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3 unusual facts about Nico's Last Concert: Fata Morgana


Nico's Last Concert: Fata Morgana

Except for the album's closing song (which was previously released on The End...), Nico and her backing band The Faction composed all pieces specifically for the show, during which they were accompanied by optical effects and Moon-themed projected pictures and films.

The concert (organized by musician Lutz Ulbrich) took place at the planetarium of the Wilhelm-Foerster-Sternwarte.

Six weeks later, on July 18, she died while on vacation in Ibiza.


Bruce Brubaker

Drones CD, with Nadia Sirota, viola, Pekka Kuusisto, violin, Nico Muhly, piano, Bedroom Community, 2012

Bucharest Symphony Orchestra

The flexibility of choice in music genres was the cornerstone of the joint-projects which involved outstanding Romanian artists such as the soprano Angela Gheorghiu, the violinist Corina Belcea, Teodor Ilincai, Tina Munteanu, Smiley, Elena Gheorghe, Cristina Rus, Nico, Vlad Miriţă, Ovidiu Lipan "Țăndărică", Aurelian Temisan, Oana Sarbu, Maria Jinga, Iordache Basalic and Transsylvania Phoenix.

Delitto in Formula Uno

It is the tenth chapter in the Nico Giraldi film series starred by Tomas Milian.

Drama of Exile

Drama of Exile or The Drama of Exile are titles used to refer to two rock albums by Nico recorded in 1981.

El Fin

Based on the director's 2008 short film The End, El Fin tells the story about two friends; Nico and Carlos (Pablo and Kurt) who wake up one ordinary day to find out that the world is at its end, so they take on a journey to enjoy their last day on Earth.

Until that feared day when the media announces the end of the world is soon coming, caused by a gigantic meteorite crash, Nico is convinced by his close friend Carlos to come with him to Nosara, a beautiful beach on the Pacific coast, the only place where they were ever happy.

Eradikal Insane

Eradikal Insane is a French deathcore band formed in 2004 in Marseille, France, by Flo on lead guitar and backing vocals with his brother Nico, also on guitar.

Exploding Plastic Inevitable

The Exploding Plastic Inevitable, sometimes simply called Plastic Inevitable or EPI, was a series of multimedia events organized by Andy Warhol between 1966 and 1967, featuring musical performances by The Velvet Underground and Nico, screenings of Warhol's films, and dancing and performances by regulars of Warhol's Factory, especially Mary Woronov and Gerard Malanga.

Flicknife Records

Throughout the 1980s, it released material from artists such as Michael Moorcock, Robert Calvert, Hawkwind, The London Cowboys, Erazerhead, Alien Sex Fiend, Nico and Underground Zerø.

Here She Comes Now

Originally intended for Nico to sing (who did indeed sing it on a few occasions during the Exploding Plastic Inevitable shows), the song was demoed in 1967 by Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison and John Cale.

I, a Man

According to a 2004 biography of Jim Morrison, Morrison had agreed to appear in this film opposite Nico, but the management of The Doors talked him out of it.

Jan Nico Scholten

Following the fall of Apartheid in the early 1990s, Jan Nico Scholten transformed AWEPAA into a new organization, The Association of European Parliamentarians for Africa (AWEPA).

Jean-Baptiste Decavèle

He works in long term collaborations with writers such as Hervé Le Tellier, actors and actress such as Elina Lowensöhn and artist Nico Dockx.

Klara Prast

In Runaways #11, the first issue written by Kathryn Immonen and drawn by Sara Pichelli, Chase, Nico, Victor and Karolina hold a house prom.

Lahnstein family

Overall the Lahnstein family has remained very popular with fans, thanks to viewer's favourites Claudia Hiersche (Carla), Wolfram Grandezka (Ansgar) and Verena Zimmermann (Nico) and the involvement with other popular actors like Miriam Lahnstein (Tanja) and Yvonne Burbach (Cécile).

Malaysian hip hop

The Malaysian hip hop scene started in 1990s with rap groups such as KRU, 4U2C and NICO, but their so-called "Rap music" wasn't accepted by the mainstream community and so they had to changed to a more pop-ish sound.

