AqME (pronounced ; previously known as Neurosyndrom) was a French rock band from

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, consisting of four members. The band was part of a French

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movement called "Team Nowhere", but they eventually split up with the Team in order to have more independence.

Biography

Beginning and ''University of Nowhere'' (1999–2001)

Aqme was created in the end of 1999 after the break-up of Neurosyndrom, which were one of the founding bands of the music collective Team Nowhere. The band name is inspired from the

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word "''akmê''" meaning the

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or turning point of something. At the time of its formation, Aqme's line-up was composed of ETN (Étienne) on

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, Ben (Benjamin) on

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, Sofy (Sophie) on

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(who will later be replaced by Charlotte), and Koma (Thomas) on

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. Six months after the formation of the band, the

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released a five track

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known as "University Of Nowhere". It is at this period, when the band started appearing in several compilations, that Sofy left the band. She was then replaced by Charlotte. They reissue 2000 copies of ''University of Nowhere'' in April 2001.

''Sombres efforts'' and ''Polaroïds and Pornographie'' (2001–2004)

Not very satisfied of their previous releases, the band decided to work in

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during a year in order to create their first

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. They went to record in Sweden with the

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producer

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, who is known for working with

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, and

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The band then came back to

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and played in concerts with other French bands such as Unfold and

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. The band's new songs attracted more people to the concerts and the band eventually had a larger audience. Aqme's critical acclaim occurred after the release of their first album, ''Sombre Efforts'' (

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for "Dark Efforts"). They went on a relatively big

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across France between September 2002 and October 2003, with a notable success at the

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. At the end of 2003, the

ian band went back to studio recording in order to make their second album, ''Polaroïds & Pornographie'' (French for "Polaroids & Pornography"). AqME publicly announces his departure from the Team Nowhere on 2004, 12 September.

''La Fin des Temps'' and ''Live(s)'' (2005–2006)

The band began recording their third album, this time without Daniel Bergstrand, after a lengthy tour. They chose Steve Prestage as a producer and stayed in

for recording. The album was released in October 2005, under the name ''La Fin des Temps'' (French for "The End of Times"), and ''Pas assez loin'' was even played on the radio. This third album had more prominent

parts but still continued to be playable live. The

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centered around different topics such as

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(''Ainsi soit-il''), apprehension of death (''La Belle Inconnue''), the downfall of the world (''La Fin des Temps''), and human relationships. Aqme has opened the concerts for Indochine during their tour since AqME had recorded a track with Indochine (''Aujourd'hui je pleure''), which is featured on Indochine's album ''

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''. The band also releases his first Live DVD titled ''Live(s)'', recorded 2 June 2006 on

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. On 21 October 2006, following a concert at the

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, the band announced that they were planning on disappearing the following year in order to come back with a fourth album in 2008.

Break (2006–2007)

Three out of the four members have now a side-project. On 26 November 2006, Étienne's side-project, "Grymt", released its first record called "My Dark One". In June 2007, Thomas and Ben have announced via MySpace that they're both working on their new bands ("

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" and "

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") debut album. The band lists

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, ,

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as their primary influences.

''Hérésie'' and ''En l'honneur de Jupiter'' (2007–2010)

Their fourth studio album, entitled ''Hérésie'' (French for "Heresy"), was released on 4 February 2008. After ten years of music with his mates, Ben left AqME in November 2008 in order to work entirely on his own group, Die on Monday. Next to latent period, the band integrates Mulder (Julien Hekking) as guitarist in January 2009, this one and ETN both performed within the band Grymt. This new quartet records a fifth album, ''En l'honneur de Jupiter'' (French for "In Honour of Jupiter") which is released on 19 October 2009.

''Épithète, Dominion, Épitaphe'' and ''Les Sentiers de l'aube'' (2011–2013)

Their sixth album ''Épithète, Dominion, Épitaphe'' (French for "Epithet, Dominion, Epitaph") release 10 April 2012 as Thomas Thirrion (Koma)'s swan song: Indeed, the singer has announced, to the surprise of the others AqME members, his complete withdrawal from the music world in March 2012. Vincent Peignart-Mancini take his place during the tour following album release. With this new singer, AqME releases an EP titled ''Les Sentiers de l'aube'' (French for "The Paths of Dawn") 15 October 2012, gathering 3 unreleased tracks and 3 live tracks from the previous albums.

