After two long years on the road to promote the appropriately-named Grand Prix, Vive La Fête release their fifth album on 5th June 2007 “Jour de Chance” (Lucky day).
Belgium’s sexiest couple are springing back with the season and a new album with the happiest title…in theory, those should all be signs of good luck.
If you don’t know about Vive la Fête (VLF) yet, don’t worry… you’re only missing out on the cutest couple on the scene in quite a few years! It was love at first sight for VLF, when Danny Mommens, the former dEUS bassist, and his blonde goddess Els Pynoo first met. They could have left it at magnetic attraction, but instead of gazing into each other’s eyes all day long, the two lovers decided to combine their talents and create an entire universe dedicated to glamour, humour, and love. They had the good idea of naming themselves after the best possible kind of command: Vive La Fête!
The musical combination is pretty surprising too! Groups like the Klaxons might be getting lauded for their originality these days, but never forget that VLF were some of the first to dare to merge two seemingly incompatible musical trends and make of them something wild.

Vive La Fête’s kind of like if you took an 80’s pop sample, a bit of cold wave, the best kind of electronica, a smidgen of rock and the voice and lyrics of 60s French songstresses under the influence of Serge Gainsbourg… and then shook them all up. The resultant cocktail is one hell of a unique explosion! A true shot of pure eroticism. Add the fact that Danny and Els are hot sex gods with an innate sense of sexy showmanship (Make up? Check! Costumes? Check! Energy? Check!) Success had to be just round the corner…

After their first album, 2000’s Attaque surprise, Vive La Fête were soon spotted by the great Karl Lagerfeld himself, who went on to declare himself their number one fan! They did the music to accompany the 2002 Chanel shows, and quickly gained media and public recognition. Then came more albums, and tours all over the world, and passion wherever they went. Until now…
 
Els chose the title because, she says, “it sounds good and it references something every human being wants: luck and happiness.” And even if her dream day means riding her horse, then making a big meal for friends, while Danny is happiest when he’s out riding his Harley and then eating steak in a blues bar, they at least share the desire to try and give their fans a dream day, even if it’s only one.
It’s a desire that makes itself known in the album’s tone, which is much more organic and rocky than they’ve been in the past. Els explains, saying, “I’m not anti-electro in any way, but sometimes I find it a little too cold. With this album, we wanted to bring more warmth…” The warmth is in the sound, something much closer to the way the live VLF experience (something very hot indeed!) And in their style – Els looks less like Blondie this time around, more like a 1960’s-eraBrigitte Bardot. Still super sexy, but with less glitter on

The album is fresh and accomplished all at once… It’s set to be remixed by big names like Blackstrobe and Scratch Massive already… and of course, a tour is in the works…
Now everyone can have a Jour de chance!

Design : Alex Salinas
Website: www.vivelafete.be