Julien Ribot

Julien Ribot
Julien Ribot
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Occupation	artist

Julien Ribot, an anagram of Leiji Burton, is a French psychedelic artist, director, and pop singer-songwriter.

Biography

Family

His great-great-grandfather, Théodule Ribot, founded the Revue Philosophique (1876) and authored Essai sur l'imagination créatrice (1900).

Career

In 2001, Ribot released his debut album, Hôtel Bocchi^[1]^[2], and signed with the label Ici, d’ailleurs the same year. He followed up with three more albums: La Métamorphose de Caspar Dix in 2004, Vega^[3] in 2008, and Do you feel 9? in 2021. In 2012, he also released a five-track EP titled Songs For Coco^[4].

In 2005, Ribot co-produced and arranged Bouille de Lune, the debut album by Orly Chap, and 67 Songs by Captain Kid in 2012.^[5]^[6]

In 2013, he co-created the theater piece Son Son with Nicolas Maury.^[7]

Works

Animated Films and Videos

2008: Co-directed and co-wrote the animated film La Chambre Renversée with Philippe Massonnet.
2012: Co-wrote the music video Love with Julien Hallard, directed by Hallard and starring Sara Forestier.^[8]
2016: Directed an animated music video for the song Follow by My Broken Frame.
2017: Co-directed Portrait Zootropique featuring Joana Preiss with Annabelle Jouot.^[9]
2018: Sic Idem: Video mapping and concert at the Villa Medici.^[10]
2019: Directed the music video for Son of Mystery by Orouni, co-directed with Annabelle Jouot.^[11]
2021: Directed the music video for Do you feel 9?.
2023: Directed the music video for Calimucho performed by David Courtin and Calypso Valois.^[12]

Theater

2013: Son Son, with Nicolas Maury, presented at SACD, the Avignon Festival, Fondation Cartier, Comédie de Reims, Maison de la Poésie, and Ménagerie de Verre.
2018: Le Combat pour le sol, by Victor Segalen, at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, with Pierre-Marie Baudoin (direction), Lou de Laâge, Michael Lonsdale, and Thierry Thieû Niang.

Discography

Albums

2001: Hôtel Bocchi (Ici, D’ailleurs/Wagram). Françoiz Breut performed the song titled "?" on this album. A second disc called Digéré par includes remixes by Katerine, Dionysos, Rubin Steiner, Étienne Charry, INFused, My Old Sofa, and Digiki.
2004: La Métamorphose de Caspar Dix (Ici, D’ailleurs/Discograph).
2008: Vega (Ici, D’ailleurs/Discograph).
2021: Do you feel 9? (December Square/Fabyl/Neon Juju Records).

EP

2012: Songs for Coco^[13]

Film Scores

2024: MAÏCO, Marie-Claude Vaillant-Couturier la révoltée (directed by Madeleine Leroyer).
2024: Un Pasteur (directed by Louis Hanquet).
2022: Tout de moi ne disparaîtra pas (directed by Joanna Grudzinska).

Publications

Short Stories

2010: En lisant cette nouvelle, vous saurez comment Picasso était vêtu pour monter les marches du Festival de Cannes en 1953, a short story published in the Bordel collection "Bordel à Cannes," Stéphane Million publisher.
2009: Le Rat de Pâques, a short story published in the Bordel collection "The Rat Pack," Stéphane Million publisher.

Awards and Distinctions

2024: Best Original Music Award at the International Documentary Film Festival in Biarritz for the film Un Pasteur by Louis Hanquet.
2023: SACEM "Brouillon d’un rêve" grant for the film Un Pasteur.

References

[1] ttps://www.lesinrocks.com/musique/hotel-bocchi-15539-30-11-2000/

[2] ttps://www.lalsace.fr/culture-loisirs/2021/10/24/julien-ribot

[3] ttps://www.lesinrocks.com/musique/vega-96672-24-06-2008/

[4] ttps://www.lesinrocks.com/musique/le-polyvalent-julien-ribot-publie-un-album-de-pop-tres-visuelle-419095-29-10-2021/

[5] ttps://musique.rfi.fr/actu-musique/pop/album/captain-kid-67-songs-france

[6] ttps://www.letemps.ch/culture/chanson-orly-chap-eclosion-dune-furie-rock

[7] ttps://inferno-magazine.com/2014/04/09/nicolas-maury-julien-ribot-son-son-salon-au-festival-etrange-cargo/

[8] ttps://www.challenges.fr/tag_theme/cinema_1493/

[9] ttps://www.grazia.fr/mode/letonnant-portrait-anime-de-joana-preiss-17695.html

[10] ttps://www.nicematin.com/arts/un-nicois-envoye-tres-spatial-a-la-villa-medicis-236283

[11] ttps://www.magicrpm.com/orouni-presente-son-nouveau-clip-son-of-mystery/

[12] ttps://best-magazine.fr/david-courtin-nous-parles-de-son-nouvel-album-a-venir/

[13] ttps://www.lepoint.fr/culture/regardez-julien-ribot-le-frenchy-neopsychedelique-14-02-2012-1431299_3.php

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