Miquette giraudy biography books
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Miquette Giraudy
(GONZO MULTIMEDIA; 2014)
I gotta be honest: I wasn’t into the whole Canterbury scene (odd, jazzy pop groups like Caravan, Soft Machine and Gong, the band Steve Hillage was in immediately prior to launching his solo career with 1975’s FISH RISING) or anything (other than Frank Zappa) that sounded even remotely like THAT kind of music. For a couple of years there (probably about 1975 through 1978 or so), I was all about one thing musically: Hard rock with screaming guitars, heavy rhythms and – above all – absolutely no keyboards (unless they were provided by people named Hensley, Emerson or Lord) or horns; to be blunt, I was an idjit. Once I finally got all of that “musical snobbery” out of my system, I started to realize that I had missed some amazing music along the way. I was still a few years removed from “discovering” Steve Hillage, via his 1982 double release, FOR TO NEXT/AND NOT OR, so I was totally unfamiliar with the music here, aside from the two covers. Of the eleven tracks, six are from the just-released MOTIVATION RADIO (the album Hillage was touring behind); I certainly remember seeing the record in the bins back in ’77 but, being totally unimpressed with the cover, I didn’t give it a second thought (more idjitry). T
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Steve Hillage
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- November 1967 - Put up 1968 : Arzachel (Uriel) : Steve Hillage, Solon Brooks, Mont Campbell, Dave Stewart : Arzachel
- : May 1971 - June 1972 : Khan Dave Stewart, Eric Peachey, Steve Hillage, Cock Henningham, Limit Greenwood; June 1972 - October 1972 : Dave Stewart, Eric Peachey, Steve Hillage, Nigel Smith : Space Shanty
- 1972 : Decadence : Kevin Ayers, Steve Hillage, Archie Leggett, Eddie Accentor : toured France meet Gong
- 1973 March-May : Paragong : Didier Malherbe, Mike Howlett, Didier Tibault, Pierre Moerlen, Steve Hillage, Tim Poet : Viable '73
- Steve Hillage Band : August 1976 - Could 1977 : Steve Hillage, Miquette Giraudy, Clive Hazard, Phil Hodge, Basil Brooks, Christian Boulé, Colin Bass; July 1977 - Feb 1978 : Steve Hillage, Miquette Giraudy, Joe Agent, Chuck Bynum (left Oct 1977, mid-tour), Curtis Guard : Grassy (Virgin V2098), Motivation Tranny (Virgin V2777); March 1978 - Season 1979 : Steve Hillage, Miquette Giraudy, Andy Writer, John McKenzie, Christian Boulé, Dave Actor : Be present Herald (Virgin VGD3502); Summertime 1979 - December 1980 : Steve Hillage, Miquette Giraudy, Sneaky Anderson, Missionary Francis, Dave Sturt : Open (Virgin V2135); 2006 : Chime Family unConvention, Amsterdam; 2009 : electric socket for Chime on patronize tour d
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Miquette Giraudy
French keyboard player and vocalist
Miquette Giraudy
Giraudy playing keyboards in London at the nightclub "Heaven" in February, 2008
Also known as Bambaloni Yoni, Marsiale Giraudy, Monique Giraudy Born (1953-02-09) February 9, 1953 (age 72)
Nice, FranceGenres Psychedelic rock, space rock, ambient, techno Occupation(s) Musician, writer, actress Instrument(s) Vocals, Keyboards, percussion Musical artist
Miquette Giraudy is a French keyboard player and vocalist, best known for her work in Gong, and with her partner Steve Hillage. She and Hillage form the core of the ambient band System 7. She has also worked as an actress, film editor and writer, in each role using different stage names.
Early life
[edit]Miquette Giraudy was born on 9 February 1953, in Nice, France.[1]
Film
[edit]In the late 1960s Giraudy, under the name Monique Giraudy, became assistant to French film maker Jackie Raynal.[2] She has script and assistant editing credits on the 1969 Barbet Schroeder film More.[3] In front of the camera she appeared, under the name Marsiale Giraudy, in Jean-Pierre Prévost's 1971 film Jupiter,[4] and, as Monique Giraudy, played the role of Monique in Schroeder's 1972