Spleen Ideal - Encore Un Jour (Unreleased 1988) - French Post Punk / Darkwave

Spleen Ideal - Encore Un Jour (Unreleased 1988) - French Post Punk / Darkwave

"Spleen Ideal (in reference to a poem by Baudelaire) is a French band founded in 1985 by Marc Collin near Versailles in France. After a first line up that included Nicolas Godin (future member of AIR) as bass player, the band became a duo in 1988 with the arrival of the singer/bass player Xavier Jamaux. After a few concerts and several tracks in different cassette compilations, they finally changed their name to Persona in 1989 and split in 1990. Collin and Jamaux reformed the band a few years after under the name Ollano.

Very influenced by 80s new wave and electro, Spleen Ideal was a kind of proto-French touch. Marc Collin has been in many projects since then including the successful Nouvelle Vague. Xavier Jamaux became an international soundtracks composer, and he still releases music under the pseudonym Bang Bang. "