Night Noise Team

Following 2012’s warmly received Pieces EP, Night Noise Team releases its third album, ‘Rêver Electrique‘. ‘Rêver Electrique‘, the latest stop on NNT’s trip towards an unapologetically mature pop style, is very much a record of two halves: the opening brace of synth-driven, upbeat tracks gives way to a more reflective second half, threaded by strings and acoustic guitar. All the songs are painstakingly-arranged, carefully-layered and teeming with ideas. Musically, ‘Rêver Electrique’ is strongly influenced by Serge Gainsbourg, Phoenix, Daft Punk, Leny Escudero and Michel Polnareff. Lyrically, the album is a series of bittersweet relationship vignettes, some overheard in the streets and parks of Edinburgh, others suggested by writers like Eliot, Larkin, Joyce and Camus.

Night Noise Team is based in Edinburgh, Scotland and features Frenchman Fabien Pinardon and Sean Ormsby from the north of Ireland. Together these two incomers have been writing, arranging, recording, playing on, producing, mixing and releasing tracks on their own Permwhale Recordings label since 2008.

Permwhale tracks have been supported by BBC Radio 1, 6 Music, Radio Scotland’s Vic Galloway, Jim Gellatly, The Skinny, NME, The Fly, The List, Hot Press,The Scotsman, The Herald, Edinburgh Evening News, STV, The Sun, The Daily Record as well as numerous radio stations, podcasters and bloggers in the UK, USA, Canada, Germany, Holland, USA and Poland.

Night Noise Team filters a love of funk, French chanson-style ballads, guitar shapes and the dance floor.

Permwhale Recordings is founded on a strong DIY ethos and sky-high production values.

‘Rêver Electrique’ is available (released 28th April 2014) as a download and limited edition vinyl.

The Enemy, Time – Playlisted by BBC Radio Scotland & XFM Breakout Track (Jim Gellatly)
BBC Radio Scotland Live Session with Vic Galloway
Read Jim Gellatly’s interview with the band in a half-page feature in The Sun here.
“Dreaming indeed.” Rick Fulton, The Daily Record
“Deserves a wider airing.” Barry Didcock, The Sunday Herald
“4 STARS” Fiona Shepherd, The List
“A heady composite of 80s and indie musical influences” The Young Director Magazine
“I’m a big fan of electronica, as my record collection will attest, and there are few who do it better, and whose new releases I look forward to more than Night Noise Team. They haven’t let me down with their latest single, The Enemy, Time” Scots Whae Hae Blog

‘Pieces’ EP:

‘freshness, guile and clever detail’ (Panic Dots blog)

‘dark, 1980’s-styled electro-pop’ (The Fly Edinburgh Gig of the month)

‘their catchy tunes demand use of the repeat button’ (STV website)

‘tasty pop from Leith’ (Beard Rock blog)

Previously:

‘Fortunately, we find an adrenaline shot in the shape of Night Noise Team and their contagious new single ‘You Won’. Whooshing out on a fanfare of parping brass, it’s an effortless slab of gleaming, sunshine-induced disco that thrusts its pelvis like Cassius in heat. Undoubtedly a dancefloor filler, this ebullient cut could soundtrack your summer’ (The Scotsman)