Nico - In The Shadow Of The Moon Goddess - Softcover

Graf-Ulbrich, Lutz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1519669429 ISBN 13: 9781519669421

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

Nico would have celebrated her 77th birthday on the 16th of October 2015. The dark, morbid charisma of the mysterious chanteuse alias Christa Päffgen has haunted fans and admirers for decades. In this book one of the people who got really and truly close to her, shares his memories of this intriguing being - up, close and personal. In this fascinating memoir German Krautrock musician Lutz Ulbrich (Lüül) - now Lutz Graf-Ulbrich - describes how he met and fell for Nico in the Seventies and how this encounter led to a rocky on- and off-love affair, a long prolific artistic synergy and a lifelong friendship.

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About the Author

Lutz Graf-Ulbrich played in German „Krautrock“ bands like Agitation Free, Ash Ra Tempel/ Ashra. He would accompany Nico on guitar at many of her subsequent concerts through the rest of the decade in Europe, USA and Canada. Lutz wrote the song „Reich der Träume“ for her, which she sang on his solo debut LP „Lüül“ published in 1981. With Ash Ra Tempel he contributed the score for the Nico movie "Le Berceau de Cristal" by Philippe Garrel. He also organized her last concert for the festival „Fata Morgana - Desert sounds at the Planetarium“ in Berlin 1988. When she died only two months later he organized her funeral and later produced the CD „Nico’s last concert“. He also took part in the Nico documentary „Nico-Icon“ and organized the Nico Tribute Festival „Nico 70/20“ in 2008 in Berlin. This very personal story contains a lot of photos (some of them unpublished) and very rare private letters of Nico.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1519669429
• ISBN 13: 9781519669421
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 116