The information stunned the world of French music. Nino Vella, musician and collaborator of many French artists, died abruptly this Monday, July 1st on the age of 31.
The precise circumstances of his disappearance are nonetheless unsure. However, in accordance with a detailed pal, he apparently “died in his sleep, at residence in Paris.” Together with his associate Sébastien Rousselet, he shaped the duo Rouquine, which abruptly went from the shadows to the sunshine in 2021.
At the moment, the duo participated in “The Artist”, a expertise present launched by Nagui on France 2 and received the competitors. The present was not an enormous scores hit however revealed some nice skills like Joseph Kamel who was now having fun with nice success, notably due to his collaboration together with his pal Pierre Garnier, the newest winner of “Star Academy”. And Rouquine, due to this fact, a revelation not so unknown to music professionals.
He was a a lot sought-after singer, pianist, composer and arranger.
As a result of Nino Vella, initially from Cholet (Maine-et-Loire), is then a singer, pianist, composer and arranger in nice demand. On the time of collaborating within the present, he had already labored with Eddy de Pretto, Olivia Ruiz, Gauvain Sers, the rapper Maes, remixed Mylène Farmer, made the music for the Netflix movie “How I Turned a Superhero”, accompanied Yseult on the piano on her tour. Together with his comrade Sébastien Rousselet, he even signed Patrick Bruel’s single “Encore une fois”.
Two prolific musicians who’ve been associates for practically fifteen years, founders of a primary group, Babel, with a DJ and cellist who took them on tour so far as China, earlier than dropping out after which forming Rouquine within the midst of their a number of collaborations.
“We do not want this venture to dwell, so we take it with plenty of lightness and spontaneity,” Nino Vella instructed us in 2022 on the event of the discharge of Rouquine’s first album and the duo’s look at our Paris Paradis competition at La Villette.
The 2 musicians then defended on stage their elegant electro pop with typically uncooked lyrics, impressed by rap and their single “Mortel”. A second, much less observed album was launched in March 2024 earlier than a tour that was deliberate for the approaching months.
