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Placebo fans know him and his band because of “Pink water”, Brian's collaboration with Indochine officiel. There are three versions of the song, two of them feature Mr. Molko and were released on the album ”Alice & June Limited edition" in December 2005.
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Nicolas Henri Didier Sirchis, better known as Nicola Sirkis, was born on June 22nd 1959 in Antony, Hauts-de-Seine in France. He is the frontman of the French pop rock and new wave band Indochine officiel. Sirkis is the only remaining member of the original line-up of the band which he formed with a friend in Paris in 1981. Up to now the band has released 13 studio albums, a good number of live albums and compilations and more than 50 singles. They have sold over ten million records which makes them one of the best selling French bands.
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In 1992 Nicola Sirkis released the solo album “Dans la Lune“ on which he covered some of his favourite songs in French or English. He is also the author of the collection of short stories called "Les Mauvaises Nouvelles" that was published in 1998.
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Sirkis' twin brother Stรจphane was a band member of Indochine until he died from hepatitis C in 1999 after years of struggling with drug addiction. Nicola still has an elder brother named Christophe..
Nicola Sirkis was married and divorced three times by now. He has a daughter and two sons.
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A very difficult choice to pick some songs for you because of Indochine's long career and so many songs and live performances. Nicola is a very brilliant songwriter and the author of most of the lyrics of the songs. He has often admitted that he wasn't a good singer or a musician but it works!!! As you must know, Nicola is the only survivor of the band Indochine, created in 1981. He's the creator, the soul of the band. In my very humble opinion and as a fan for so many years, I think live performances are the best ways to express who Nicola Sirkis is as an artist, a performer and as a human being. So, I have chosen the most stunning, amazing and moving performances. But so difficult to make the best choice.
๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ – ๐'๐๐ข ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐́ ๐̀ ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ( ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐)
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Indochine's first concert at le Stade de France, 80,000 people. The first French Rock band to perform in that huge place. A very moving performance, Nicola 's eyes full of tears. I watched that concert live on my PC. So GREAT!!! A DVD was released later luckily. It's called “Putain de Stade“ which means Fucking Stadium. It's not vulgar at all. It's a compliment. Usually when Nicola is happy, he often says fucking. Fucking audience, fucking concert, fucking Paris, fucking stadium, fucking...
๐ฌ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ – ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ( ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐, ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฐ)
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Two concerts at the Stade de France, on June 27th and 28th 2014. My daughter Maud and I were there on June 27th. Enormous!!! On the next day, June 28th it was raining cats and dogs but according to some friends of ours who were there, it was even greater. I love this part of the concert because, Nicola is never afraid of walking through the crowd, hugging and kissing his fans while singing and of course been hugged and kissed back by his fans. It must be very dangerous but I think he loves that physical contact. And fans get really crazy. It's also a way to express his love and gratitude towards the audience. You must know, if Indochine is still there, it's not because of medias who after three great albums, threw the band away because Record Companies hadn't bet on the right horse. But the fans have always been there. Every concert has always been sold out in a few days without any publicity and now you need to be a warrior to get tickets. The 6 concerts in five huge stadiums in France for Indochine 40th anniversary, Central Tour 2021, have been sold out in a few hours. Unfortunately, impossible this year but for next year 2022. Maud and I will go to le Stade de France, Paris and Stade Pierre Maurois in Lille. That song, “Trois Nuits par Semaine“ has been inspired by a novel by Marguerite Duras, “L' Amant“ (“The lover“), a very sensual and erotic love story in the ancient French colony Indochina (in French Indochine), now called Vietnam. Nicola Sirkis loves Marguerite Duras 's novels.
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“L' Aventurier“, that is the song which made Indochine famous from their very first album. The band have never stopped playing it live since its release. A kind of fireworks at the end of each concert with a collective crazy euphoria. That was the case at the Stade de France in 2014. The stadium was on fire and so were we!!! Confetti rain and balloons!! What a great souvenir !!! (Video from that DVD again, a mix of June 27th and 28th 2014) “L' Aventurier“ is a very naive song, dealing with a comic strip hero called Bob Morane. But what a music!!! It was very inoventive and unusual at that time. Through the years, songs have dealt with very serious topics, like homophobia, racism, discrimination, tolerance and understanding.
๐ฌ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ – ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐๐ป ( ๐ฐ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น)
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Now two official video clips which show how Nicola is very open-minded to tolerance and understanding. The first one is “Marilyn“ from album Paradize 2003. No comment, everything is said. It's with that album “Paradize“ that Indochine came back officially under the spotlights. Hypocrite TV journalists were kneeling and crawling before Nicola whereas a few years before they had thrown him into the mud. Indochine received a lot of rewards for this album but Nicola has always dedicated them to his audience because the music business didn't deserve his gratitude, specially when his twin brother, Stรฉphane died. I don't think Nicola has forgiven that attitude but he's never said a word. Ignorance is sometimes bitter than words. Hope those nasty sharks have understood the message.
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The second official video: Christine and The Queen is a very talented young French singer, songwriter. Maybe you know her because she also has an international career. She's a lovely little Lady with a charming ambiguity, no wonder Nicola has asked her to make a re-make or cover version of that old song called “3รจme Sexe“. That song deals with: boys and girls, boys and boys, girls and girls. Brian would have said, in between. I know some old Indochine fans hate that version but I love it.
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๐ฌ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ – ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฐ
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And now, If you don't mind, I want to add full concerts. Up to soulmates to watch them or not because Indochine usually last two hours and a half which is very great and generous, all the concerts are very cheap because it's Nicola 's priority to make them cheap in order to make any fan to be able to buy tickets. Nicola is the producer of these concerts, he manages everything, he's the boss. For these kind of events a lot of people are employed. It's a huge enterprise. Everyone is paid but no benefit is made. Nicola's aim is to make his fans having a good time, be happy and so is he and his talented band too. Let's never forget that.
๐ฌ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ – ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ (๐๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ & ๐๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฎ̀ ๐น'๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ́๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐ถ̈, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฒ)
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A beautiful concert of Indochine in Hanoรฏ, Vietnam, 2006 with a symphonic orchestra. A special wink to our beloved Brian!!! I wish I could have shared Indochine 13 Tour concerts. My daughter Maud and I saw five of them in 2018, but there are no official videos, only videos by fans 's but they have no good quality . Amazing concerts with huge screens on the ceiling. I feel a bit disappointed just like not having official videos from Placebo's “20 Years“ Tour. But maybe, one day we'll enjoy those pearls.
A big ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ to our dear soulmate ๐๐๐๐๐ for finding all those great videos and sharing so much info and personal experiences with us! I hope you all liked our cooperation.
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