Caravan Palace
| Caravan Palace | |
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 Caravan Palace at the Ottawa Bluesfest 2010. |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Paris, France |
| Genres | Electro swing[1] |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | Wagram |
| Website | www.caravanpalace.com |
| Members | Antoine Toustou Arnaud Vial Camille Chapelière Charles Delaporte Hugues Payen Sonia Fernandez Velasco Zoé Colotis |
Caravan Palace is a French Electro swing and Gypsy Jazz band based in Paris.[2] The current band line-up consists of Zoé Colotis (vocals and clarinet), Arnaud Vial (guitar), Hugues Payen (violin, vocals), Camille Chapelière (clarinet), Charles Delaporte (double bass, electronics) and Antoine Toustou (electronics and trombone).[3] The group formed in 2005 after three of the band members were hired by a film production company called 'The Succiona Pichulas-Lagarto' to provide the soundtrack to silent pornographic movies.[2][4]
The band's influences include Django Reinhardt, Vitalic, Lionel Hampton, and Daft Punk.[1] The band released their début studio album, Caravan Palace, on the Wagram label in October 2008. The record charted in Switzerland, Belgium and France, where it reached a peak position of #11.[5]
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History [edit]
The first meeting of the band members came in 2005 when Vial, Payen and Delaporte were hired by a film production company to provide a soundtrack to silent pornographic films.[2][4] The band formed as a three-piece soon after, although it was a year before they met music producer Loïc Barrouk, who took an interest in the project and booked the band a recording studio and a series of gigs. More performers were required for the live concerts and the other three current band members were found after searching on MySpace.[2]
The band became popular on the internet after releasing a number of demos and promo singles. From 2006 to 2007 they spent a year touring around France, and their first festival appearance came at the Django Reinhardt Jazz Festival in 2007.[2] Following this emergence, the group were signed by the Paris-based Wagram Music record label. They spent the next year recording material for their début studio album.
On 20 October 2008 the self-titled Caravan Palace was released, preceded by the single "Jolie Coquine".[1] The album received praise for its traditional jazz inclinations,[1] and placed in a number of European album charts. In Switzerland, the album reached #72 and in Belgium it achieved a position of #42. The album performed best in the band's native France where it attained a peak position of #11 in August 2009, and remained on the French albums chart for 68 consecutive weeks.[5] The band released their second official single, "Suzy", on 24 February 2009.[6]
On 3 October 2011, the band released an EP titled Clash, featuring two new songs and four remixes of them. On 5 March 2012, they released a new studio album titled Panic.
Discography [edit]
Studio albums [edit]
| Year | Album | Charts | Certification | ||
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| BEL Wa |
FR [7] |
SWI |
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| 2008 | Caravan Palace | 42 | 11 | 72 | |
| 2012 | Panic | — | 20 | — | |
Extended Plays [edit]
- Clash (2011)
Singles [edit]
- "Jolie Coquine" (2008)
- "Dragons" (2008)
- "Suzy" (2009)
- "Clash" (2012)
- "Rock It For Me" (2012)
- "Dramophone" (2012)
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d "Caravan Palace > Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
- ^ a b c d e "Caravan Palace Biography". f-cat.de. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
- ^ "Caravan Palace - Line Up". f-cat.de. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
- ^ a b Tassell, Nige. "Caravan Palace". WOMAD. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
- ^ a b "Caravan Palace - Caravan Palace". lescharts.fr. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
- ^ "Suzy - Single". Retrieved 2009-10-22.
- ^ LesCharts.com: Caravan Palace page Retrieved 2012-08-16
