DVNO
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| Single by Justice from the album † |
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| Released |  2007
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| Genre | Electro house | ||||
| Length | 3:56 (album version) 3:25 (radio edit) 3:00 (video edit) |
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| Label | Ed Banger Records, Because Music | ||||
| Writer(s) | Mehdi Pinson Gaspard Augé Xavier de Rosnay |
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| Producer | Justice | ||||
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"DVNO" is an electronic dance single by the band Justice from their album †. According to band member Xavier de Rosnay, "DVNO" stands for "Divino." de Rosnay states, "In every suburb of the world, in every city, there's always a nightclub called El Divino... Clubs where you have to wear a white shirt to get in."[1] There is also a club in Aix-en-Provence that is called DVNO.
The vocalist featured in the song is Mehdi Pinson from the band Scenario Rock.
The song was featured in the 2007 film Hitman directed by Xavier Gens. It is playing as the Hitman enters the lair of Michael Guyette.
The song was released on May 19, 2008 in the United Kingdom and has been given substantial airplay. The song has also been added to Radio 1's B List.
[edit] Music video
The song's music video is directed by So-Me, Yorgo Tloupas and Machine Molle[2]; it features the song's lyrics turned into animated 80s-style logos of familiar companies, such as HBO, 20th Century Fox and CBS Video, with band members Xavier de Rosnay and Gaspard Augé playing piano at the end. The video was featured as a "Web Obsession of the Week" in the March 14, 2008 edition of Entertainment Weekly.
[edit] References
- ^ And DVNO stands for... Put the Needle on the Record. Retrieved on November 28, 2007.
- ^ From the Machine Molle website, under Music Videos. Retrieved on 14 April 2008.
