Zoviet France (also known as :$OVIET:FRANCE:, Soviet France, :Zoviet-France: and latterly usually written as :zoviet*france:) is a music group from Newcastle upon Tyne in north east England. While often dissonant and made of industrial textures, their music also falls into the ambient music category. Members: Lisa Hale (1980-1981) Robin Storey (1980-1992) Peter Jensen (1980-1984) Ben Ponton (1980-present) Paolo di Paolo (1984-1986) Mark Spybey (1987-1989) Andy Eardley (1990-1995) Mark Warren (1995-present) <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Zoviet+France">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.