Francis Rimbert


Francis Rimbert is a French musician and composer.

Biography

Francis Rimbert started playing classical piano when he was 5 years old. At the conservatory, he studied harmony, counterpoint, the fugue and orchestral leading. He won first prize in piano and moved onto Paris where he became a salesman, working in a music store which by chance imported synthesizers, at a time when nobody has sold such before.
He became interested in those electronic instruments and took the stage solo, surrounded by all his synthesizers.
Rimbert met another proponent of the synthesizer: Jean-Michel Jarre, through a mutual friend Michel Geiss, in
1979 at Jarre's concert in Place de La Concorde, Paris. Since the 1986 Rendez-vous Houston concert, Rimbert has been at Jarre's side on stage.
Aside from his work on various albums for Jarre, Rimbert has created several works of sonic illustration and has won first prize at the international festival of electronic music
in Tokyo in 1988.
In 1994, Rimbert created music for some video games.
In 2003, Rimbert released a new album, entitled Double Face. Gaelick is an homage to Michael Flatley and the lightness of the Irish dance.
In 2005, American distributor Atomic Quill Music signed a distribution contract and 10,000 units of Double Face were pressed. Rimbert performed a showcase during the Fuse-In festival in Detroit and held a release party at Record Time, a Detroit shop of electronic music. Various titles were remixed by American Djs, including Kenneth Thomas and
D:Fuse and distributed by Moist Music.
During September 2005, Double Face was released in France and throughout Europe. In November, Rimbert held a showcase at Le Divan de Monde, in Paris.
In 2006, Francis signed distribution contracts in Scandinavia and with digital distributor Wild Palms Music. A single, Mecanique du Temps, a duet with his friend and hard rock guitarist Patrick Rondat, was released as a limited edition to coincide with a performance at Salon de la Musique in September. A compilation: Sound of Vintage Volume 1 followed.
March 2007 saw the release of Sound of Vintage Volume 2, followed by Snap Shots in October. During 2007, Rimbert and his band performed live concerts featuring some of the titles of this record. In these concerts he has shared the stage with LOL, and his friend Sylvain Durand. Also on board are a percussionist Victor Paillet, sound designer Nicolas Mills and singer Angy.
Invited by his distributors, first in Spain and then the Netherlands before taking on the rest of Europe, Francis pursued a promotional tour and performed a concert in Lyon in November 2007, to benefit Handicap International.
During 2008, Francis toured with Jean-Michel Jarre, performing the full Oxygene suite in several European cities. During 2009 and 2010, he has toured again, this time in the IN<>DOORS and 2010 tours of Jarre.

