Music Reviews
Artist:
Nouvelle VagueTitle:
'New Wave'Label:
District 6Website:
http://www.myspace.com/nouvellevague
Marc Collin and Gilles LeGuen are two members that form part of European collaboration Nouvelle Vague, a band who may not be commonplace in the minds of ‘Joe public’, but who have been gathering a mounting underground appreciation for their quirky, yet strangely fascinating blend of musical styles.
Entitled ‘New Wave’, the duo’s sublime compilation album takes the new wave style of music from the late 70‘s, early 80‘s inspired by the post punk rock movement and mixes it with other genres such as funk, reggae, pop, ska and glam rock thanks to some astute planning and foresight.
The album features tracks from an array of artists like Gary Numan, The Stranglers and Duran Duran, and exposes their manipulation and experimentation on already well known tracks with obvious varying degrees of success. Reintroducing the sounds of sub genres like electro-pop and the New Romantic Period with a flurry of synthesiser dominated drum and bass lines and keyboard laden melodies running throughout, the listener is transported back to a time when bands had attitude and refused to embrace the simplistic, loud, fast paced playing style of the earlier counterparts.
Reviewed By:
Matt Clutton