''Dévisager Dieu'' (2014-2017)

3 November 2014, AqME delivers his seventh album ''Dévisager Dieu'' (French for "To stare at God"): upstream from that release, the clip of ''Avant le Jour'' comes ahead. The band returns on the road at the ending of November 2014 to defend that new album. Charlotte takes a hiatus towards the band for the time to achieve her pregnancy. The bass will be taken during the rest of the tour by Vincent's twin brother, Julien Peignart-Mancini.

''AqME'' (since 2017)

To celebrate the 15 years of the first album ''Sombres efforts'', AqME reissues it 21 April 2017 on a CD version (consist of 2 discs, one for the album remastered by Magnus Lindberg and the second containing demo versions as well as an unreleased recorded at that same era) and a LP version on the occasion of the

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, 22 April. 17 May 2017, the band shows the clip for ''Tant d'années'', one amongst the tracks from the next album expected for the upcoming back-to-school season. The new album is announced 22 September 2017 with the eponymous title ''AqME''.

''Requiem'': split up and farewell tour (2019)

11 November 2018, AqME announces on the social medias, by a long communiqué, that the 2019 year will be the last for the group, which get ready to celebrate its twentieth anniversary, explaining be gotten to the end of a human and art adventure. 12 April 2019, they release their ninth album, ''Requiem''. They split up after a ten-dates farewell tour, passing across France and Belgium, from March 2019 to January 2020, playing their last concert 11 January 2020 at the Trianon in Paris, two former historic members within : Thomas Thirrion (Koma) on vocals et Benjamin Rubin (Ben) on guitar. However, the last dates are cancelled because of last line-up singer Vinc's health issues.

Line up

Current members * Étienne Sarthou / "ETN" — drums (since 1999) * Charlotte Poiget / "Charlotte" — bass (since 2000) * Julien Hekking / "Mulder" — guitars (since 2009) * Vincent Peignart-Mancini / "Vinc" — vocals (since 2012) Former members * Thomas Thirrion / "Koma" — vocals (1999–2012) * Benjamin Rubin / "Ben" — guitars (1999–2008) * Sophie Chaussade / "Sofy" — bass (1999–2000) Touring musicians * Julien Peignart-Mancini – bass (2015) Timeline

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Discography

Studio albums

''Sombres efforts'' (2002) # ''Superstar'' # ''« Si » n'existe pas'' ("‘If‘ doesn't exist") # ''Le Rouge et le Noir'' ("The Red and the Black") # ''Tout à un détail près'' ("All except for one detail") # ''Instable'' ("Unstable") # ''Une autre ligne'' ("Another line") # ''Je suis'' ("I am") # ''Fin'' ("End") # ''Sainte'' ("Holy") # ''In Memoriam'' (

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for " Into memory") # ''Délicate & saine'' ("Delicate & healthy";

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with "

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") ''Polaroïds & Pornographie'' (Original Edition / Limited Edition) (2004) # ''Pornographie'' ("

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") # ''À chaque seconde'' ("Every second") # ''3'38'' # ''Tes mots me manquent'' ("I miss your words" / "Your words fail me") # ''La Théorie du poisson rouge'' ("The

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theory") # ''Sur le fil'' ("On the edge" / "By a thread") # ''Vampire'' # ''Comprendre'' ("Understand") # ''Être & ne pas être'' ("To be & not to be") # ''Ce que tu es'' ("What you are") # ''La vie est belle'' ("Life is beautiful") # ''La réponse'' ("The answer") CD2 (Limited Edition) # ''Automédication'' ("Self-medication") # ''Le rouge & le noir'' (live) ⑵ # ''Tout à un détail près'' (live) ⑵ # ''Je suis'' (live) ⑵ # ''Fin'' (live) ⑵ # ''" Si " n'existe pas'' (live) ⑵ ⑴ Presented as such on the album back cover.
⑵ Track recorded at the

on July 2003. ''La Fin des Temps'' (Original Edition / CD+DVD Edition) (2005) # ''Ténèbres'' ("Darkness") # ''Des illusions'' ("Some illusions";

with French for "Disillusion/Disillusionment") # ''La fin des temps'' ("The End of Time") # ''Une vie pour rien'' ("A life for nothing") # ''Ainsi soit-il'' ("Thus be it") # ''Une dernière fois'' ("One last time") # ''Pas assez loin'' ("Not far enough") # ''Rien au monde'' ("Nothing in the world") # ''Le Poids des mots'' ("The weight of words") # ''La Belle Inconnue'' ("The Beautiful Unknown/Stranger") DVD (CD+DVD Edition)
''Making Of'' ''Hérésie'' (Original Edition / Limited Edition) (2008) # ''Hérésie'' ("

