Arno

   
Artist: Arno

   Genre(s): 
Electronic
   New Age
   

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Discography:


   
 Obsidian

   Year: 2000   
Tracks: 7


   
 AquaPhonia

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 5


   
 Odes To The Wind

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 8


   
 World Of Dreams

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 8


   
 Every Moment Counts

   Year: 1994   
Tracks: 9

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With his whiskey-and-cigarettes vocals, blues-inspired arrangements, and acerbic lyrics, Arno regularly earned comparison to gutter poets like Serge Gainsbourg and Tom Waits. Born Arno Hintjens in Ostende, Belgium, on May 21, 1949, he first surfaced in a series of little-known, R&B-influenced acts of the Apostles including Freckle Face and Tjens-Couter. In 1977, Arno and longtime partner in crime Paul Decouter co-founded TC Bland with Ferre Baelen and Rudy Cloet, and after a constitute modification to TC Matic, the radical emerged as one of the more successful European acts of the Apostles of the early '80s, scoring a series of hits including "Elle Adore le Noir" and "Putain Putain." After a 1985 go in support of Simple Minds, TC Matic split and a year afterwards Arno issued his self-titled solo debut, written virtually entirely in English. With the 1988 follow-up Charlatan, he cemented his roguish character merely likewise exhibited a more than sensitive side via his moving handle of the Jacques Brel classical "Le Bon Dieu." Upon relocating to Paris Arno wrote and recorded his third LP, 1990's Ratata, headlined by the hit "Lonesome Zorro." He next coupled the one-off Charles et les Lulus aboard Roland Van Campenhout and Adriano Cominotto, recording an eponymic album stuffed with blues classics penned by Willie Dixon and Sonny Boy Williamson. Arno traveled to Nashville to record his next solo attempt, 1993's Idiots Savants; after some other one-off collaboration, Arno et les Subrovnicks (featuring mate TC Matic ammonia alum Cloet), he ventured into cinema, marking the Marion Vernoux moving-picture show Personne Ne M'aime. After spending well-nigh the entirety of his career writing and telling in English, Arno embraced French for 1995's chart-topping Les Yeux de Ma Mere, which dabbled in genres spanning from idle words to tango. He then made his acting debut as a homosexual naiant instructor in Jan Bucquoy's Camping Cosmos, extending his hiatus from the studio by cathartic a 1997 live LP, Arno (En Concert à la Française). Arno's next album, Contribute Me the Gift, was recorded in English and distributed only in the U.S. marketplace. The liberation generated little attention in the American market place and he returned to film, grading Michel Piccoli's Alors Voilà and likewise accepting a co-starring function onscreen. Another pseudonymous blues position credited to Charles and the White Trash Blues preceded Arno's succeeding proper solo effort, 1999's A Poli Commercial. An acoustic LP, River Arno Charles Ernest, followed in 2002, highlighted by "ELISA," a duette with French pop caption Jane Birkin. With the 2005 followup, French Bazaar, he once again recorded only in his native tongue, and earned the Victoire de la Musique award for Best Pop-Rock Album for his efforts. Arno returned to photographic film via 2006's Komma, the number one in a series of big-screen projects including Ex-Drummer and J'ai Toujours Voulu Être un Gangster. He lastly returned to music in the spring of 2007 with Jus de Box.