Petite Noir has dubbed his music “noirwave,” and La Vie Est Belle, his upcoming new album from Domino, has been described as a borrowing the sound of Tears for Fears and Duran Duran along with Afrobeat and South African house. Read more about Petite Noir’s artistic project, his idea of noirwave, and what he might be doing to re-articulate the greater world’s view of African art via The Fader, and stream the new album before it hits stores September 11th.