Nouvelle Vague is a French musical collective led by musicians Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux.

Their name is a play on words referring simultaneously to their “Frenchness” and “artiness” (the ’60s new wave of cult French cinema), the source of their songs (all covers of punk rock, post-punk, and New Wave songs), and their use of ’60s Bossa nova-style arrangements (bossa nova meaning “new wave” or “new beat” in Portuguese).

On their first album, Nouvelle Vague, the group resurrected classics from the New Wave music era, and reinterpreted them in a bossa nova style. The songs were stripped back to acoustic arrangements with lithe shaker rhythms achieved by gathering a parade of chanteuses from all over the world.

Members, former members and contributors include many French artists who are now very well known on their own and considered as part of what is now called the “Renouveau de la chanson française” (the “Renewal of French chanson)

With colourful arrangements and orchestrations involving a lot of percussion and acoustic guitars topped off with sensual, feminine voices, accordions, steel drums and more, they present the greatest, but rarely covered early ’80s post-punk numbers re-arranged in an original and personal way.

Tickets:  £17.50