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Nicholas Orsini Manroe

Rock n' Roll President www.myspace.com/chibani

About Me

First of all, hi everyone. As it is said in the headline, Rock n' roll needs a president. And this is my fan club. Are you a fan? Yeah? Good. I've made this page so people can see and listen to my work and eventualy become fans. You can already hear the rock side of it on CHIBANI's page, and demos on The Orson Wallace Project's page. By the way, it is highly recommended to go there, and don't forget to add us. Therefore, all I have to say is : "you have a look at my videos, you go listen to CHIBANI, and The Orson Wallace Project, and have a real good rock n' roll time. And be a true fan." Thank you and stay cool.Peace.Nicholas Orsini ManroeRockeuses, rockers, non-rockeuses, non-rockers, ceci n'est pas une traduction du texte ci-dessus, mais plutôt une synthèse biographique. Après avoir fait ses débuts dans le rock n'roll avec Jawz Starfix (guitariste chanteur de CHIBANI) avec qui il fonda Karma à Rabat, Maroc, notre homme, alors adolescent, débarque en France, en 1999. Il monte alors divers groupes, d'abord derrière les fûts car c'est son premier instrument, et compose beaucoup de titres. Le répertoire de ces "projets" brasse large, du punk limite Sex pistols voire NoFx, aux compos folks plus intimistes. Le sieur Manroe se consacre désormais de plus en plus à la guitare et au chant, instruments qu'il a toujours utilisé pour composer, car bien plus pratiques que la batterie pour les mélodies. Il arpente les bars et les soirées privées d'Aix-en-Provence, de Bruxelles, passe par la case électro (cf The Grasshopper Galaxy Orchestra), puis revient à des compositions plus "rock". Car c'est un "rocker" avant tout. Et un beau jour, il monte à Paris rejoindre son acolyte Starfix. Le duo reformé, ils composent, encore et encore, donnent naissance à divers projets dont Skran Flave Cheikh Sound System, sorte de melting pot hip hop rock, Dr Bloom & The Multicoloured Zombies, etc... Et montent CHIBANI, le groupe de Rock en France. Avec un "tube", comme on dit: "Sexy Mama". Après moults chroniques dans divers fanzines et une apparition dans un hors-série de Rock Sound (le magazine des kids) et au rayon "qualité France" de Rock n' Folk, le groupe passe à autre chose. Qui sera qualifié de "trop dark, trop underground", trop ceci trop cela. Qu'importe, ils continuent. Entre temps, Manroe travaille de son côté, se fait son side-project tout seul: The Orson wallace Project, où il laisse libre cours à son psychédélisme et à son goùt prononcé pour la musique folk et country. On dit de lui qu'il est l'homme au 1500 démos, Mr 1OO giga octets, le dernier punk, le dernier hippie, le dernier cow-boy, le dernier rocker en ces temps mous du genou.. Il s'auto-proclame "président". Et Il créé, sans cesse. Et ne s'arrêtera jamais. Longue vie Monsieur le Président.Bernie Van Der Marx, ami et manager
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My Interests

The holy rock n'roll trinity,doing nothing, playing and recording music over and over and over,traveling of course,meeting people, talk to them, analysing things (yeah, things) but not to the point where I get boring,making short movies, eating good food with good wine,and wine is one of my favorite interests,I'm studying it, politics, drawing, steaks tartare,etc...

I'd like to meet:

Fans. Music lovers. Hedonists. And interesting people who have offers to make. Just bring some rock n' roll vibes, some enthusiasm, some life, some brains, some spirit, and some money. Ladies, you are mostly welcome.

Music:

Chibani, The Orson Wallace Project,The Clash, The Doors, Spacemen 3, Hank Williams, Queens of the Stone Age, the Rolling Stones, Eagles of Death Metal, The Sonics, The Dandy Warhols, Bob Marley, Lee Scratch Perry, the Abyssinians, The Heptones, Toots & The Maytals, Arno, Noir Désir, Sex Pistols, Metallica, Nirvana, Queen,Chuck Berry, jerry lee lewis,death in vegas,ennio morricone, pink floyd,Johnny Cash,La Mano Negra and Manu Chao on his own,Sixteen Horsepower,Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Led Zeppelin,The Sonics,The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Gladiators, Cypress Hill, The Beach Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers's "One Hot Minute", Kings Of Leon, The Specials, The libertines, Dirty pretty things,New Orleans swing, Squirrel Nut Zippers,Eels,Gun Club,Kings of leon,Muddy Waters, Elmore james,John Lee Hooker, Kasabian,etc....

Movies:

Easy Rider,Clockwork Orange (orange mécanique), Sergio Leone's westerns,C'est arrivé près de chez vous, Superman (Richard Donner),Batman (Tim burton),Once upon a time in the west, The good, the bad and the ugly,Equilibrium, Kill Bill 1&2,Larry Flint, Elephant Man,Kitano's movies,Charlie Chaplin's movies,David Lynch,Cedric Klapisch,Bunuel,Alfred Hitchcock,Quentin Tarantino's movies,recently "Death Proof", From Dusk til Dawn (Robert Rodriguez),Munich, Albert Dupontel,Bruce lee's movies, Violent films from japan and beautiful films from Asia in general, tex avery's cartoons,Tim burton, star wars, x-rated movies,horror movies, clever movies, my own movies, all kinds of movies, they just have to be good.

Television:

the screen

Books:

many, from asimov to bradbury, blaise cendrars, alfred hitchcock, Lovecraft, R.L Stevenson, Richard Wright,Douglas Adams,Patrick Suskind,Stanislav Grof, Albert Camus,David Gemmel,Jules Verne, Robert Louis Stevenson,Mark Twain,Hunter Thompson,Peter Cheney, Little Nemo in Slumberland,books about religions and mythology, books about piracy,books about cartoons,"film noir" books, books about politics and maghreb history, travel books, wine books, technical books specialized in sound engineering, editing, etc....,magazines,newspapers and my notebooks.

Heroes:

Me.

My Blog

The Orson Wallace Project’s new track: NLX

Check it out!
Posted by Nicholas Orsini Manroe on Tue, 04 Sep 2007 04:05:00 PST

CHIBANI's working

More live to come, CHIBANI is rehearsing and recording, for you, psychedelic rock n' roll fans.
Posted by Nicholas Orsini Manroe on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:51:00 PST

CHIBANI Live june 9th

CHIBANI w/ Clint + The Fucking Neighbours CAPITOL STUDIOS PARIS49 Blvd Biron, Saint-Ouen, Ile-de-France 93400 métro Mairie de Saint-Ouen Cost : 5¬
Posted by Nicholas Orsini Manroe on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 07:50:00 PST

Be cool dear friends

Hi everyone. This is a blog. Obviously. And it is posted. Check out CHIBANI and The Orson Wallace Project.
Posted by Nicholas Orsini Manroe on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 05:44:00 PST