Daniel Darc

Biography

Daniel Rozoum (20 May 1959 – 28 February 2013), known as Daniel Darc, was a French singer, who achieved success with his band Taxi Girl (together with Mirwais Ahmadzaï) between 1978 and 1986, and also as a solo artist.
After Taxi Girl was disbanded in 1986, he continued a solo career, releasing Sous influence divine in 1987. Produced by Jacno, this included a cover version of "Comment te dire adieu", a song with lyrics by Serge Gainsbourg that had been popularized by Françoise Hardy. In 1994 he released Nijinsky, followed by two albums in cooperation with composer, director and producer Frédéric Lo: Crève cœur in 2004 and then Amours suprêmes in 2008, with appearances by Alain Bashung, Robert Wyatt, Morgane (singer of Cocoon) and Steve Nieve. The title of the latter album is a reference to "A Love Supreme" by John Coltrane.
The last album released while he was alive was La Taille de mon âme in 2011. Darc died on 28 February 2013. He was 53.
Some of his materials were released posthumously in 2013 under the title Chapelle Sixteen

Albums

With Taxi Girl
1980: Cherchez le garçon
1981: Seppuku
1983: Quelqu'un comme toi
1983: Suite & fin ?
1990: 84–86
1990: Quelque part dans Paris
Solo

Collaborations

1988: Parce que, concept album with Bill Pritchard (with a song written by Charles Aznavour – the title track – and an adaptation of "Stephany Says" – song of Velvet Underground)
1988: "La Ville", single produced by Etienne Daho
1993: "Les Champs-Élysées" in L’Équipe à Jojo – Les chansons de Joe Dassin, collective tribute album by Le Village Vert
1997: writes "Las, dans le ciel" and "Ne laisse pas le jour" for Marie-France (Garcia)
1998: 18/12, with 19 torsions (Jean-Paul Fourgeot, Gaultier Machart and Jean Lodereau)
2002: writes "Ghost" for Brent (album Platinum Deadstar)
2004: sings on "Jeunesse éternelle" by Operation S
2005: "She's so untouchable" in Tribute to Johnny Thunders
2005: "Rondeau" in On dirait, tribute album to Nino Ferrer
2005: "Pauvre garçon", duet with Cali in Menteur
2005: "Comme des papillons", duet with Buzy in Borderlove
2005: "Mes amis", duet with Jane Birkin in Rendez-vous avec Jane
2006: "Comme disait l'ami Johnny Rotten", written and duet with Patrick Eudeline in Mauvaise étoile
2006: writes for Tchéky Karyo
2006: writes "Cœur Sacré" for Thierry Amiel
2006: writes "Ca ne sert à rien d'aimer" for Elisa Tovati, in Je ne mâche pas mes mots
2007: Les Aventuriers d'un autre Monde, tour with Jean-Louis Aubert, Alain Bashung, Cali, Richard Kolinka and Raphael
2007: writes for Alizée
2008: "Promesses", duet with Frédéric Lo in Tombés pour Daho, tribute to Étienne Daho
2008: "Chercher le garçon", duet with Superbus in TV show Taratata
2009: "O Caroline" in Around Robert Wyatt
2009: "Ne plus y penser", duet with Asyl in Brûle, brûle, brûle
2009: "La Romance des Cruels", duet with Nosfell
2009: "Pas pour moi" in On n'est pas là pour se faire engueuler, tribute album to Boris Vian