Vive la Fête

Gorgeous electro-rock duo Vive la Fête hail from Belgium and so are, perhaps, perhaps one of the most distinct Western european bands to successfully fuse synth pop and electro with an attractive, decadent visual and punky energy. Originally produced as a aspect task by Danny Mommens, ex-bassist for Belgian indie rock and roll legends dEUS, to try out some music regarding his partner, Vive la Fete (which actually means “Very long Live the Party”) quickly founded themselves like a powerful musical push and became a full-time work for everyone associated with the task. Vive la Fete was created in 1997 in Belgium when Mommens fulfilled Els Pynoo, ex-model and wannabe vocalist. Both quickly found out their mutual like for everything kitsch, ’80s electro-pop, and Serge Gainsbourg and became romantically included. The 1st recordings of Vive la Fête had been created by the set in 1998 in Mommens’ house studio room — these eight-track demos had been later on released by Kinky Celebrity as the Je Ne Veux Pas EP (aka Paris). The 1st full-length appropriate, Attaque Shock, was released in 2001 by Belgian label Shock Records. Pynoo dealt with vocals, Mommens turned from bass to acoustic guitar, as well as the band’s lineup was curved up by Dirk Cant on bass and Roel vehicle Espen on keyboards, while Dirk Jans or Matthias Staendert required turns managing drums. With an attractive, vibrant sound affected by trashy ’80s electro-pop aswell as guitar rock and roll as well as the intention to create “music for everybody — homosexuals, lesbians and everybody else — to have a great time to,” Vive la Fete had been ready to undertake the globe. And the globe surrendered, although nearly the best wide one which villains from spy films look for to dominate, but simply the globe of high style. Perhaps because of Els Pynoo’s earlier modeling encounter and her connections within the market, or for a few other, less apparent factors, Vive la Fete’s music shortly became an extremely sought-after soundtrack for several fashion displays. By enough time the music group got around to launching its second record, Republique Populaire in 2002, well-known France couturier Karl Lagerfeld acquired proclaimed himself an enormous enthusiast of the group. He commonly used their music during his displays, and soon provided the music group a chance to perform live at a few of his visible displays in NY and Tokyo. That same calendar year, Mommens took component in that which was to be dEUS’ farewell tour to get their singles compilation, fittingly entitled FORGET ABOUT Loud Music. Upon completing the tour the music group known as it quits, very much towards the dismay of their supporters. Mommens was today free to focus on Vive la Fete regular. In 2003, the music group released their third as well as perhaps most powerful record, Nuit Blanche. To get Nuit Blanche, the music group toured relentlessly — since their lyrics had been almost solely in French, their charm was understandably relatively limited by continental Europe; nevertheless, in addition they performed successful displays in Russia, Mexico and Brazil. In 2004, dEUS mastermind Tom Barman made a decision to resurrect the music group for at least yet another record, and Mommens quickly returned into that collapse. The sessions demonstrated tumultuous, and Mommens remaining the music group for good prior to the record (released a year afterwards under the name Pocket Trend) was finished. Vive la Fete continuing their operate of effective albums with Grand Prix, released in 2005; Vive les Remixes, a assortment of remixed monitors and addresses (including, amongst others, a live undertake Deep Purple’s “Kid with time”), adopted a year later on. In 2007, Vive la Fete came back with Jour de Opportunity, which the music artists themselves regarded as their “rockiest” work to date.