Jacno (3 July 1957 in

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band The Stinky Toys. In the early 1980s, after the group disbanded, he teamed up with former Stinky Toys singer

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to form the pop duo Elli et Jacno. Jacno had also released a number of solo albums since 1979. He took his professional name from the name of the graphic artist who drew the Gallic helmet logo of French

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cigarettes brand. In 1999, the Italian DJ Gigi D'Agostino used the track Rectangle for his song La Passion. The song was a hit in Austria and Belgium where it became a number-one single, and was very popular in other European countries. Jacno died in the night of the 5 and 6 November 2009 from cancer, aged 52.Obituary
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Discography

Solo * ''Jacno''. Celluloid, 1979 (collaboration with

). * ''Rectangle''. Celluloid, 1979 * ''Tant de baisers perdus'', single, 1985 (lyrics by

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). * ''T'es loin, t'es près''. Barclay, 1988 (collaboration with

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). * ''Une idée derrière la tête''. Barclay, 1991 (collaborations with

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, Paul Personne, Gérard Blanchard, Etienne Daho and Elli Medeiros). * ''Faux témoin''. Polygram, 1995 (collaboration with Etienne Daho). * ''La Part des anges''. Mélodie/Sony Music, 1999 (collaboration with Les Valentins). * ''French paradoxe''. Emma/Wagram, 2002 (collaborations with

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, Thomas Dutronc,

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). * ''Tant de temps''. Warner Music, 2006 (collaboration with Françoise Cactus from

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). Elli et Jacno - Singles * "Main dans la main" / "T'oublier" (1980) * "Oh là la" / "Je t'aime tant" (1981) * "Je t'aime tant" / "Chanson pour Olivia" (1982) * "Le téléphone" / "Le téléphone" (instrumental) (1982) - Albums * 1980 : ''Tout va sauter'' (Vogue) * 1982 : ''Boomerang'' (Celluloïd) * 1984 : ''Les nuits de la pleine lune'' (CBS) - Compilation * 1981 : ''Inédits 77-81'' (Vogue) As producer, composer and/or arranger * 1980 : "Amoureux solitaires" for

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(new version of "Lonely Lovers" by Stinky Toys, lyrics by

) - great success in Europe * 1980 : "Disco-rough" for Mathématiques Modernes - "single of the week" par the

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* 1981 : ''Mythomane'' for

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(his first album) * 1986 : "Oh la la" for

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(his first solo album) * 1988 : "Ne m'oublie pas" for

, single (lyrics by Etienne Daho) * 1988 : ''Tombé du ciel'' for

As writer * "J'ai triste" for Les Valentins * "Le Bourdon" for Paul Personne Duets * "D'une rive à l'autre" with

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, 1994 * "Je fume pu d'shit" with Stupeflip, 2002 * "Bang Bang" and "Ne Dis Rien" in ''Ukuyéyé'' by

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, 2006 Tribute * ''Jacno Future'', 2011

References

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