Adan Jodorowsky
Adán Jodorowsky | |
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Adán Jodorowsky performing at Let's Festival, 2011. | |
Background information | |
Also known as | Adanowsky |
Origin | France, Mexico and Chile |
Genres |
Alternative rock, indie rock, art rock |
Years active | 2006–present |
Website | adanowsky.free.fr |
Members | Adán Jodorowsky (vocals, guitar), Raoul Chichin (Electric Guitar) Romain Caillard (keyboards) Tanguy Truhé (Drums) Jacques Daoud (Background singer and Dancer) Joro Adriamiadanarivo (Background singer and Dancer) Clément Aubert (bass) |
Adán Jodorowsky or Adanowsky (born October 1979) is a French musician, director and actor.
Biography
Born in France October 29, 1979.[1] Jodorowsky is the son of the Chilean Alejandro Jodorowsky and Mexican Valerie Trumblay, and he's brother to Brontis Jodorowsky, Cristóbal Jodorowsky and uncle of Alma Jodorowsky.
He has appeared in seven films to this day. As an actor, he won the Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor in 1989 for his role in Santa Sangre as young Fénix, one of his father's more renowned films.
Jodorowsky started playing piano at the age of six. At the age of seven, he met James Brown at the backstage of a concert. Brown taught Adán how to dance like him.
Jodorowsky's first guitar lessons were given by The Beatles guitarist George Harrison. In this occasion, Harrison told him that "he was far". Adán did not know if "he was far" in an enlightened way or "far" from being a good guitarist. When he was sixteen he joined the punk band The Hellboys. Then he wanted to try another music genre and meet Yarol Poupaud and Adrienne Pauly, Following these encounters he started playing bass.
On October 30, 2006, he released his first solo album, Étoile Éternelle, as "Adanowsky", and his first single, "L'idole" (meaning "the idol") which was also released in Spanish as "El Ídolo"; the song is about a waiter who wants all the attention and dreams of becoming famous and an idol.
In 2007, he featured as an actor in the Julie Delpy's movie 2 Days In Paris. In 2008, he released his second album, El Ídolo and had a big success in many countries.
In 2011 he released his third solo album Amador and won the UFI award for "Best International Artist Of The Year" and "Best Live Show". Then he met Devendra Banhart, and together, they recorded the song "You are the one" and "Dime Cuándo". He also helped on Alizée's new album, writing a song for her called "La Cándida".
He has composed works such as Echek (2000) and Teou (2001), "The Dance of Reality" as well as directing Echek, Un Sol Con Corazón and El Ídolo, Dancing To The Radio, and the movie The Voice Thief starred by himself and also Cristóbal Jodorowsky, and Asia Argento as the lead actress.
In 2012, he produced the first solo (golden) album of León Larregui (lead singer of Mexican band "Zoé").
In 2014, he produced and released the Album "Ada".
Adán starred in his father's film The Dance of Reality which was released in 2013, in which he made its soundtrack.
He won 5 prizes for his movie The Voice Thief as Best director and Best Movie. Also, in 2014, Diane Pernet selected this movie to compete at the ASVOFF festival, the first annual festival in the world about fashion films.
In 2015, Adán Jodorowsky directed a video for his song "Would You Be Mine" with the porn actress Stoya. He is now acting the main character (young Alejandro Jodorowsky) in his father's movie Poesía sin fin, who is the second part of La Danza De La Realidad.
Filmography
Film | Year | Character |
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Endless Poetry | 2016 | Alejandro |
The Dance of Reality | 2013 | Adan |
2 Days in Paris | 2007 | Mathieu |
Grandes écoles | 2004 | L'étudiant start-up |
Rien, voilà l'ordre | 2003 | Le présentateur télé |
Les araignées de la nuit | 2002 | Le truand |
Les Héros sont debout | 1997 | Le voleur du vidéo-club |
Santa Sangre | 1989 | Young Fenix |
As director | Year |
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Echek | 2000 |
El Idolo | 2006 |
Don't try to fool me | 2009 |
Un sol con Corazón | 2010 |
Me siento solo | 2011 |
The Voice Thief | 2012 |
Dancing To The Radio | 2013 |
Criminal | 2013 |
Les Huîtres | 2013 |
Would You Be Mine | 2015 |
Discography
The Hellboys | Year |
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Everything You Learned | 1998 |
Mutant Love EP | 2005 |
Mutant Love | 2006 |
As collaborator | Year |
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Adrienne Pauly | 2006 |
As Producer | Year |
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León Larregui | 2012 |
Solo | Year |
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Étoile Éternelle | 2006 |
El ídolo | 2008 |
Amador | 2010 |
Ada | 2014 |
As film composer | Year |
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Echek | 2000 |
Teou | 2001 |
2 Days in Paris | 2007 |
The Dance of Reality | 2013 |
Singles
- L'idole (Also released as El Idolo in Spanish)
- Estoy Mal
- No
- Me Siento Solo
- Dancing to the Radio
- Would you be mine
References
- ↑ "Adan Jodorowsky". IMDb. Retrieved 2015-10-23.
External links
- Official website
- Adan Jodorowsky at the Internet Movie Database
- Super 45's interview with Adanowsky in Spanish
- Adanowsky Fans Club
- Vídeo for the song Estoy Mal
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