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Nouvelle Vague
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Two different groups perform under the name Nouvelle Vague:
Nouvelle Vague (France) is a project created by French musicians Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux and a number of female singers. The group’s albums consist in brazilian fashioned covers of (primarily) new wave songs (hence the name “Nouvelle Vague”). The covers include songs by Dead Kennedys, The Smiths, Joy Division, Public Image Ltd., Depeche Mode and Bauhaus. Each singer only performed songs they were not previously familiar with, to ensure that each cover would have an individual interpretation.
With a name that means “new wave” in English and “nova onda” in Portuguese (which is the meaning for “bossa nova”, a new music “fashion”), Nouvelle Vague’s moniker neatly sums up the group’s concept: remaking classic new wave singles with a Brazilian pop twist. Libaux played with various French pop bands during the ’90s and began working with Collin in 1998. For Nouvelle Vague, Collin and Libaux recruited half a dozen French and Brazilian vocalists who were unfamiliar with the original versions of songs like Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart” and XTC’s “Making Plans for Nigel” to ensure that their renditions had their own identity. Nouvelle Vague was released in Europe in 2004 and received U.S. distribution in spring 2005, which coincided with tour dates in locales as far-flung as Shanghai, New York, Los Angeles, and Rio de Janeiro. Nouvelle Vague’s second album, A Bande a Part, arrived in summer 2006. The following year, the team returned with Coming Home, a collection of songs from films given the Nouvelle Vague treatment. New Wave, a collection of covers by new wave artists, also arrived in 2007.
Nouvelle Vague (France) is a project created by French musicians Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux and a number of female singers. The group’s albums consist in brazilian fashioned covers of (primarily) new wave songs (hence the name “Nouvelle Vague”). The covers include songs by Dead Kennedys, The Smiths, Joy Division, Public Image Ltd., Depeche Mode and Bauhaus. Each singer only performed songs they were not previously familiar with, to ensure that each cover would have an individual interpretation.
With a name that means “new wave” in English and “nova onda” in Portuguese (which is the meaning for “bossa nova”, a new music “fashion”), Nouvelle Vague’s moniker neatly sums up the group’s concept: remaking classic new wave singles with a Brazilian pop twist. Libaux played with various French pop bands during the ’90s and began working with Collin in 1998. For Nouvelle Vague, Collin and Libaux recruited half a dozen French and Brazilian vocalists who were unfamiliar with the original versions of songs like Joy Division’s “Love Will Tear Us Apart” and XTC’s “Making Plans for Nigel” to ensure that their renditions had their own identity. Nouvelle Vague was released in Europe in 2004 and received U.S. distribution in spring 2005, which coincided with tour dates in locales as far-flung as Shanghai, New York, Los Angeles, and Rio de Janeiro. Nouvelle Vague’s second album, A Bande a Part, arrived in summer 2006. The following year, the team returned with Coming Home, a collection of songs from films given the Nouvelle Vague treatment. New Wave, a collection of covers by new wave artists, also arrived in 2007.
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In a Manner of Speaking
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Too Drunk to Fuck
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This Is Not a Love Song
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I Melt with You
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Making Plans for Nigel
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Just Can't Get Enough
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ladystockbroker wrote:
Arrrrgh - they did play in Poland this summer, but I was away in the UK.
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KaterinaXyZ wrote:
amazing <3
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feist0411 wrote:
Love
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Empathy82 wrote:
very very sweet
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xSub21x wrote:
se podian dar una vueltecilla por españa... la musica es tremenda!
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charcoalwing wrote:
Gentle to the ears. <3
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steed68 wrote:
Too Drunk to Fuck - Sexiest song ever.
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guymusic wrote:
i cant carry a tune, im glad the can
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Marlow63 wrote:
Nouvelle Vague ... just wonderful on The Culture Show....
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idioteque13 wrote:
love!!!!
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wildnwoolly wrote:
luuurve this smoky, super sexy cover. Just great.
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tape_rewinder wrote:
like it!
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danzico wrote:
Saw them live, they ROCK !
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Jupcsi wrote:
rocks!!! :)
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katarzynapukpuk wrote:
so fresh... love it.
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akmenais wrote:
So simply and so great :>
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missknutson wrote:
genial
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czebex wrote:
I love their music and voice of Camille :)
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verabaxter wrote:
Subimos a nuestro lastfm 3 nuevos temas del póximo CD ! Esperamos pueda escucharlos, saludos desde Argentina: www.lastfm.es/music/vera+baxter
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Tickt-ck wrote:
Lovely.
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- escapekatya tagged Nouvelle Vague with ‘bossa nova’ and ‘female vocalists’. 4 hours ago
- justintay77, tabbi101 and LipslickColours added LipslickColours and 3 other tracks to the playlist ‘Nouvelle Vague’. 6 hours ago
- Peter_Lestsch tagged Nouvelle Vague with ‘french’ and ‘indie’. 9 hours ago
- wendulkafilm, sasdeluxe and real4now added real4now and 3 other tracks to the playlist ‘Nouvelle Vague’. 12 hours ago
- Chocapics tagged Nouvelle Vague with ‘indie’ and ‘bossa nova’. yesterday evening
- monikakonk and empressinkcloud added empressinkcloud and 1 other track to the playlist ‘Nouvelle Vague’. yesterday evening
- modnaya_fishka tagged Nouvelle Vague with ‘chillout’. yesterday afternoon
- jinx-removed added jinx-removed to the playlist Nouvelle Vague. yesterday morning
- amendes89 tagged Nouvelle Vague with ‘bossa nova’ and ‘french’. Wednesday morning
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