Vive la Fête

Vive la Fête

Vive la Fête performing live at the Paradiso in Amsterdam. From left: Danny Mommens, Els Pynoo
Background information
Origin Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium
Genres Synthpop, electroclash, dance-punk, new wave, electronic rock
Years active 1997–present
Labels Kinky Star, Surprise, UWe, Firme de Disque
Website www.vivelafete.be
Members Danny Mommens
Els Pynoo

Vive la Fête (English: Long live the party) are a Belgian music duo from Ghent, East Flanders, formed in 1997 by Danny Mommens (guitar, vocals) and Els Pynoo (vocals).

History

Vive la Fête was founded in 1997 when Mommens (then still playing in his former band dEUS) met Els at a party hosted by or for her sister. He had previously been an acquaintance of Pynoo's sister whom photographed Els naked and showed it to Mommens. As Els stated in a 2005 interview; Mommens had approached her in a normal fashion and said randomly: "Hey I saw you naked!" Mommen's recorded a few demos with Pynoo on his 8-track recorder. These demos were released on the EP Je ne veux pas (sometimes also referred to as Paris) which gathered some attention for its resemblance to '80s new wave music. Their first success came with their debut Attaque Surprise (2000). Later records such as République Populaire (2001) and Nuit Blanche (2003) made them popular, especially in the fashion world, where Karl Lagerfeld is one of their fans, and has enlisted them to perform at a number of his big shows in New York City and Paris.[1] In 2005 they released Grand Prix and toured all over Europe and played some shows in Brazil[2] and Mexico.

Discography

Studio albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
BEL
(FL)
[3]		 BEL
(WA)
[4]		 NL
[5]
Attaque surprise
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Surprise
  • Format: CD
 — — —
République populaire
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Surprise
  • Format: CD
 — — —
Nuit blanche 10 — —
Grand Prix
  • Released: 23 May 2005
  • Label: Surprise
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download
 4 71 75
Jour de chance
  • Released: 8 June 2007
  • Label: UWe
  • Format: CD
 15 61 —
Disque d'or
  • Released: 8 June 2009
  • Label: Firme de Disque
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 27 96 —
Produit de Belgique
  • Released: 11 May 2012
  • Label: Firme de Disque
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 48 133 —
2013
  • Released: 26 April 2013
  • Label: Firme de Disque
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 70 139 —

Other albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions
BEL
(FL)
[3]
Attaque populaire
  • Released: December 2003
  • Type: compilation
  • Label: Surprise
  • Format: LP
 —
Vive les remixes
  • Released: 1 August 2006
  • Type: remix
  • Label: Surprise
  • Formats: CD, digital download
 —
10 ans de fête
  • Released: 8 December 2008
  • Type: compilation
  • Label: Firme de Disque
  • Format: CD
 83

EPs

References

  1. ↑ Gottehrer, Zoe (4 June 2005). "Vive La Fete". 365mag. Archived from the original on 20 October 2006. Retrieved 10 May 2007.
  2. ↑ YouTube - Vive la fete - Recife Rock 2004-04-18
  3. 1 2 "Discografie Vive La Fête" (in Dutch). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  4. ↑ "Discographie Vive La Fête" (in French). Ultratop. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "Discografie Vive La Fête" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 7 November 2012.

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