Vive la Fête

Vive La Fete是一支来自比利时的双人组合乐队。在法语中，这三字后面一般要接叹号，因为Vive La Fete(Long Live The Party)翻译过来就是“派对万岁”的意思。这是一种自信的主张，一种热切的宣言:人与音乐、浪漫与舞蹈，就像一种生命力，是一种巨大的不需要任何规矩来束缚的东西。
 
当然，实际上任何令人满意的派对都应包括性、毒品、摇滚乐等普遍迹象，正是这些使这个乐队最终选择了这样的名字。Vive La Fete(VLF）是这个圈子近几年来最要好的一对儿情侣，他们一见钟情。当时Danny Mommens是低音歌神，他和他的金发女神Els Pynoo在1997年相遇。他们本能够淡忘音乐的吸引力，但是代替注视对方眼睛一整天，这对恋人决定将他们的天赋联合，创造出一个完整的世界，并融入其中的魅力、情绪和爱。在这种最理想的状态之后，他们对命名自己有了好主意，“Vive La Fete”就这样诞生了。
 
音乐的组合也令人非常惊喜，永远不要忘了VLF是众多音乐人中第一个敢混两种我们所说的不和谐音程的乐队，而且做得很棒很疯狂。Vive La Fete是这样一种乐队，如果你带的是一张速度是80的pop样本，有一点儿冷波，最好的电音，很少的摇滚，并且声音和歌词都像60年代的法语，女歌手的影响力在Seige Gainsbourg之下.....如果是这样，VLT会说：“那就震醒他们吧！”正如餐厅的鸡尾酒引起一场罕见的大爆炸！勃起的人爽快的射了一炮！总之Danny和Els的热情使他们对性感的表现力具有天生的敏感，重新编排，重新给力，成功就在眼前...
 
在首张专辑(2000's Attaque Surprise and 2001's Republique Populaire)之后，Vive La Fete很快就被Karl Lagerfeld一位声称是他们歌迷的时尚大师注意到了，他们一起为香奈儿02年的在巴黎、东京和拉斯维加斯时装展做伴奏音乐，又被邀请参加摩洛哥皇室的慈善玫瑰舞会，并且演奏世界流行的夜店舞曲。他们出人意料的演出和真诚的音乐很快获得公众和媒体的好评。然后出了更多专辑(03年Nuit Blanche,05年Grand Prix ，07年Jour De Change)，并且去世界各地演出，无论他们走到哪里都充满激情。
 
整个世界掌控在魅力四射的Els Pynoo和夜间猎者Danny Mommens手中，性感的法语接触到电子摇滚时，他们不仅征服了从纽约到巴黎哪怕最偏僻的角落，而且征服了从墨西哥到圣保罗最棒最火的夜店，他们的演奏是从苏格兰低地到丹麦罗斯基勒最盛大的庆典。
 
by Sergey Mesenov
Glamorous electro-rock duo Vive la Fête hail from Belgium and are, perhaps, one of the most distinctive European bands to successfully fuse synth pop and electro with a sexy, decadent aesthetic and punky energy. Originally formed as a side project by Danny Mommens, ex-bassist for Belgian indie rock legends dEUS, to play some music together with his girlfriend, Vive la Fete (which literally translates as &Long Live the Party&) quickly established themselves as a potent musical force and became a full-time job for everyone involved with the project. Vive la Fete was formed in 1997 in Belgium when Mommens met Els Pynoo, ex-model and wannabe singer. The two quickly discovered their mutual love for all things kitsch, '80s electro-pop, and Serge Gainsbourg and became romantically involved. The very first recordings of Vive la Fête were made by the pair in 1998 in Mommens' home studio -- these eight-track demos were later released by Kinky Star as the Je Ne Veux Pas EP (aka Paris). The first full-length proper, Attaque Surprise, was issued in 2001 by Belgian label Surprise Records. Pynoo handled vocals, Mommens switched from bass to guitar, and the band's lineup was rounded up by Dirk Cant on bass and Roel van Espen on keyboards, while Dirk Jans or Matthias Staendert took turns handling drums. With a sexy, vibrant sound influenced by trashy '80s electro-pop as well as guitar rock and the intention to make &music for everyone -- homosexuals, lesbians and everyone else -- to have fun to,& Vive la Fete were ready to take on the world. And the world surrendered, although not quite the big wide one that villains from spy movies seek to dominate, but merely the world of high fashion. Perhaps thanks to Els Pynoo's previous modeling experience and her contacts within the industry, or for some other, less obvious reasons, Vive la Fete's music soon became a highly sought-after soundtrack for various fashion shows.
 
By the time the band got around to releasing its second record, Republique Populaire in 2002, famous French couturier Karl Lagerfeld had proclaimed himself a huge fan of the group. He frequently used their music during his shows, and soon offered the band an opportunity to perform live at some of his high profile shows in New York and Tokyo. That same year, Mommens took part in what was to become dEUS' farewell tour in support of their singles compilation, fittingly titled No More Loud Music. Upon finishing the tour the band called it quits, much to the dismay of their fans. Mommens was now free to concentrate on Vive la Fete full time. In 2003, the band issued their third and perhaps strongest record, Nuit Blanche. In support of Nuit Blanche, the band toured relentlessly -- since their lyrics were almost exclusively in French, their appeal was understandably somewhat limited to continental Europe; however, they also performed successful shows in Russia, Mexico and Brazil. In 2004, dEUS mastermind Tom Barman decided to resurrect the band for at least one more record, and Mommens promptly went back into that fold. The sessions proved tumultuous, and Mommens left the band for good before the record (issued a year later under the title Pocket Revolution) was completed. Vive la Fete continued their run of successful albums with Grand Prix, issued in 2005; Vive les Remixes, a collection of remixed tracks and covers (including, among others, a live take on Deep Purple's &Child in Time&), followed a year later. In 2007, Vive la Fete returned with Jour de Chance, which the musicians themselves considered their &rockiest& effort to date.