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Nouvelle Vague
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Out of 115 votes - Similar Artists: Bebel Gilberto, Senor Coconut, Saint Etienne
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Meaning "bossa nova" in Portuguese and "new wave" in French, the name Nouvelle Vague could not be more fitting. With a handful of young ingenues providing vocals, French duo Mark Collin and Olivier Libaux take some of their favorite '80s songs and dress them in the laid-back, subtle style of traditional Brazilian jazz and bossa nova, resulting in a seductive brew that transcends the initial novelty factor.
Biography
Marc Collin was a genuine "french touch" figure (with his band Ollano).he moved from movie soundtrack ("the kidnapper's theme") to club music (he recorded for Paper recordings) until becoming a creative and eclectic producer (Avril on Fcom ,Volga select on Output records)
Olivier Libaux was involved in many french pop acts all along the nineties and started working with Marc in 1998. He recently released his first solo album "L'h?ro?ne au bain" on french label na?ve.
"Nouvelle Vague" ( means ? New Wave ? in french, ? Bossa Nova ? in portuguese) revisits number of both Marc and Olivier's favourite tracks of the early eighties, from Joy Division to XTC.
Their idea was to forget the initial punk or new wave background of each song,keep simple fundamental chords,work with young singers who never heard the orginal versions,and make the quality of original songwriting happen in a completely different way.(bossa nova,jazz style and sixties pop)
For their debut on this compilation, here is their version of "Guns of
Brixton" performed by Camille, one of the most talented french vocalist at this time.