Mike Dringenberg

He co-created the popular character Death, whom he based on Cinnamon, a girl he knew from the dance clubs in Salt Lake City, Utah (Gaiman had imagined her looking like Louise Brooks or Nico, but ultimately preferred Dringenberg's version).

Naftiran Intertrade

Naftiran Intertrade Company Sàrl (NICO) is a Swiss-based subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC).

Nebelspalter

For decades, the Nebelspalter was Switzerland's leading satirical medium and talent factory, associated with the biographies of such well known artists as René Gilsi, Jakob Nef, Fritz Behrendt, Nico Cadsky, and Horst Haitzinger, and of satirists such as César Keiser, Franz Hohler, Lorenz Keiser, Peter Root and Linard Bardill.

Nico B.

Nico B is a Dutch film director and filmmaker known for his 1998 horror production Pig, being the last work of acclaimed singer/songwriter Rozz Williams before his death a few months later.

NICO Clean Tobacco Card

The NICO Clean Tobacco Card was a device exported from Japan to the United States in the 1960s, consisting of a small card impregnated with uranium ore.

Nico Fidenco

Nico Fidenco, artistic name of Domenico Colarossi, (Rome, January 24, 1933), is an Italian singer who gained considerable popularity from 1960 onwards, after the release of the film What a sky, (Italian: Su nel cielo, taken from the film of Francesco Maselli I delfini).

Nico Krämmer

Nicolas "Nico" Krämmer (born October 23, 1992 in Landshut) is a German ice hockey player.

Nico Siegrist

Nico scored on his debut for Aarau on 19 February 2012, scoring after 15 minutes in a 3-2 defeat to FC Vaduz at the Rheinpark Stadion.

Nico Thomas

Nicholas ("Nico") Thomas (born 10 June 1966 in Ambon, Indonesia) is a professional boxer.

Nina Antonia

She has written articles and books about Johnny Thunders, the New York Dolls and The Only Ones and has contributed to Mojo and Spiral Scratch magazines, written liner notes for The Stooges live recording Studio Sessions and Nico's Femme Fatale CD, and appeared in the documentary New York Doll.

Noordkaap

In 1990 Stijn Meuris, Lars Van Bambost, Eric Sterckx, Wim De Wilde, Nico Van Calster founded Noordkaap and won "Humo's Rock Rally" that same year.

Philippe Garrel

Athanor 1972 (Writer/director/editor/producer) starring Nico

Songs from the soundtrack were included in Nico's album Desertshore, which featured stills from the film on the front and back covers.

Ronnie Cutrone

During that time, as Cutrone worked with Warhol on paintings, prints, films, and concepts, he hit upon the style the critics called "Post-Pop." And, along with Mary Woronov and Gerard Malanga, danced onstage with the Velvet Underground and Nico as part of the Exploding Plastic Inevitable show.

Shout to the Walls!

To promote the album, the band embarked on tour, sponsored by New Balance, under the title " new balance presents NICO Touches the Walls Tour 2013 Shout to the Walls!", scheduled from May 16 to July, 2013.

The Birds of St. Marks

One interpretation of the song is that Nico is the queen, trapped within the manipulations of her "manager", Andy Warhol, and unable to be free to follow her own muse.

The End...

The front and back covers feature stills from the Philippe Garrel film Les hautes solitudes (1974) in which Nico appears.

The Greek Tycoon

The screenplay by Morton S. Fine is based on a story by Fine, Nico Mastorakis, and Win Wells loosely based on Aristotle Onassis and his relationship with Jacqueline Kennedy.

The Heroes of Olympus

Bianca and Nico spent the next 70 years in the Lotus Hotel before Hades had Alecto took them out and put them in a military school in Bar Harbor, Maine, hoping to have them fulfill the Great Prophecy.

The Shrubs

Hobbs went on to form Mecca, who toured the former Soviet Union with Nitzer Ebb and others, and subsequently Infidel, along with current Pere Ubu guitarist Keith Moliné and Nico's former drummer Graham Dowdall (a.k.a. Dids), at the same time carrying on in artist management.

Todomondo

As a composer and manager, he collaborated with important voices of Romanian musical stage, like Andra or Nico, and he is the composer and manager of the band AlbNegru, already at its third album.


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