Le Volume Courbe (French for "The volume curve") is a band by French-born, London-based singer/songwriter/producer, Charlotte Marionneau/Charlotte Courbe. "Le Volume Courbe" was a name of a sculpture by a friend of Marionneau's, Marcel Marionneau, a French sculptor living in the region of Vendée (France).[1]
History
In 2001, Le Volume Courbe released the "Harmony/Papillon De Nuit" 7" on Alan McGee’s Poptones record label.
In 2005, Marionneau recorded her debut album I Killed My Best Friend. The album was first released on Honest Jon's and was then picked up by Astralwerks in the U.S in 2006.
In 2007, Le Volume Courbe released "Freight Train/The House" 7", a collaboration with the band Primal Scream on the label Trouble Records. "Freight Train" was used on the soundtrack of the Channel 4 TV drama Skins.
In 2008, Le Volume Courbe played a series of festivals and tour dates in Europe and the US, most notably, with the newly reformed My Bloody Valentine. The touring lineup included Marionneau on vocals, Theodore Hall on guitar, Mel Draisey on violin, glockenspiel and percussion, and Wild Cat on drums.
In 2011, Le Volume Courbe released a 10" EP titled "Theodaurus Rex". This was the first release on Pickpocket Records, the label founded by Kevin Shields and Charlotte Marionneau.
In 2015, Le Volume Courbe released the single "The House"/"Monte Dans Mon Ambulance", followed by the album I Wish Dee Dee Ramone Was Here With Me, being released by Ring The Alarm in the US and by Marionneau and Kevin Shields' label Pickpocket Records in other territories.[2] She also performed throughout UK and Europe as Le Volume Courbe vs Grimm Grimm. The project was formed to perform each other's songs.
In 2017, Marionneau contributed vocals to the Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds track “It's A Beautiful World”.[3] She also performed in the Noel Gallagher videos "Holy Mountain" and "Beautiful World". In 2018 and 2019 she joined Noel Gallagher’ world tour and performed on the scissors during "She Taught Me How To Fly," and featured in “Black Star Dancing” and “This is the place” videos.
In 2019 her track “Born to lie” featured in Killing Eve (Serie 2 Episode 6) and also featured on the Killing Eve compilation.
In 2020 Spotify voted her track “Rusty” (co-written with Chris Mackin) from her second album one of the best tracks of the last decade and selected it for their 00 compilation.
She is currently working on her third album that will see the light next year.