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") # ''Uniformes'' ("

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"—same ‘unvarying, conform/outfit’ double meaning) # ''Lourd sacrifice'' ("Heavy sacrifice") # ''Un goût amer'' ("A bitter taste") # ''Karma & nicotine'' # ''Les enfers'' ("The

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") # ''En saga om livet'' (

for "A story about life") # ''Romance mathématique'' ("Mathematical romance") # ''Casser/détruire'' ("Break/destroy") # ''312'' # ''A.M.: un jour de pluie'' ("A.M.—''Automutilation'', French for ‘

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’—: a rainy day") # ''Triskaïdékaphobie'' ("

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") # ''Utilisation de la synthèse additive'' ⑴ ("

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use") ⑴ Track included in the Limited Edition of the album. ''En l'honneur de Jupiter'' (Original Edition / Limited Edition) (2009) # ''Tout le monde est malheureux'' ("Everyone is unhappy") # ''Guillotine'' # ''Les matamores'' ("The braggarts") # ''Noël Noir'' ("Black Christmas") # ''Macabre moderne'' ("Modern macabre") # ''Le culte du rien'' ("The cult of the

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") # ''Blasphème'' ("

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") # ''Stadium Complex'' # ''Question de violence'' ("Question of violence") # ''Vivre à nouveau'' ("Live once again") # ''Le chaos'' ("The

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") # ''Uppe på berget'' (

for "On the mountain") DVD (Limited Edition) * ''Making of'' * Video

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* Photo gallery ''Épithète, Dominion, Épitaphe'' (Original Edition / Limited Edition) (2012) # ''Idiologie'' ("Idiology";

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" and " Ideology") # ''Quel que soit le Prométhéen (ou le Nihiliste)'' ("Whatever the Promethean (or the

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) is") # ''Épithète, Dominion, Épitaphe'' ("Epithet, Dominion, Epitaph") # ''Luxe assassin'' ("Deadly luxury") # ''L'empire des jours semblables'' ("The empire of the indistinguishable days") # ''Adieu !'' ("Farewell!") # ''My English Is Pretty Bad'' # ''Marketing Armageddon'' # ''Plus tard vs trop tard'' ("Later vs. too late") # ''La dialectique des possédés'' ("The dialectic of possessed") # ''110.587'' CD2 – ''Les Sentiers de l'Aube'' (EP) (Limited Edition) ''Dévisager Dieu'' (2014) # ''Avant le jour'' ("Before the day") (Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjaQPArjdAE) # ''Enfants de Dieu'' ("Children of God") # ''Au-delà de l'ombre'' ("Beyond the shadow") # ''Ce que nous sommes'' ("What we are") # ''Un appel'' ("A call") # ''Entre louanges et regrets'' ("Between praises and regrets") # ''L'homme et le sablier'' ("The man and the

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") # ''Pour le meilleur, le pire'' ("For the best, the worst";

with " For better, for worse") # ''Les abysses'' ("The

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es") ''AqME'' (2017) # ''Ensemble'' ("Together") # ''Tant d'années'' ("So many years") # ''Refuser le silence'' ("Refuse the silence") # ''Enfant du ciel'' ("Child of the sky") # ''Rien ne nous arrêtera'' ("Nothing will stop us") (featuring Reuno) # ''Si loin'' ("So far away") # ''Tout est supplice'' ("Everything is torture") # ''Un damné'' ("A damned") # ''Meurs !'' ("Die!") # ''Une promesse'' ("A promise") # ''Se souvenir'' ("Remember") # ''M.E.S.S.'' ''Requiem'' (2019) # ''Entre les mains'' ("Between/In the hands") # ''Enfer'' (" Hell") # ''Un adieu'' ("A farewell/goodbye") # ''Illusion'' # ''Paradis'' ("

