Keeping to the original concept - re-arranging the greatest, but rarely covered early '80s post-punk numbers in an original and personal way â€"Nouvelle Vague tried to once again re-evaluate music that was seldom considered in terms of 'real' songs. Musically A Bande A Part moves between Jamaica, the cradle of Mento music which became Ska/Rocksteady then Reggae, to the Calypso isle of Trinidad via Cuban Salsa, Haitian Voodoo, and eventually back to our beloved Brazilian coast As a result, the arrangements and orchestrations are all very colourful: a lot of percussion and acoustic guitars topped off with sensual, feminine voices, accordions, steel drums and more....