April 1988: founding of the band with Thierry SINTONI, Pierre-François MAURIN-MALET, Sandy CASADO
July 1989: creation of the "UNITY MITFORD STUDIO" September 1989 recording of three titles for the "Unreleased Vol III" compilation
August 1989: May 90 recording of the 1st LP
June 1990: record deal with the label LIVELY ART (NEW ROSE)
December 1990: release of the 1st album Image
Jan-March 91: promotion of the LP and interview BEST (major music magazine) Emission "Les inrockuptibles" BERNARD LENOIR (France Inter, the national French radio)
May 1991: sign to SINGLE KO (VIRGIN Distribution), recording of a black session for BERNARD LENOIR (France Inter)
August 1991: issue of the CD single "Some evenings with Bernard" from the Black Session
August - Sept 91: production of Tree's dance first LP
October 1991: appearance on the TV show "Double Jeu" of THIERRY ARDISSON
June 91 - Jan. 92: recording of the 2nd LP
February 1992: production of the 1st CD Single from Planete Zen
March 1992: production of the 1st LP from Planete Zen
April 1992: release of the 2nd LP "Noisy but empty"
May 1992: unplugged session and interview on radio-show "Les inrockuptibles" with BERNARD LENOIR
September 1992: production of the 1st LP from Speaking Silence
Sept 92 - March 93: concerts (Colmar, Strasbourg, Nancy, St Malo, Paris) with BEL CANTO, DOMINIQUE A., MOOSE, HIGH LLAMAS
April 1993: recording of the 3rd LP
August 1993: record deal with the German label Hyperium/Hypnobeat (worldwide distribution)
February - March 93: concerts in Germany (Hamburg with MARC BURGESS / Ex-CHAMELEONS)
ImageMay 1994: release of the 3rd LP "You or Sidney" with license to SEMANTIC
June 1994: promotion of the 3rd LP, accoustic show-casesin FNAC Italiens/FNAC Montparnasse, unplugged session/interview with BERNARD LENOIR (France Inter) + Emission "La grosse boule" (RADIO NOVA)
July 94 - June 1995: concerts in Paris (Arapaho-Passage du Nord Ouest), St Malo ("La route du Rock" with ELECTRAFXION,COMPULSION,J-L MURAT), Rennes (UBU avec MARC SEBERG) and Leipzig (Allemagne)
April 1995: release of the 4th LP "UBU REINE" (live album)
Sept 1995: re-release of the 1st LP on Hyperium/Hypnobeat
Dec 95 - June 96: recording of the 5th album
1997: release of the 5th album "Forget the 20th century"
1998: after 10 years of music under the name Rise and Fall of a Decade,Pierre-François, Sandy and Thierry decieded to start a new project called Cube-Like-People
2005/2006: RISE AND FALL OF A DECADE starts again, first recordings of new songs
January 2007: record deal with the German label Ars Musica Diffundere/Black Rain
April 2007:Intuition records released the compilation "Yesterday Today and Tomorow" with 23 titles including versions ,covers (pixies,gainsbourg)and a new title...
First of May 2007: Pierre-François MAURIN-MALET, singer and text writer of the band, died in the age of 41
May 2007: the two classics "Noisy but Empty" and "You or Sidney" were re-released, interviews with Thierry SINTONI, the composer of the band, at the German Zillo and Orkus magazine, the new website is finished
August 2007 : Sandy Casado and Thierry Sintoni are working on the last album of Rise and Fall of a Decade. Ten to twelve titles are mixed and produced in the Unity Mitford Studio...
Sept 07 , already 10 titles mixed , 2 more titles and the album is over.
One of these two titles is extract from the soundtrack of a french movie called "Plus loin encore"directed by Stephane Derderian. Rafoad wrote 10 original musical themes for this movie in 2006.
Jan 08 ,rafoad just finished their last album..."In the time when" is one of the new album songs.Carla Picchiantano (Singer from Speaking Silence)wrote the lyrics and sings virtually with Pierre François on this Rafoad song.
The album is not scheduled yet...Sandy and Thierry have first to re release the "first album "and "Forget the 20th Century".Then the last album will come with a surprise...
12 Sept 08: re-release of the 1990"First album" and"Forget the 20th Century" by the Label "Black Rain".
End of October 2008 , New 2 cd album called "Love it or Leave it" including a 12 titles Tribute to Pierre François Maurin-Malet.
The new video of Rise and Fall of a Decade ,produced by Nemo Sandman,is on line ,.The song "Don't save the museum" is a cover (from Nemo Sandman )and appears on the "Missing Frien Tribute".
NEW ALBUM IS NOW ON SALE...(Itunes,www.blackrain.de,Tower records...)
Dear friends, a new track is now available, "Marche solennelle". The subject talks about a ceremony of death, a celtic death... Listen and enter ... in the Sidh! Greetings from us, EmmA & Le Hibou
je m'accorde un temps suspendu d'évasion au son de la musique de Rise and Fall, quel bonheur...
De plus j'aime beaucoup la version percussive de ton instrumental, Plus loin encore...
Je viens sur Paris croiser le fer avec M. [audible] en août, le week end du 22, si tu es dans les parages à ce moment là, je me ferai un plaisir de vous inviter tous deux autour d'une bonne table.
Excuse moi d'être un peu intermittent du mail, le coeur y est c'est le plus important, et j'attends de "souffler" un peu après une période professionnelle plus que chargée.
Un bacio di passaggio. I love your art, but... when are you going to play with real orchestra? I don't like this keyboard orchestra sound. Your songs have got wonderful arrangement, like "Lost cause" in "Noisy but Empty". I would like listen to new symphonic music... Ciao G.M.
Un artiste c’est comme une plante : On l’arrose pas il tire la gueule. Précision utile : un artiste ça s’arrose à l’applaudissement vif et enthousiaste (comment ça se nourrit par contre mystère…). Tout ça pour dire : N’oubliez pas d’aller arroser vos artistes préférés, bougez vos pieds et vos oreilles. La résistance culturelle est en marche.
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