Known for her 1987 international hit "Étienne ", Guesch Patti produced other albums before diversifying her activities. Born Patricia Porrasse in Neuilly-sur-Seine on March 16, 1946, she trained in classical dance as a Petit Rat at the Paris Opera, then in contemporary dance when she took part in avant-garde shows. Her career in song, which began in 1964 with Yves Gilbert as part of the duo Yves et Patricia, continued twenty years later as part of the all-female trio Dacapo for one song, "Somnifères " (1984). In 1987, it was under her own name that Guesch Patti scored a major hit with the electronic pop-rock song "Étienne", launched with a sensually choreographed and provocative video associated with the world of striptease, fetishism and sado-masochism. Rated No. 1 in France for five weeks, the million-and-a-half-selling track climbed to the top of the European charts (No. 2 in Italy, No. 9 in Germany). Winner of a Victoire de la Musique award in the female revelation category at the end of 1987, and of the Prix Vincent-Scotto, Guesch Patti unveiled the album Labyrinthe (1988), with the first single "Let Be Must the Queen " (No. 25), credited to the group Guesch Patti & Encore, as did the following albums and the second Nomades (1990), which included an extended tour of the United States and Canada. While the public may have shied away from subsequent albums Globe (1992), recorded in Prince's Paisley Park studios in Minneapolis, and its successor Blonde (1995), which featured contributions from Matthieu Chedid, Étienne Daho, Françoise Hardy, Dimitri Tikovoï, Le Baron and Vic Emerson, these polished productions nonetheless broadened the artist's musical palette, with some tracks used by British director Peter Greenaway for his film The Pillow Book (1996). In 2000, following the production of 1980s covers for the Editions Atlas series Les Plus Belles Chansons Françaises, her fifth album Dernières Nouvelles was released. Guesch Patti then put her singing career on hold to devote herself to film and theater. She appeared in Les Monologues du vagin, L'Opéra de quat' sous and created dance shows. She recorded the songs "Bilingue" (2009) and "Ensemble" (2010), the latter for Pascal Thomas's film Ensemble, nous allons vivre une très, très grande histoire d'amour.
