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Françoise Cactus (Villeneuve-l'Archevêque, Yonne, France, 1964 – Berlin, Germany, 17 February 2021), born Françoise Vanhove,[1] was a French musician and author, active in Germany, best known as co-founder, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist in the band Stereo Total.[2][3][4][5][6] Cactus wrote several novels as well as contributing to German papers such as Die Tageszeitung.[7][8][9] Prior to founding Stereo Total with Brezel Göring in 1993, Cactus played in the West Berlin band die Lolitas, one of only a few Western bands to play officially unsanctioned gigs in East Berlin during the final years of the dictatorship.[10][11][12][13][14] She was originally from France, having moved to West Berlin in 1985.[15]

Françoise Cactus died aged 57 on 17 February 2021 in her Berlin home after having suffered from breast cancer.[1]

Radio plays

• Weill jagt Fantômas (Oliver Augst/Cactus/Göring), Radio Berlin-Brandenburg, Radio France Culture 2018
• Alle Toten 1914 (Oliver Augst/John Birke), Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, Volksbühne Berlin, Hessischer Rundfunk 2014 - participation as speaker, singer, musician
• City of the thousand fires (Augst/Birke), Hessischer Rundfunk/Südwestrundfunk 2012 - participation as speaker, singer

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