Bossa Nova = Nouvelle Vague = New Wave. This transliteration was the starting point for Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux’s unique project, which, by appropriating the punk and post-punk cannon and running it through the Bossa Nova filter, reinvented the cover band genre, revealing new and brilliant talents along the way: Camille, Phoebe Killdeer (whose Fade Out Lines was remixed by The Avener), Nadeah, Mélanie Pain, and, soon, Liset Alea. The gambit paid off, with sales of over one million records over four albums released between 2004 and 2010, and world tours that included stops at venues such as London’s Royal Albert Hall, L.A.’s Hollywood Bowl and Paris’ Olympia.
Since 2011, Nouvelle Vague had stopped recording, focusing on an innovative live show created in collaboration with the mythical Jean-Charles de Castelbajac (Ceremony and Dawn of innocence,) and branching out into different projects: Olivier’s Uncovered Queen of the Stone Age, and Marc’s Bristol, along with his Kwaidan label.
The time seems right to write a new chapter in the Nouvelle Vague saga: with a new album “ I Could Be Happy” and live show, the band and its coterie of female vocalists continue their time travels with a renewed alegria.Nouvelle vague by Nouvelle Vague and Some Friends is thus more of a nexus of forthcoming projects:
A new album comprised of punk and post punk standards imbued with the inimitable Nouvelle Vague touch, and, for the first time, a bevy of surprising Collin/Libaux which prove that the two producers are more than prodigious arrangers. This album is also the opportunity to gather again the pionner singers of Nouvelle Vague: Élodie Frégé, Mélanie Pain, Liset Alea and Nadeah and to find other guests as Camille or Clara Luciani.
Reworked versions of Nouvelle Vague classics, recorded with traditional live musicians along the way during the last few years’ Starwood/le Méridien Hotel: In A Manner of Speaking with a Cuban band from Tampa, Killing Moon in a Mexican mariachi lilt, Ever Fallen in Love with Indian instruments – proving once more that these songs can be stretched and molded into any genre, in the same way as the Beatles or Bacharach repertoires.
For the first time, remixes by Dream Koala, Caravan Palace and a number of other surprises. A Marc Collin-directed documentary retelling the project’s history from its inception, along its albums, vocalists and through footage of its most dream worthy moments all around the world. And, of course, a worldwide tour which will begin in Europe and Asia, in the fall, and will continue through South America and the U.S.A. in the new year, and feature the entire crew on stage, around Marc and Olivier: Mélanie Pain, Élodie Frégé, and Liset Alea.
Artist: Nouvelle Vague
Genre: Pop Bossa Nova
Sounds Like:
Album: I Could Be Happy
Release date: 4th November Of 2016
Link to Website: http://nouvellevaguemusic.com/
Link to Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nouvellevagueofficial/?fref=ts
Link to Twitter profile page: https://twitter.com/nouvellesvagues?lang=fr
Upcoming tour dates:
- 6 October Paris, Grand Train (Paris18), Documentary pres + ¾ new acoustic tracks
https://www.timeout.fr/paris/le-blog/6-evenements-a-ne-pas-manquer-a-grand-train-a-la-rentree-090316
- 12 Oct, Paris , La Cigale Mama Fest - Announce end of august
http://www.lacigale.fr/spectacle/mama-festival-2016/
- 15th Nov: London, UK / Forum
- 16th Nov: Dublin, EI / Button Factory
- 18th Nov: Utrech, NL / Tivoli
http://www.ticketmaster.nl/event/nouvelle-vague-tickets/169847
- 19th Nov: Stockholm, SE / Nalen
https://secure.tickster.com/Intro.aspx?ERC=Z3U4P5JTM3U9K0Y
- 20th Nov: Copenhagen, DK / Studie 2 (DR - Danish Radio)
- 23rd Nov: Berlin, DE / Postbahnhof 2.nd room
https://mct.tickets.de/de/events/8339-Nouvelle_Vague
FB-Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/248971432165633/
- 24th Nov: Warsaw, PL / Progresja music zone
http://progresja.com/events/nouvelle-vague-francja/
https://www.ebilet.pl/wyszukiwarka/?search=NOUVELLE%20VAGUE
https://www.biletomat.pl/en/koncerty/nouvelle-vague-4126/
- 25th Nov: Prague, Czech Rep / Palác Akropolis
https://goout.net/cs/listky/nouvelle-vague/reo/
- 29th Nov: Vienna, AT / WUK
- 30th Nov: Budapest, HU / A38 ship
- 03 Dec - Lausanne, Les Docks
https://www.starticket.ch/fr/tickets/nouvelle-vague-fr-20161203-2000-les-docks-lausanne
- 4th Dec: Zurich, Switzerland / Kaufleuten Züric
http://www.ticketcorner.ch/tickets.html?fun=evdetail&affiliate=TCS&doc=evdetailb&key=1682704$8195430
- 08 Dec - Paris, Flow
http://www.fnacspectacles.com/place-spectacle/manifestation/Pop-rock-Folk-NOUVELLE-VAGUE-FLVAG.htm
- 16 Dec: Ankara TU, XXF Festival
https://www.facebook.com/events/1194767877262578/
AUSTRALIAN TOUR:
- 15.01 - SFSC Melbourne
- 18.01 - Adelaide Festival Center
- 20.01 - Brisbane Powerhouse
- 21.01 - SFSC Sydney
- 22.01 - Perth, Rosemount Hotel
- 23/02/17 - Bruxelles, Botanic
http://www.fnacspectacles.com/place-spectacle/manifestation/Pop-rock-Folk-NOUVELLE-VAGUE-FLVAG.htm
Press:
France all media: http://www.ephelide.net/
EP + LP + tour - nathalie.ridard@ephelide.net, clemence.prieur@ephelide.net, catherine.gaud@ephelide.net, marion.pace@ephelide.net
UK (online/print): http://saintedpr.com/
EP + album + tour - Heather heatherfinlay@saintedpr.com online sarah@waveformpress.com
UK (radios): joe@mallottmedia.com
only album or http://mallottmedia.com/about/
GAS: Beat International sven@beatsinternational.com, birgit@beatsinternational.com
USA: (radios robb@shineonpromo.com or) http://www.co-sign.com/
Only album jessica@co-sign.com
USA EP, album, tour : online print: samantha.tillman@sacksco.com, carla@sacksco.com, krista@sacksco.com, joe.cohen@sacksco.com
Booking Agent:
FR/Swit/Belgium : xavier@pbox-concerts.com, stephanie.sudrie@pbox-concerts.com
ROW :christophe@getyouractstogether.net, chloe@getyouractstogether.net
Label:
Stéphane Viard - stephane.viard@gmail.com & Enora Pellerin - enora@kwaidanrecords.net
Publisher:
Kwaidan Records
Marc Collin - volgaselect@icloud.com
Cathy Quiliquini – cathyquilichini@gmail.com
Enora Pellerin - enora@kwaidanrecords.net
A&R recruiter: Marc Collin - volgaselect@icloud.com
Producer:
Kwaidan Records
Recording at : Studio Kwaidan
Picture: Alex Forge
