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Nouvelle Vague

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French bossa nova cover band

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Nouvelle Vague is a French musical collective led by musicians Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux. Their name is a play on words, meaning "new wave" in French. This refers simultaneously to their "Frenchness" and "artiness" (the '60s new wave of cult French cinema), the source of their songs (all covers of punk rock, post-punk, and New Wave songs), and their use of '60s bossa nova-style arrangements.

Members, former members and contributors include many French artists who are now very well known on their own and considered as part of what is now called the "Renouveau de la chanson française" (the "Renewal of French chanson"): Anaïs Croze, Camille Dalmais, Phoebe Killdeer, Mélanie Pain, Marina Céleste and Gerald Toto.

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  1. Talking Shop

    Tue 7 Jul 2009 10:42

    French duo doing the New Wave bossa nova

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  1. 3 2009

    3

    Reviewed by Michael Quinn

    They take their classy covers credo in new and nimbly delightful directions.

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Role Artist Release
Compiler Various Artists Nouvelle Vague Presents: New Wave (2007)
Compiler Various Artists Coming Home (2007)
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