Live concerts



1979

Bionic Orchestra

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01. La Comete

02. Voices of paradise

03. The last day

04. Eire

05. Games

06. Bionic

07. Flying away

1980

Sponsor Spots

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01. Sponsor 1

02. Sponsor 2

03. Sponsor 3

04. Sponsor 4

05. Sponsor 5

06. Sponsor 6

07. Sponsor 7

08. Sponsor 8

09. Sponsor 9

1980

Synthesizer

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01. Gift for you

02. L'Arlequin – part 1

03. L'Arlequin – part 2

04. Eire

05. Vocoderman Daniel Borreau

06. Voices of paradise

07. Space in velum

08. Loco-Motif

09. Games

10. Old flipper reggae

11. Comete

12. The last day

13. Bionic

1980

Passing Shot

01. Smash

02. Transat

03. Dreams

04. Benzon's way

05. Spleen

06. Free Space

07. Passing Shot

08. Shimes

09. Sensitive

10. Lovely

11. Pictures

12. Crazy melody



1982

Duty Free

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01. Retro building

02. Danse des ordinateurs

03. Terre de jade

04. Marcory love

05. Coeur sur glace

06. Sucre d'orge blues

07. Studio campus

08. Fabrienne song

09. Séquence des ondes

10. Aventure non-stop

11. Bandama story

12. Piano sue l'herbe

1982

FR2

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01. Overture Mob

02. L 'attache Coeur

03. Le Lutin Oméga

04. Création Alfa

05. Quai de L'Enigme

06. Stress Delta

07. Matinée de Lune

08. Piano Crash

09. African Délirium

10. Marguerite Degarne

11. Top Machin

12. Computer Study

13. Trafic à L.A.

14. First Emotion

15. Last Spot

16. Pontault-Combault

1983

Synthesizer II

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01. Olympus one

02. Le vent par la fenêtre

03. L'eau lourde

04. Les grands horizons

05. Samba Diba

06. 100% de risques

07. L'oiseau lyre

08. Robot Alpha

09. Le gagnant

10. Le tounois

11. Armaguedon

12. La Colombienne

13. Petite Maud

14. L'automate

15. Ballade à Gemenos

16. Industrie 2002

1984

Synthesizer III Gym-music

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01. Jany Jog

02. Happy Jog

03. Atomic Jog

04. Dancing Time

05. Jenny Generic

06. La Nuit de l'Oiseau

07. So Funky Break

08. Jogging Bahia

09. Lady Gym

10. Joker Break

11. Body Beguine

12. Lilyan's Melody



1984

Compilation jingles

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01. Rocking Chair

J. Kinegan / Izanelli

02. Le Manege de Lucifer

03. Fish Race

F. Talgom

04. Mes Parents

R. Passero / Ch. Ducolombier

05. Petite

R. Passero / Ch. Ducolombier

06. Francesco Folies

07. E344

J. Kinegan / Izanelli

08. Various Jingles

L. Attard

1986

Synthesizer IV Electric Feeling

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01. La Dame de Coeur

02. Mister Giorgetti

03. Cool Max

04. La Fille du Moulin

05. B comme Cayenne

06. Le sens des saisons

07. La course du cerf

08. Industrie Industrie

09. 77 blues

10. Pour l'Irlande

11. Amandine R.

12. Les mots secrets

/ Honey Tears

13. Cinémas d'autrefois

1987

Keyboard Songs

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01. Keyboard Song

02. Les Portes d'Atlantide

03. Up to Rio

04. Last Driver

05. Les Années Carosse

06. Miniko

07. AL

08. Magnetic Circus

09. La 13e Enigme

10. Jumping Roller

11. Sad Monday

12. Le Regard d'Amandine

1988

Digital Faith

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01. Piste Noire

02. Goeland

03. Légendes de Boissy

04. Sacre Matt

05. Salon Christa

06. Space Hammer

07. Aurore et l'oiseau

08. Truckers

09. Annie Malices

10. Le Temps des machines

11. Neige

12. Entrecha-cha

13. La dame de Croissy

14. New adventures

15. Étrange historie

16. Le loup



1990

A.L.I.V.E

01. Le Loup

02. Frantic Ennio Morricone

03. Arlequin

04. Kiss - Square

05. 100% de Risque

06. Blade Runner Vangelis

07. Water Music Händel

08. Belmondo Medley Ennio Morricone

09. Cayenne

10. Honey Tears

11. Jean Michel Jarre Medley Jean Michel Jarre

12. Entrecha-cha

13. Crazy Song Francis Rimbert/J. Brown/P. Duhteil ''

1991

Scenario

01. Infogram

02. Saxy Boy

03. Michele H.

04. Deauville

05. Silicium

06. Atlantide

07. Speedway

08. Showcase

09. Arlequin

10. Northern Lights

11. Trailing

12. Leather

13. Isabelita

14. Walking Blues

15. Exotic Sherif

16. Penguin March

2005

Double Face

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01. Devil Soul

02. The Wave

03. Gaelick

04. What Is Love

05. French Kiss

06. Across The Fogg

07. Woodoo

08. Dorian Gray

09. Elfe's Race

10. Women's Land

11. Adagio

12. Strange Spirit



2006

Mecanique du Temps

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01. Mecanique Du Temps

02. Woodoo

03. Dorian Gray

04. Across The Fog

2006

Sound of Vintage - volume 1

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01. Happy Jog

02. Mister Giorgetti

03. Le Gagnant

04. Cool Max

05. Petite Maud

06. Sweety Journey

07. So Funky Break

08. Les Mots Secrets

09. Pour L’Irlande

10. Robot Alpha

11. Sens Des Saisons

12. Olympus One

13. La Dame De Coeur

14. 100% De Risque

15. Jenny Generic

Bonus Track: Lonely

2007

Sound of Vintage - volume 2

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01. Le Tournois

02. B Comme Cayenne

03. 77 Blues

04. La Nuit De L’Oiseau

05. L’Eau Lourde

06. L’Automate

07. Le Cinema D’Autrefois

08. Atomic Jog

09. L’Oiseau Lyre

10. Amandine R.

11. Lilyan's Melody

12. La Fille Du Moulin

13. Industrie 2002

14. Jany Jog

15. Lady Gym

Bonus Track: A Simple Story

2007

Snap Shots

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01. Dawn of Light

02. Victory

03. Hidden Movie

04. Somewhere in July

05. Viva La Revolucion

06. Twin Dam Do

07. Memory of Love

08. Apocalypse

09. Mecanique du Temps

10. Sleeping Beauty

11. R.B.F

Francis Rimbert CD-ROM soundtracks
1994

Payuta

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1996

TIM 7

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