Françoise Cactus (5 May 1964 – 17 February 2021), born Françoise van Hove, was a French musician and author, active in Berlin, Germany, best known as co-founder, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist in the band Stereo Total.[2][3][4][5] Cactus wrote several novels as well as contributing to German papers such as Die Tageszeitung.[6][7]
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| Born | Françoise van Hove[1] 5 May 1964 |
| Died | 17 February 2021 (aged 56) Berlin, Germany |
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Biography
editOriginally from France, Cactus moved to West Berlin in 1985[8][9][10][11] and played in the West Berlin band Les Lolitas with co-founder marquis de Coco Nut. They were one of only a few Western bands to play officially unsanctioned gigs in East Berlin during the final years of the dictatorship.[12][13][14][15]
Françoise Cactus died aged 56 on 17 February 2021 in her Berlin home after having suffered from breast cancer.[1] She is buried in Berlin.
Radio plays
edit- Weill jagt Fantômas (Oliver Augst/Cactus/Göring), Radio Berlin-Brandenburg, Radio France Culture 2018
- Alle Toten 1914 (Oliver Augst/John Birke), Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, Volksbühne Berlin, Hessischer Rundfunk 2014 - participation as speaker, singer, musician
- City of the thousand fires (Augst/Birke), Hessischer Rundfunk/Südwestrundfunk 2012 - participation as speaker, singer
References
edit- 1 2 Niemeyer, Hannes (17 February 2021). "Françoise Cactus (Stereo Total) in Berlin gestorben - Stil prägte deutsche Musik-Szene". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). Retrieved 17 February 2021.[dead link]
- ↑ Pareles, Jon (14 May 2005). "Crossing National Boundaries and Genres". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Moving in Stereo – November 7, 2001". SF Weekly. 7 November 2001. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ↑ "Night Life". The New Yorker. 20 August 2007.
- ↑ "Stereo Total: Do the Bambi". Pitchfork.
- ↑ tageszeitung, taz. die. "Artikel von 'Francoise Cactus'". die Tageszeitung.
- ↑ "Françoise Cactus". rowohlt.
- ↑ Winkler, Thomas (13 June 2015). "Stereo Total im Interview: "Rock'n Roll ist spießig geworden"". die Tageszeitung.
- ↑ "WE AREN'T MAINSTREAM, WE STILL HAVE AN AURA OF UNDERGROUND".
- ↑ Hoh, Michael (14 April 2016). "Mafia pop: Stereo Total". EXBERLINER.com.[dead link]
- ↑ Antoine, Prune (12 October 2007). "Françoise Cactus: 'society is a little too turned on by sex'". Cafébabel.
- ↑ Bregman, Adam (2 June 2005). "Kitschy Cool". Dallas Observer.
- ↑ Orlov, Peter (9 October 2006). "Cut 'n' paste culture". Seattle Weekly.
- ↑ "Stereo Total – New Songs, Playlists & Latest News – BBC Music". BBC. Archived from the original on 23 April 2010.
- ↑ Flanell, Gary (27 January 2015). "Renfield-Fanzine: Tres chic – an evening with Francoise Cactus".
Further reading
edit- "Stereo Total Goes "Plastic"". 21 August 2007.
- Savage, Emily. "Stereo Total: Show Preview". SF Weekly. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- "Stereo Total". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on 13 September 2018.
- Shanley, Mike. "The Warhol hosts Stereo Total's multilingual mélange". Pittsburgh City Paper.
- "Francoise Cactus – 2 Bücher – Perlentaucher". perlentaucher.de.
- Berlin, Berliner Morgenpost- (16 September 2007). "Heute: Autorin und Musikerin Françoise Cactus über Berthe Morisot". morgenpost.de.
- "Françoise Cactus - DFFB". dffb-archiv.de.
- "5 Fragen an: Françoise Cactus". 1 December 2008. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- "Auch im Alter relevant: Minderwertigkeitsgefühle und Liebeskummer". 29 February 2016.
- Fischer, Michael; Hörner, Fernand (6 March 2013). Lied und populäre Kultur – Song and Popular Culture 57 (2012): Jahrbuch des Deutschen Volksliedarchivs Freiburg – 57. Jahrgang – 2012. Deutsch-französische Musiktransfers – German-French Musical Transfers. Waxmann Verlag. ISBN 9783830977872 – via Google Books.
- "Lolitas – Rock made in France – Encyclopédie du Rock". 23 July 2009.
- Lanham, Tom (28 April 2013). "Stereo Total has international appeal". The San Francisco Examiner. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- "Yé-Yé Girls of '60s French Pop / Boing Boing". boingboing.net.
- "Stereo Total: Paris-Berlin". Pitchfork.
- Abenteuer einer Provinzblume: Amazon.de: Françoise Cactus: Bücher. ASIN 3499209500.
- Neurosen zum Valentinstag: Amazon.de: Françoise Cactus: Bücher. ASIN 3871344990.
- Zitterparties: Amazon.de: Françoise Cactus: Bücher. ASIN 3499209942.