Yo Obtuse - Muzak

[Archibald]

Dude, ever heard of "Nouvelle Vague"? I think you'll appreciate their cover of the DK's "Too Drunk To..." and The Cramps "Human Fly." Their cover of the Buzzcocks "Ever Fallen in Love" is interesting, completely transformed that tune. Still like the original better, but cool in a gay vague kind of way. Check it out!

[Bittersweet]

It's fabulous

http://www.nouvellesvagues.com/english/accueil.html

[Bittersweet]

Taking their moniker from the 60s new wave of cult French cinema and also considering it as a play on words refering to their musical style, Nouvelle Vague (French for "new wave") are a French musical collective put together by arrangers Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux. On their first album, “Nouvelle Vague” the group resurrected lost classics from the 80s “New Wave” music era, and reinterpreted them in a saucy bossa nova style. The songs were stripped back to acoustic arrangements with lithe shaker rhythms achieved by gathering a parade of chanteuses from all over the world (six French, one Brazilian and one New Yorker) to sex up everyone from XTC and Modern English to The Clash and The Undertones. The group has so far released two albums. The first one is an eponymous album consisting of bossa nova (which also means "new wave" in Portuguese by the way) covers of songs from the New Wave and other genres. The covers include songs by Joy Division, Dead Kennedys, The Clash and Depeche Mode. The various female singers on Nouvelle Vague only performed songs they were not previously familiar with, to ensure that each cover would have a unique quality.

Their second album, Bande à Part, includes versions of "Ever Fallen in Love?" by Buzzcocks, "Blue Monday" by New Order, "The Killing Moon" by Echo and the Bunnymen and "Heart of Glass" by Blondie.

Several Nouvelle Vague songs, including "In a Manner of Speaking", "Just Can't Get Enough", and "Teenage Kicks" have been used in the Channel 4 drama Sugar Rush. "In a Manner of Speaking" is of special note, as it appears in the finale episodes of both seasons of Sugar Rush. Their versions of "Just Can't Get Enough" and "Teenage Kicks" have also been used in adverts in the UK. According to an article by Stephen Thanabalan in EuroDJ magazine, Nouvelle Vague's combination of both Bossa Nova with elements of Trip Hop and a dash of gothic pop made them just that bit darker than other average run of the mill female cover bands, and in 2005, their cover of Modern English's "I Melt With You", was found to be suitable for the soundtrack of the black comedy film, Mr & Mrs Smith.

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 and Marina.

[Serpico]

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godard

truffaut

Bande à part

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cahiers du cinema

Jules et Jim

À bout de souffle

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dig it, bro

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[obtuse]

archi-

merci bien! forgot all about that ish....

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