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'''VNV Nation''' is an [[industrial music]] group from [[London |
'''VNV Nation''' is an [[industrial music]] group from [[London]] which combines elements of [[electronic body music]] and [[synthpop]] into what they call [[futurepop]]. The members are Ronan Harris and Mark Jackson. |
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The group's first album, ''Advance and Follow'', was released in [[1995]]. This was a mixture of danceable [[synthesizer]] melodies and harsh electronic beats firmly in the tradition of middle-era EBM, supplemented with elements of orchestral music. Their next release, [[1998]]'s ''Praise the Fallen'', continued largely in this vein, and they began to enjoy a larger degree of commercial success. |
The group's first album, ''Advance and Follow'', was released in [[1995]]. This was a mixture of danceable [[synthesizer]] melodies and harsh electronic beats firmly in the tradition of middle-era EBM, supplemented with elements of orchestral music. Their next release, [[1998]]'s ''Praise the Fallen'', continued largely in this vein, and they began to enjoy a larger degree of commercial success. |
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VNV Nation is an industrial music group from London which combines elements of electronic body music and synthpop into what they call futurepop. The members are Ronan Harris and Mark Jackson.
The group's first album, Advance and Follow, was released in 1995. This was a mixture of danceable synthesizer melodies and harsh electronic beats firmly in the tradition of middle-era EBM, supplemented with elements of orchestral music. Their next release, 1998's Praise the Fallen, continued largely in this vein, and they began to enjoy a larger degree of commercial success.
1999's Empires was their breakthrough album, gaining them widespread commercial success (topping the German DAC charts for seven weeks) and almost single-handedly spawning a genre of similar artists. While in the vein of their previous two works, Empires expanded the bombastic synthesizer lines and incorporated tighter song organization with verses and catchy choruses. Furthermore, the harsher 'sheet metal instrumentals' of albums like Praise The Fallen were largely gone, and the music as a whole was far more complex.
Their 2002 album, Futureperfect, represented a departure in many ways, largely away from EBM and towards synthpop, even incorporating some elements of trance. Furthermore, many neoclassical instrumental pieces were included in the album. This shift caused their mainstream popularity to increase still further, but alienated some of their fans who preferred their earlier harsher and darker sound, leading to a somewhat weakened reputation in the "underground" music community. Nonetheless, they embarked on several highly successful world tours in 2002 and 2003, including to the United States, where this genre of music does not normally enjoy much commercial success. Standout tracks on this album include Fearless and Epicentre.
