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Françoise Cactus

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Françoise Cactus
Picture by Marquis Coco Nut

Françoise Cactus (5 May 1964 – 17 February 2021), born Françoise van Hove,[1] was a French musician and author, active in Berlin, Germany, best known as co-founder, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist in the band Stereo Total.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][excessive citations] Cactus wrote several novels as well as contributing to German papers such as Die Tageszeitung.[14][15][16][17][18] Prior to founding Stereo Total with Brezel Göring in 1993, Cactus played in the West Berlin band Les Lolitas with co-founder marquis de Coco Nut, one of only a few Western bands to play officially unsanctioned gigs in East Berlin during the final years of the dictatorship.[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][excessive citations] She was originally from France, having moved to West Berlin in 1985.[29][30][31][32]

Françoise Cactus died aged 56 on 17 February 2021 in her Berlin home after having suffered from breast cancer.[1] She is buried in Berlin.

Grave of singer Francoise Cactus
Grave of singer Francoise Cactus

The inscription on her gravestone reads:

Hier liegt sie, so wie sie zu liegen pflegte, nur dass sie, solange sie lebte, den Po dazu bewegte.

An English translation might be:

Here she is reclined just as she was inclined, only so that she, so long as she was living, kept moving her behind.

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References

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  1. ^ a b Niemeyer, Hannes (17 February 2021). "Françoise Cactus (Stereo Total) in Berlin gestorben - Stil prägte deutsche Musik-Szene". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  2. ^ Pareles, Jon (14 May 2005). "Crossing National Boundaries and Genres". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "Moving in Stereo – November 7, 2001". SF Weekly. 7 November 2001.
  4. ^ "Night Life". The New Yorker. 20 August 2007.
  5. ^ "Stereo Total: Do the Bambi". Pitchfork.
  6. ^ "Stereo Total Goes "Plastic"". 21 August 2007.
  7. ^ Savage, Emily. "Stereo Total: Show Preview". SF Weekly.
  8. ^ "Stereo Total". The Village Voice.
  9. ^ Shanley, Mike. "The Warhol hosts Stereo Total's multilingual mélange". Pittsburgh City Paper.
  10. ^ "Francoise Cactus – 2 Bücher – Perlentaucher". perlentaucher.de.
  11. ^ Berlin, Berliner Morgenpost- (16 September 2007). "Heute: Autorin und Musikerin Françoise Cactus über Berthe Morisot". morgenpost.de.
  12. ^ "Françoise Cactus - DFFB". dffb-archiv.de.
  13. ^ "5 Fragen an: Françoise Cactus". 1 December 2008.
  14. ^ tageszeitung, taz. die. "Artikel von 'Francoise Cactus'". die Tageszeitung.
  15. ^ Abenteuer einer Provinzblume: Amazon.de: Françoise Cactus: Bücher. ASIN 3499209500.
  16. ^ Neurosen zum Valentinstag: Amazon.de: Françoise Cactus: Bücher. ASIN 3871344990.
  17. ^ Zitterparties: Amazon.de: Françoise Cactus: Bücher. ASIN 3499209942.
  18. ^ "Françoise Cactus". rowohlt.
  19. ^ Bregman, Adam (2 June 2005). "Kitschy Cool". Dallas Observer.
  20. ^ Orlov, Peter (9 October 2006). "Cut 'n' paste culture". Seattle Weekly.
  21. ^ "Stereo Total – New Songs, Playlists & Latest News – BBC Music". BBC.
  22. ^ Flanell, Gary (27 January 2015). "Renfield-Fanzine: Tres chic – an evening with Francoise Cactus".
  23. ^ "Auch im Alter relevant: Minderwertigkeitsgefühle und Liebeskummer". 29 February 2016.
  24. ^ Fischer, Michael; Hörner, Fernand (6 March 2013). Lied und populäre Kultur – Song and Popular Culture 57 (2012): Jahrbuch des Deutschen Volksliedarchivs Freiburg – 57. Jahrgang – 2012. Deutsch-französische Musiktransfers – German-French Musical Transfers. Waxmann Verlag. ISBN 9783830977872 – via Google Books.
  25. ^ "Lolitas – Rock made in France – Encyclopédie du Rock". 23 July 2009.
  26. ^ Lanham, Tom (28 April 2013). "Stereo Total has international appeal". The San Francisco Examiner.
  27. ^ "Yé-Yé Girls of '60s French Pop / Boing Boing". boingboing.net.
  28. ^ "Stereo Total: Paris-Berlin". Pitchfork.
  29. ^ Winkler, Thomas (13 June 2015). "Stereo Total im Interview: "Rock'n Roll ist spießig geworden"". die Tageszeitung.
  30. ^ "WE AREN'T MAINSTREAM, WE STILL HAVE AN AURA OF UNDERGROUND".
  31. ^ Hoh, Michael (14 April 2016). "Mafia pop: Stereo Total". EXBERLINER.com.
  32. ^ Antoine, Prune (12 October 2007). "Françoise Cactus: 'society is a little too turned on by sex'". Cafébabel.