Introduction
Arnold Charles Ernest Hintjens (born 21 May 1949), better known by his stage name Arno, is a Belgian artist born in Oostende. He was the frontman of TC Matic, one of the best-known Belgian bands of the 1980s. Since the band split in 1986 he has had a solo career.
Arno sings in a mixture of English, French, Dutch and his Ostend dialect. For TC Matic, a band which achieved moderate artistic success throughout Europe, he wrote or co-wrote all the band's material, much of it together with guitarist and producer Jean-Marie Aerts. After going solo he released more than a dozen albums during a successful career. In 2002 he received the title "Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres" (Knight in the Arts and Literature) of the French government. A 2004 biography by Gilles Deleux was translated in Dutch as Een lach en een traan ("A Smile and a Tear").
In the Belgian film Camping Cosmos he played the homosexual lifeguard Harry who does not pay attention to Lolo Ferrari who is incarnating a caricature of Pamela Anderson.
Discography
Solo
- Arno (1986)
- Charlatan (1988)
- Ratata (1990)
- Tracks From The Story (1992)
- Idiots Savants (1993)
- Water (1994) with the Subrovnicks
- À La Française (1995)
- Live À La Française (1997)
- Give Me The Gift (1997)
- European Cow Boy (1999)
- À Poil Commercial (1999)
- Le Best Of (2000)
- Arno Charles Ernest (2002)
- Longbox (2002)
- French Bazaar (2004)
- Live in Brussels (2005)
- Jus De Box (2007)
- Covers Cocktail (2008) Only sold with Belgian magazine Humo
- Brussld (2010)
- Future Vintage (2012)
- Le coffret essentiel (2014)
- Human Incognito (2016)
Freckleface
- Freckleface (1972)
With Tjens Couter
- Who Cares (1975)
- Plat Du Jour (1978)
- Singles 1975-1980 (1978)
- If It Blows (Let It Blow) (compilation, 1991)
With TC Matic
- TC Matic (1981)
- L'Apache (1982)
- Choco (1983)
- Yé Yé (1985)
- Compil Complet! (2000)
- TC Matic - The Essential (2003)
As Charles
- Charles Et Les Lulus (1991) with Roland Vancampenhout, Adriano Cominotto and Piet Jorens.
- Charles and the White Trash European Blues Connection (1998)
Filmography
- 1996: Camping Cosmos by Jan Bucquoy
- 1997: Alors voilà by Michel Piccoli
- 1998: Surveiller les tortues by Inès Rabadan
- 2006: Komma by Martine Doyen
- 2007: Ex Drummer by Koen Mortier
- 2007: Parade nuptiale by Emma Perret
- 2008: J'ai toujours rêvé d'être un gangster by Samuel Benchetrit
- 2009: Petites vacances à Knokke-le-Zoute by Yves Matthey
- 2015: Prejudice by Antoine Cuypers