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DjJanine was born in Douarnenez (French Brittany) in 1941, fourth out of five children. Although her singing skills were quite limited (some claim it rains so much in Bretagne because of her), she gets hooked on music at an early age: Jazz, Gospel and Arabic music. Rapidly, Om Kalthoum or the greatest Black American singers have no secrets for her. She moves to Paris early 1960s, where she parties until dawn, has a day job and dances at night. She moves also to Alger, after the Algerian independence where she gets to know the Black Panthers, learns Arabic music and familiarizes herself with a local dish called couscous. She returns to Paris just in time for the 1968 events. That was fun... Strangely enough, she misses the Rock and Punk waves, but gets involved in the electronic and experimental movement. She becomes an underground disco diva, goes through her HiEnergy period and then she is known as the Poitou-Disco-Queen where she co-organized wild rave parties. She did raise her two children, with whom she experiments minimalist Techno, Electro and Trashcore. Finally retired, she plays her tunes all over the world and, needless to say, in various gay clubs. Not solely depending on her success, she takes care of her garden, is busy writing a book on extreme body transformations, and last but not least ... spends time with her husband.
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