Nouvelle Vague

Nouvelle Vague are a French band who rework new wave songs in bossa nova and lounge styles. This Bristol concert takes place at The Trinity Centre on Trinity Road.

Nouvelle Vague were formed in Paris in 2003 by Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux. Blending new wave, bossa nova and lounge, they cover classic new wave tracks, and their self-titled first album appeared in 2004 on the Play It Again Sam label. Their approach is to take songs from another era and rebuild them in a new musical language.

Their new album, A Date with Depeche Mode, is devoted entirely to the songs of a single band, with thirteen Depeche Mode tracks sung by new voices. The record was made in Rio de Janeiro with Brazilian musicians. Its first single, a version of 'Enjoy the Silence', is a duet between Skye Edwards, of Morcheeba, and Larry Love, of Alabama 3, alongside Nouvelle Vague. These are reinterpretations, not performances by Depeche Mode.

The Trinity Centre mainly hosts concerts, with a focus on pop, rock and indie music, and this evening fits that programme. It will suit listeners who follow the band's bossa nova reworkings of new wave, and those interested in the Depeche Mode material on the new record.