony, counterpoint, the fugue and orchestral leading. He won first prize in piano and moved onto Paris where he become a salesman, working in a music store which by chance imported synthetizers, at a time when nobody has sold such before.
He became interested in those electronic instruments. In corporation with Korg, they created a new concept which had not existed ever before : Francis took the stage (Theatre des Champs Elysées – Paris) solo, surrounded by all his synthetizers (Bionic Orchestra, 1979). He will be the go-to man for both Roland and Ensoniq trades.
A talented musician, Francis wasted little time getting to meet another master of the synthetizer: Jean Michel Jarre, through their mutual friend Michel Geiss. Meeting in 1979 for the concert in Place de La Concorde - Paris, they began a long collaboration. Since 1986 (concert in Houston), Francis has been at Jarre’s side on grand stages.
Aside from his work on various albums for Jarre, Francis has created several works of sonic illustration. Synthetizers are the prolongation of the fingers of a sensitive musician who uses electronic instruments to articulate his melodic talent, a talent which helped him win first prize at the international festival of electronic music in Tokyo in 1988 (chaired by Isao Tomita).
In 1994, Francis Rimbert created music for some video games.
In 1995 and 1996, Francis did some master classes but he was distracted by his involvement with Jarre’s concerts.
In 2003, Francis took on a new challenge: a new album, entitled Double Face. In this album, Francis explored a mystique world, full of duality, in which each title has something to be discovered. Gaelick, for example, is an homage to Michael Flatley (Lord of the Dance (musical)) and the lightness of the Irish dancers in a highly physical choreography.
Musical colors evoke a parallel universe of duality in things and culture, most strongly realized in Dorian Gray. Conceived as a tableau with touches of Magritte or a poem with multiple meanings.
Follow the path of the artist through his reflections, his sensibilities. Visualize our double face; everyone is free to conceive their open and hidden side, their duality. The duality of the soul (Devil Soul), the duality of emotions (What is Love), the duality of death (Adagio); each title delivers its double message.
In 2005, an American distributor discovered Double Face online and proposed a contract of distribution for America.
The contract was signed with Atomic Quill Music and 10,000 units of Double Face were pressed. Francis Rimbert performed a showcase during the Fuse-In festival in Detroit and held a release party at Record Time, Detroit’s premier shop for electronic music. He also conducted interviews that were aired various stations (KLCC, ETN, Echoes). Various titles were remixed by American Djs, including Kenneth Thomas and D:Fuse and distributed by Moist Music.
During September 2005, Double Face was released in France and throughout Europe. In November, Francis held a showcase at Le Divan de Monde, in Paris.
In 2006, Francis signed distribution contracts in Scandinavia and with digital distributor Wild Palms Music. His music is now available around the world. Concerts, showcases, interviews, the release of a single, Mecanique du Temps, a duet with his friend, the hard rock guitarist, Patrick Rondat. This single was a limited edition release, to coincide with a performance at Salon de la Musique in September. In spite of all this, Francis found the time to release a compilation: Sound of Vintage Volume 1.
March 2007 saw the release of Sound of Vintage Volume 2, followed by Snap Shots in October. During 2007, Rimbert and his band performed live concerts featuring some of the titles of this record. In these concerts he has shared the stage with LOL, and his friend Sylvain Durand. Also on board are a percussionist Victor Paillet and a sound designer in the person of Nicolas Mills. Angy, singer and diva, makes various interventions on a variety of songs.
Invited by his distributors, first in Spain and then the Netherlands before taking on the rest of Europe, Francis pursued a promotional tour, complete with private concerts.
After these performances, Francis was solicited to perform a concert in Lyon in November 2007, to benefit Handicap International.
Source: Press release (2007) C.ZEN PROD
Live concerts
June 21, 2007 in Suresnes, France - outdoor concert
June 23, 2007 in Croissy-sur-Seine, France - outdoor concert (2500 persons attended this live concert)
November 16, 2007 in Lyon, France - indoor charity concert for Handicap International
Discography
Francis Rimbert albums:
| File:1979 francis rimbert synthesizer.jpg 1979 |
File:1980 francis rimbert sponsor spots.jpg 1980 |
File:1980 francis rimbert synthesizer.jpg 1980 |
File:1980 francis rimbert passing shot.jpg 1980 |
| File:1982 francis rimbert duty free.jpg 1982 |
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File:1983 francis rimbert synthesizer ii.jpg 1983 |
File:1984 francis rimbert synthesizer iii.jpg 1984 |
| File:1984 francis rimbert compilation jingles.jpg 1984 |
File:1986 francis rimbert electric feeling.jpg 1986 |
File:1987 francis rimbert keyboard songs.jpg 1987 |
File:1988 francis rimbert digital faith.jpg 1988 |
| File:1989 francis rimbert alive.jpg 1989 |
File:1991 francis rimbert scenario.jpg 1991 |
File:20050531 francis rimbert double face.jpg 2005 |
| File:20060909 francis rimbert mecanique du temps.jpg 2006 |
File:20061101 francis rimbert sound of vintage vol1.jpg 2006 |
File:20070301 francis rimbert sound of vintage vol2.jpg 2007 |
File:20071003 francis rimbert snapshots.jpg 2007 |
| Francis Rimbert CD-ROM soundtracks |
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| 1994 Payuta |
| 1996 TIM 7 |
Source: The Official Francis Rimbert Site