Fauve collective, sometimes stylized as FAUVE, is a French arts collective of music and videography established in 2010 in
Paris
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. The band also uses the
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≠. The act depends mostly on story telling through acting, through
spoken word
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and musical accompaniment. The collective has its own record label called FAUVE CORP.
FAUVE presents itself as an open collective, containing at times more than twenty members (musicians, but also comedians, theatre technicians, visual artists).
On stage, the collective is represented by five musicians (vocals, guitar, bass, drums and keyboards) and a video artist. During their media appearances, they aim to remain anonymous and of mysterious origins.
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The name of the band is inspired by '' Les Nuits fauves'' (English title ''Savage Nights''), a 1992 French drama film directed and written by Cyril Collard.
The collective became known through its online postings and found almost immediate success. On 20 May 2013, the band released its debut EP ''BLIZZARD
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'' containing the best of their productions thus far. It made the French Top 20 in its first week of release and two of the tracks appeared in the French Singles Chart. During the Bourges Spring Festival, it won the iNOUïS award as the discovery act of the festival called ''Découvertes du Printemps''.
The collective's first album is called '' VIEUX FRÈRES - Partie 1''. The album was released in two parts: ''VIEUX FRÈRES - Partie 1'' was released on 2 February 2014 reaching number 2 in the SNEP French charts. The second part ''VIEUX FRÈRES - Partie 2'' was released on 16 February 2015.
Discography
Studio albums
Live albums
EPs
Singles
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
References
External links
Official website
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Musical groups from Paris
Musical collectives