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Jacques, a robin

About Me

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2009
So far, an interesting, adventurous and funny year:
unexpected meetings with legendary folksters from this and that side of the Pond, a lovely night supporting Chumbwamba, another singing 'The Tenderness of the Devil' in a church in Fishponds, and an album, finally, that I am currently working on and due to be recorded in Autumn...
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In a long gone summer Jacques flew to Jesi, a medieval smalltown in the Centre of Italy, attracted by some mysterious magnetism. There he saw an angel falling from an aeroplane, between a rock and a violin. Jacques heart started beating like fingers of mermaids beat on the harps in heaven, his eyes lighting the sky with fires. All the people who stared at the angel turned into chryselephantine statuettes, while Jacques turned into a robin. Jacques flew back home but couldn't find any nest waiting for him. He heard two children crying, far away, and followed the echoes of their weepings. In a hurry, he found himself in the woods in England, but everything was silent now. It was night time and you could hear just the noise of dozens of small wings moving fast. He found the children. They were dead. The robins of the forest were covering their small bodies with leaves. Jacques was a robin, now.myspace layouts :: Get this layout .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/11/2007
Band Members:
JACQUES, A ROBIN AND RICH PARSONS SUPPORTING CHUMBAWAMBA AT SOUTH BANK BRISTOL - 03/05/09

'Jacques, a Robin' is the first English Heteronym of Signor Davide Ariasso. Jacques was born on the 11th of July, 2004, later baptized as Jacques, a Robin on the 11th of November 2007 - He lives on stage, on recordings, in a voice, in a quill, in dreams and in imagination - 'Her Belly Scar'- Davide (instruments) - mixed by Herr Collin Claus -- 'Dead Friend Song' - Davide (instruments) - Herr Collin Claus (feedback + mixing) -- 'Cathedrals In The Sun' - recorded live in the Black Cat Room - Davide (vocal), Mark Darkside (Delicious piano) -- 'My Spectral Summer' Davide (vocals, guitar) - Algy Behrens (hang, drum, production).JAR IS LOOKING FOR AN ACCORDIONIST AND A GUITARIST + SOMEONE GOOD MAKING BEAUTIFUL NOISES
Influences: Catholic Funerals, Harold & Maude, Bellies from the Inside, Forests, Dead Man, Babes In The Wood, Children's Books Illustrations, Edgar Allan Poe, Fernando Pessoa, Ingmar Bergman, Reveries, Folk Tales, Junghian Descents, Art Nouveau, Childhood's Endless Summers, Countrysides, Sleeping Under Stars, Luis Bunuel, Jan Svankmajer, Robert Bresson, Toto le Heros, Barry Lyndon, SilverStar Collective and Mr.P.Duff's Wednesdays, Dreaming of England, Stagnant Pools and Dismantled Kings, Kenneth Anger, Pink Narcissus, Jacques Demy, Silver Trays, Myths, Depths, Archetypes, Mirrors, Curtains, L'Orphee, Psychoanalitic Film Theories, The Enigma of Art, Roman Polanski in the Sixties/Seventies, Lilies of The Valley, Gothic Houses in Piedmonte, The Alpes, The Mist Raining Upwards, Medieval Smalltowns, Windows, Journeys, Andy Warhol, Luigi Pirandello, Shangri-La's, Pearls Before Swine, Antony and the Johnsons, Baby Dee, Syd Barrett, Shelleyan Orphan, Eyeless In Gaza, The Decemberists, Kaleidoscope (UK), Cocorosie, Phil Spector, Leonard Cohen, The King of Luxembourg, Lisa Germano, Kate Bush, Dory Previn, Paul Roland...
Sounds Like: A pomegranate, Jacques' music is full of seeds... robins pecking at a pomegranate... mermaids mourning Neptune's death, children rejoycing at the magician's arrival, the doubt between love and hate, the sound of remembering one's birth, the lullaby of departure, a butterfly conducting a ghostly orchestra, the ruins of a hortus conclusus, the tenderness of the devil... (PIC BY THOM HOWELL)
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Autumn and the rhythms of...

Autumn and its hypnotising withering colours coincide with the return to the full-on activity of work/study etc... This is a contradiction, it's like seeing a rhythm happening outside and following th...
Posted by on Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:15:00 GMT

Gig at ShOp 15/08/09


Posted by on Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:25:00 GMT

Jacques in .. pre-production frenzy

Hi,I'm in the pre-production phase of an album... Yes, quite exciting. :)If any friend on here wants to be involved, I'll be soon holding preview sessions a bit like they do in hollywood with films, y...
Posted by on Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:42:00 GMT

Summer Listenings

Ok, here's what I'm listening to at the moment. When I start writing playlists it means there's something I should do which is more important and I'm not really willing to do it... Anyways, ok.. let's...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:16:00 GMT

Jacques a Robin at the South Bank Club Bristol 3-5-9

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTvtzNBT8Hs
Posted by on Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:02:00 GMT

Jacques' Slideshow supporting Chumbawamba at South Bank (May 09)

Hullo,here's a link to a Slide Show of pics from Jacques, a robin's performance with Rich Parsons as Chumbawamba's supporting act at the beginning of May (SouthBank). Nice colours, plus I think I look...
Posted by on Fri, 22 May 2009 17:55:00 GMT

JACQUES, A ROBIN GIG FLYER 13th April

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Posted by on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:13:00 GMT

In My Language

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnylM1hI2jc One of the best videos produced and posted on the internet? Identity, language, revolution and love. X
Posted by on Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:44:00 GMT

Cube Microplex - Starbugz and Dusters

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Posted by on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:52:00 GMT

SilverStar Night FOLK HOUSE 12 APR 2008 8.15pm

This Saturday. SilverStar Show includes:MARK DARKSIDEJACQUES, A ROBINABBIE HASTINGSMELUSSIPADDY UGLOWCHANDRA MOONDAIBIMBO SPAM
Posted by on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:36:00 GMT