UNico, igama langempela nguKrista Paffgen. Umculi esizayo wazalwa ngo-October 16, 1938 e Cologne (Germany).
Ubuntwana bukaNico
Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, umndeni wathuthela endaweni engaphansi kweBerlin. Ubaba wakhe wayeyindoda yezempi futhi ngesikhathi sokulwa wathola ukulimala kabi ekhanda, ngenxa yalokho washona emsebenzini. Ngemva kokuphela kwempi, intombazane nonina bathuthela enkabeni yeBerlin. Lapho, uNiko waqala ukusebenza njengomthungi.
Wayesemusha onzima kakhulu, futhi lapho eneminyaka engu-13 wanquma ukusiyeka isikole. Umama wasiza indodakazi yakhe ukuba isebenze esikhungweni sokumodela. Futhi njengesibonelo, uKrista waqala ukwakha umsebenzi, okokuqala eBerlin, wabe esethuthela eParis.
Kunenguqulo yokuthi wayeyisisulu sokudlwengulwa yisosha laseMelika, futhi enye yezingoma ezabhalwa kamuva ibhekisela kulesi siqephu.
Igama elithi Nico
Le ntombazane ayizange iqhamuke negama lasesiteji. Lelo gama labizwa ngomunye umthwebuli wezithombe owayesebenza eduze naye. Imodeli ithande le nketho futhi kamuva emsebenzini wayo wayisebenzisa ngempumelelo.
Ngizifunela mina
Ngawo-1950, uNico wayenawo wonke amathuba okuba imodeli edume umhlaba wonke. Wayevame ukubonakala emakhazeni omagazini bemfashini i-Vogue, Ikhamera, i-Tempo, njll. Lapho indlu yefashini edumile nehlonishwayo u-Chanel emnikeza ukuthi asayine inkontileka yesikhathi eside, le ntombazane yanquma ukuya eMelika iyofuna okuthile okungcono.
Lapho, wafunda isiNgisi, isiFulentshi, isiNtaliyane neSpanishi, okwakuwusizo kuye ekuphileni. Kamuva, yena ngokwakhe wathi ukuphila kwamnikeza amathuba amaningi namathuba, kodwa ngesizathu esithile wawabalekela.
Lokhu kwenzeka ngomsebenzi wokumodela eParis, kwenzeka okufanayo nomqondisi wefilimu odumile uFederico Fellini. Waphonsa u-Niko efilimu yakhe ethi "Sweet Life" endimeni encane futhi wayelungele ukusebenza naye esikhathini esizayo. Nokho, ngenxa yokuntuleka komhlangano nokungafiki isikhathi sokuqoshwa, wayekwa.
E-New York, intombazane yazama njengomdlali we-actress. Uthathe izifundo zokulingisa kumdidiyeli waseMelika kanye nomlingisi u-Lee Strasberg. Ngo-1963, wathola indima ehamba phambili yowesifazane efilimini ethi "Striptease" futhi wayicula ingoma eyinhloko.
Indodana kaNico
Ngo-1962, u-Christa wayenendodana, uChristian Aaron Paffgen, okwathi, ngokusho kukanina, wakhulelwa umlingisi odumile nobukekayo u-Alain Delon. UDelon ngokwakhe akazange aqaphele ubuhlobo bakhe futhi akazange axhumane naye. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kwavela ukuthi unina wayengenandaba nengane. Wazinakekela, waya emakhonsathini, emihlanganweni, wachitha isikhathi nezithandwa zakhe.
Umfana wadluliselwa ekukhulisweni kwabazali bakaDelon, ababemthanda futhi bemnakekela, bamnika nesibongo sabo - uBoulogne. U-Nico waba umlutha wezidakamizwa, okwathi, ngeshwa, "wathumba" u-Aaron esikhathini esizayo. Nakuba le ngane yayingavamile ukubona unina, yayisamkhulekela futhi imkhonze.
Njengomuntu omdala, uthe izidakamizwa ziyamvumela ukuthi asondele kunina, zimsiza ukuthi angene emhlabeni kanina futhi abe khona naye. U-Aaron wachitha iminyaka eminingi yokuphila kwakhe ezibhedlela nasemitholampilo futhi ehlala ekhuluma kabi ngoyise.
Ukuzulazula komculo kaNico
UNiko wahlangana noBrian Jones, futhi ndawonye baqopha ingoma ethi I'm Not Sayin', eyasheshe yaziqhenya ngendawo yayo emashadini. Khona-ke umculi wayenobudlelwano noBob Dylan, kodwa ekugcineni wahlukana naye, ngoba indima yomunye umthandi ayizange ihambisane naye. Wabe esengena ngaphansi kwephiko le-pop idol edumile neyimpikiswano u-Andy Warhol. Basebenze ndawonye kumafilimu okuqala afana ne-Chelsea Girl nethi Imitation of Christ.
U-Niko ka-Andy waba umnyuziyamu wangempela, futhi wamfaka eqenjini lakhe lomculo IVelvet Underground. Amanye amalungu ayemelene nalokhu, kodwa njengoba uWarhol wayengumdidiyeli nomphathi weqembu, alibekezelela leli lungu elisha.
U-Andy Warhol wayenombukiso wakhe, lapho abafana nabo benza khona. Lapho, umculi waqala ukwenza izingxenye eziyinhloko eziyedwa. Iqembu lomculo elinoKrista ekuqanjweni kwalo liqophe i-albhamu ehlangene, eyaba yihlelo futhi yathuthuka. Nakuba abagxeki abaningi nozakwethu bekhulume ngalokhu kuhlolwa, hhayi ukubuyekezwa okuthopha kakhulu. Ngo-1967, intombazane yashiya lesi sakhiwo futhi yaqala umsebenzi womuntu siqu.
Umsebenzi we-solo uNico
Umculi waqala ukukhula ngokushesha futhi ngemva konyaka wakwazi ukukhulula i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ye-Chelsea Girl. Uzibhale yena izingoma zomculo, evamise ukubhala izinkondlo zenqwaba yezithandwa zakhe, okuhlanganisa u-Iggy Pop, uBrian Johnson, uJim Morrison noJackson Browne. Ku-disc, umculi uhlanganise izinto ezifana ne-folk ne-baroque pop.
Ubizwa ngokuthi umnyuziyamu wedwala elingaphansi komhlaba. Wayethandwa, ebhala izinkondlo, eqamba umculo, ephiwa izipho nokunaka. Enye i-albhamu ethi, The End, yaqoshwa, kodwa ayizange idume kakhulu. Ngezikhathi ezithile, wayecula izingoma ezihlangene nabanye abaculi, futhi abanye babedumile.
Umlingiswa wakhe kwakuyisizathu sokuthi abantu abadingeka kakhulu nabanekhono bamshiye. Ukulutha kwe-heroin kwaqala ukumhlukanisa nezwe langaphandle. Abaculi bayeka ukusebenza naye, wamenywa emihlanganweni yamasiko ngisho nangaphansi. UNico waba nenhliziyo emfishane, enobugovu, eyingane futhi engenasithakazelo.
Ukuphela kwenkathi
Kwaphela iminyaka engu-20 uNiko esebenzisa i-heroin nezinye izidakamizwa ngaphandle kokuzama nokugqashula ekuluthweni. Ngenxa yalokho, umzimba nobuchopho kwakhathala. Ngolunye usuku lapho ehamba ngebhayisikili eSpain, wawa washayeka ngekhanda. Ushonele esibhedlela ngenxa yokopha ebuchosheni.
