Joanna Beck & Ian de Silva – aka La Nouvelle Musique – released the official teaser and single “The Mirroe” taken from self-titled debut album, out on June 30, 2025 via Fruits De Mer Records.
Stream the single “The Mirror” through the YouTube player below:
Stream the single “New Blood” through the YouTube player below:
Introducing La Nouvelle Musique – Joanna Beck & Ian de Silva – a new duo for Fruits de Mer Records (we seem to be making a habit of supporting duos); we introduced them via a limited-run lathe-cut single, and now we’re releasing their first album on vinyl, and it’s really very good.
La Nouvelle Musique are London based; occasionally reminiscent of Nico and Francois Hardy, their music is rooted in what they refer to as as cinematic Psychedelia, mixing the Psych/Folk elements of Folktronica with a vocal style that falls somewhere between Siouxsie Sioux and Trish Keenan of Broadcast, together with an orchestration on some of their songs that gives them a ‘big screen‘ treatment.
Singer/Bass Player – Joanna Beck is also a composer and performance artist who also creates Electroacoustic music, sonic art, and has scored for theatre and film.
Guitar – Ian de Sylva, has releases with previous bands through Rough Trade Records and The Medicine Label.
They work as a self-contained unit, writing, recording and producing their music at Berwick Street Studios in Soho, London (which is where Ultravox recorded ‘Vienna‘ and The Sex Pistols recorded their version of ‘My Way‘, although not at the same time).
Purchase the album here: Artist Bandcamp | UK Orders | International Orders
Tracklist:
01. The Mirror
02. New Blood
03. Ballad Of A Broken Wing
04. Crazy Lady Blues
05. Spirit Level
06. Time Ticks Slowly
07. Catalonia
08. Polestar
09. Still Life
10. Forest Fire
11. Epitaph