Noire

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NOIRE, the highly-anticipated 10th studio album, is out via Metropolis Records on November 9th, to coincide with the band's tour, which kicks off in North America on November 16, 2018. VNV’s creative-force, Dublin-born Ronan Harri, describes “Noire” as a "dark and intense energy that doesn’t hold back." NOIRE is VNV Nation’s first studio album in 5 year. It was produced at Ronan Harris’ studio in Hamburg, Germany. The sound and style of the album is far-reaching with dark and ominous moments on tracks like “A million” to something symphonic like “All our sins”, to more melodic territory like “When is the future” and “God of all.” A juxtaposition of classic and new studio technology was used to painstakingly craft NOIRE’s 70+ minutes / 13 song. NOIRE draws on a wealth of musical influences; from the bleaker, darker side of today’s dance music, all the way back to avant-garde composers from the end of the 19th century. Citing inspiration from “70s electronic rock to dark machine-room beat, post-punk, alternative 80, blue, electronic-pop, cinematic orchestration, post-classical, dark-ambient and minimalist music,” Harris is immensely proud of the coming opu. VNV Nation is known for unforgettable, energetic and inspiring live performance. The tour/show promises more to fans than seen before, presenting “Noire” alongside fan favourites and raritie. Special appearances from Berlin synthpop artist De/Vision and Cologne’s dark, new-wave upstart, Holygram. .

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