Coldwave (France)

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French Coldwave
Stylistic origins	New wave Post-punk Synthpop Gothic rock Dark wave
Cultural origins	Early 1980s Paris
Typical instruments	guitar, bass, synthesizer, drums, drum machine, piano
Mainstream popularity	Low

Coldwave or "ColdPop" initially referred to a French style [1] of post-punk and early Dark Wave music in the 1980s, taking its cue from bands like Joy Division, Bauhaus, The Cure,Siouxsie & The Banshees and the dreamy style of The Chameleons, Sad Lovers and Giants and And Also The Trees. The French style, also called "Nouvelle Vague" (New Wave), manifested in music by artists such as KaS Product, Martin Dupont, Asylum Party, Norma Loy, Clair Obscur, Opera Multi Steel and Trisomie 21.

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Asylum Party Baroque Bordello Clair Obscur Closed Session Coldreams Dementia Praecox

Echo Prism Ellysgarden End Of Data Excès Nocturne Guerre Froide Hymn

KaS Product L'enfance Eternelle Leitmotiv Little Nemo Martin Dupont Memoires d'Automne

Neutral Project Norma Loy Opera Multi Steel Les Provisoires Siglo XX Trisomie 21 The Breath of Life Trop Tard Wallenberg