Zoviet France

Zoviet France (also known as :$OVIET:FRANCE:, Soviet France, :Zoviet-France:, and latterly usually written as :zoviet*france:) are a music group from Newcastle upon Tyne, in northeastern England. While often dissonant and made of industrial textures, their music also falls into the ambient category. Formed in 1980 and remaining largely anonymous, the group has had a number of members. Presently, it consists of co-founder Ben Ponton and Mark Warren.