Nouvelle Vague

Nouvelle Vague, a French band formed in Paris in 2003, bring their bossa nova and new wave reworkings to Band On The Wall in Manchester, presenting songs from their seventh album, A Date with Depeche Mode.

Nouvelle Vague were formed in Paris in 2003 by Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux. They blend new wave, bossa nova and lounge, covering classic new wave tracks, and released their self-titled debut album on the Play It Again Sam label in 2004. Their seventh album takes a different approach: for the first time, the group has devoted a full record to the work of a single band, Depeche Mode. Thirteen of that band's songs are reinterpreted by a range of new vocalists, and the album was recorded in Rio de Janeiro with Brazilian musicians, setting the songs against a bossa nova backdrop.

The first single from the album is a duet version of "Enjoy the Silence" by Skye Edwards of Morcheeba and Larry Love of Alabama 3, performed alongside Nouvelle Vague. The track is recorded with some of Brazil's leading musicians and strips the original back to its core, giving the Depeche Mode song a different sound. The project is presented as a set of reinterpretations rather than a tribute performed by the original band.

Band On The Wall is a live music venue at 25 Swan Street in Manchester's Northern Quarter. It mainly hosts concerts, with a focus on pop, rock and indie, and this visit forms part of the band's return to the UK to promote the new album.