ArtistInfo

Francis Rimbert

syn, org, *1952 FR
Musician / Composer of Electronic and Jazz

Keyboardist and composer born at the 3rd of October 1953 in Val D'Oise (France). At an age of 5 he started to play piano and later accordion. At the age of 7 he started to play harmonium in the church. He studied at the Paris Conservatory (Paris, France) but didn't like the classical music ambiance. At the age of 14 he started his first band, which he didn't like, so he stopped this band. Later he founded FanChris together with a folk singer/songwriter. In 1978 he start working at a music shop specialized in synthesizers in Paris where he start rehearsing on those synths. There his career started when his boss offered him to record an album: "Bionic Orchestra" and he quit FanChris. Some later he met Jean-Michel Jarre with who he works often. He founded company and label C.Zen Prod.

Instruments

• Synthesizer
• Organ
• Keyboards

Genres

• Electronic
• Jazz
• Dance
• Soundtrack

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