Vive la Fête hails from Ghent, East Flanders, where the Belgian duo was formed
by vocalist Els Pynoo and guitarist/vocalist Danny Mommens in 1997. At the time
of the group's formation, Mommens was also a member of dEUS, an experimental
rock band whose most recent album, 1996's In a Bar, Under the Sea, had gone
platinum in Belgium. He began exploring a different sound with Pynoo, creating a
mix of synth pop, electronic music, and 1980s-inspired New Wave that Vive la
Fête introduced with its debut album, Je Ne Veux Pas, in 1998. A second EP,
Tokyo, was released in 2000, along with ...