Nouvelle Vague | |
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![]() Nouvelle Vague playing Rockefeller Music Hall, Norway in February 2007 | |
Background information | |
Origin | Paris, France |
Genres | Lounge, new wave, bossa nova |
Years active | 2003–present |
Labels | PIAS Recordings |
Members | Olivier Libaux Marc Collin Various singers |
Past members | Various singers have included: |
Nouvelle Vague is a French cover band led by musicians Olivier Libaux and Marc Collin. Their name means "new wave" in French, and refers simultaneously to the French New Wave cinema movement of the 1960s, to the new wave music movement of the 1970s and 1980s, which provides many of the songs that the band covers, and to bossa nova (Portuguese for "new wave"), a musical style that the band frequently uses in its arrangements.[1]
The group's recordings and live performances have featured a large rotating cast of mostly female vocalists. Several of the artists who have performed with the band have also had successful solo careers, including Camille, Phoebe Killdeer, Mélanie Pain, and Nadéah Miranda. Libaux died in 2021 but the band continue to tour.