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") # ''Sous d'autres cieux'' ("Under other skies / In other climes") # ''Requiem'' # ''Un autre signe'' ("Another sign") # ''Sans oublier'' ("Without forget

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)

EPs

As ''Neurosyndrom''

''Confusionmentale'' (1998) # ''Miss'' # ''Schizoïdes'' (" Schizoids") # ''Bleu'' ("Blue") # ''Candelia'' # ''26''

As ''AqME''

''University of Nowhere'' (1999) # ''Encore une fois'' ("Once again") # ''T.N.'' # ''À jamais'' ("Forever") # ''Words'' # ''Beauté vénéneuse'' ("Poisonous beauty") ''AqME'' (2004) # ''Chaque seconde'' ⑴ # ''Pornographie'' # ''Ce que tu es'' ⑴ Presented as such on the album back cover. ''Les Sentiers de l'Aube'' (2012) ⑴ # ''Tout s'effondre'' ("Everything collapses") # ''Fils ingrat'' ("Ungrateful son") # ''Autolyse'' ("Autolysis") # ''Idiologie (live)'' # ''Pornographie (live)'' # ''Luxe assassin (live)'' ⑴ Included as second part of the ''Épithète, Dominion, Épitaphe'' studio album Limited Edition.

Demos

As ''Neurosyndrom''

''Slimfast'' (1997) # ''Green Ticket'' # ''N°26'' # ''Don't Marry Me''

Reissues

''University of Nowhere'' (Limited Edition) (2000) # ''Encore une fois'' # ''T.N.'' # ''À jamais'' # ''Words'' # ''Beauté vénéneuse'' # ''Sainte'' ⑴ # ''Bulmas'' ⑴ # ''Mis à quia'' ⑴ (

synonym A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are al ...

of "Silenced") ⑴ Bonus track unreleased in the first edition. ''Sombres efforts'' (''"15th Anniversary"'' Remastered 2-Disc Deluxe Edition) (2017) ''CD1 – Album studio remasterisé'' # ''Superstar'' # ''" Si " n'existe pas'' # ''Le Rouge et le Noir'' # ''Tout à un détail près'' # ''Instable'' # ''Une autre ligne'' # ''Je suis'' # ''Fin'' # ''Sainte'' # ''In Memoriam'' # ''Délicate & saine'' ''CD2 – Raretés'' : ''Maquettes SE#1'' # ''" Si " n'existe pas'' (

Demo Demo, usually short for demonstration, may refer to: Music and film * Demo (music), a song typically recorded for reference rather than release * ''Demo'' (Behind Crimson Eyes), a 2004 recording by the band Behind Crimson Eyes * ''Demo'' (Deafhe ...

version) # ''Délicate et saine'' (

version) # ''Instable'' (

version) # ''Une autre ligne'' (

version) : ''Maquettes SE#2'' # ''Superstar'' (

version) # ''Le Rouge et le Noir'' (

version) # ''In Memoriam'' (

version) # ''Je suis'' (

version) : ''Inédits'' # ''Sombres efforts'' ("Dark efforts") (

version) # ''TNT'' (Instrumental

version) : ''Version inédite'' # ''Tout à un détail près'' (

version)

Live recordings

''Live(s)'' (2006) # ''Ténèbres'' # ''Des illusions'' # ''Être & ne pas être'' # ''Ce que tu es'' # ''Le Rouge & le Noir'' # ''À chaque seconde'' # ''Pornographie'' # ''3'38'' # ''Tout à un détail près'' # ''La Belle Inconnue'' # ''Pas assez loin'' # ''La réponse'' # ''Ainsi soit-il'' # ''Superstar'' # ''Le poids des mots'' # ''"Si" n'existe pas''

References

Sources

AqME's official MySpace

Official website
(French)
"Poussée d'AqME"
(French)
Pictures of AqME during a concert for fundraising concerning AIDS
(French) {{Authority control Alternative metal musical groups Musical groups established in 1999 French nu metal musical groups Musical quartets 1999 establishments in France Musical groups from Paris