Vive la Fête ( en, Long live the party) are a Belgian music duo from

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, 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

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) met Els at a party hosted by or for her sister. He had previously been an acquaintance of Pynoo's sister, who had photographed Els naked and had later showed the picture 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

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. 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

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is one of their fans, and has enlisted them to perform at a number of his big shows in

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Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Extended plays

* ''Je ne veux pas'' (Kinky Star, 1998) * ''Tokyo'' (Surprise, 2000) * ''Schwarzkopf Remix'' (Surprise, 2004) * ''La vérité'' (Surprise, 2006)

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vive La Fete Belgian electronic music groups Dance-punk musical groups Electroclash groups Electronic music duos Belgian electronic rock musical groups Musical groups established in 1997 Belgian synthpop groups Belgian musical duos Male–female musical duos