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| current_members = Antoine Toustou<br>Arnaud Vial<br>Camille Chapelière aka Chapi<br>Charles Delaporte<br>Hugues Payen<br>Sonia Fernandez Velasco aka Zoé Colotis<br>Paul-Marie Barbier
| current_members = Zoé Colotis<br>Arnaud Vial<br>Hugues Payen<br>Camille Chapelière<br>Charles Delaporte<br>Antoine Toustou<br>Paul-Marie Barbier


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'''Caravan Palace''' is a French [[Electro swing]] and [[Gypsy Jazz]] band based in [[Paris]]. The current band line-up consists of Zoé Colotis (vocals), Arnaud Vial ([[electric guitar|guitar]], vocals), Hugues Payen ([[violin]], vocals), Camille Chapelière (clarinet), Charles Delaporte ([[double bass]], electronics), Antoine Toustou (electronics, [[trombone]]), and Paul-Marie Barbier (vibraphone, percussion). The group ostensibly 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;<ref name="Biography">{{cite web
'''Caravan Palace''' is a French [[electro swing]] band based in [[Paris]]. The group ostensibly formed in 2005 after three musicians - guitarist Arnaud Vial, violinist Hugues Payen and double bassist Charles Delaporte - were hired by a film production company called 'The Succiona Pichulas-Lagarto' to provide the soundtrack to silent pornographic movies.<ref name="Biography">{{cite web
| url = http://www.f-cat.de/Caravan-Palace-cv.html
| url = http://www.f-cat.de/Caravan-Palace-cv.html
| title = Caravan Palace Biography
| title = Caravan Palace Biography
| publisher = f-cat.de
| publisher = f-cat.de
| accessdate = 2009-10-02
| accessdate = 2009-10-02
}}</ref><ref name="WOMAD">{{cite web|url=http://womad.org/artists/caravan-palace|title=Caravan Palace|last=Tassell|first=Nige|work=[[World of Music, Arts and Dance|WOMAD]]|accessdate=2009-10-23}}</ref> however, no such production company appears to exist, and all references to this company are only found in snippets of the Caravan Palace biography.
}}</ref><ref name="WOMAD">{{cite web|url=http://womad.org/artists/caravan-palace|title=Caravan Palace|last=Tassell|first=Nige|work=[[World of Music, Arts and Dance|WOMAD]]|accessdate=2009-10-23}}</ref> However, no such production company appears to exist, and all references to this company are found only in extracts of Caravan Palace biographies.


The band's influences include [[Django Reinhardt]], [[Vitalic]], [[Lionel Hampton]], and [[Daft Punk]].<ref name="Allmusic"/> The band released their début studio album, ''[[Caravan Palace (album)|Caravan Palace]]'', on the [[Wagram Music|Wagram]] label in October 2008. The record charted in Switzerland, Belgium and France, where it reached a peak position of #11.<ref name="Album">{{cite web
The band's influences include [[Django Reinhardt]], [[Vitalic]], [[Lionel Hampton]], and [[Daft Punk]].<ref name="Allmusic"/> The band released their début studio album, ''[[Caravan Palace (album)|Caravan Palace]]'', on the [[Wagram Music|Wagram]] label in October 2008. The record charted in Switzerland, Belgium and France, where it reached a peak position of #11.<ref name="Album">{{cite web
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On 3 October 2011, the band released an EP titled ''Clash'', featuring two new songs and four remixes of them.
On 3 October 2011, the band released an EP titled ''Clash'', featuring two new songs and four remixes of them. The band's second album, ''[[Panic (Caravan Palace album)|Panic]]'', was released on 5 March 2012.

On 5 March 2012, they released a new studio album titled ''[[Panic (Caravan Palace album)|Panic]]''.
==Band members==
*Zoé Colotis - [[vocals]]
*Arnaud Vial - [[electric guitar|guitar]], vocals
*Hugues Payen [[violin]], vocals
*Camille Chapelière - [[clarinet]]
*Charles Delaporte - [[double bass]], [[electronic musical instrument|electronics]]
*Antoine Toustou - electronics, [[trombone]]
*Paul-Marie Barbier - [[percussion]]


==Discography==
==Discography==

Revision as of 01:15, 7 July 2014

Caravan Palace
Caravan Palace at the Ottawa Bluesfest 2010
Caravan Palace at the Ottawa Bluesfest 2010.
Background information
OriginParis, France
GenresElectro swing[1]
Years active2005 (2005)–present
LabelsWagram
MembersZoé Colotis
Arnaud Vial
Hugues Payen
Camille Chapelière
Charles Delaporte
Antoine Toustou
Paul-Marie Barbier
Websitewww.caravanpalace.com

Caravan Palace is a French electro swing band based in Paris. The group ostensibly formed in 2005 after three musicians - guitarist Arnaud Vial, violinist Hugues Payen and double bassist Charles Delaporte - were hired by a film production company called 'The Succiona Pichulas-Lagarto' to provide the soundtrack to silent pornographic movies.[2][3] However, no such production company appears to exist, and all references to this company are found only in extracts of Caravan Palace biographies.

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.[4]

History

The band's biography gives the first meeting of the band members as occurring in 2005 when Vial, Payen and Delaporte were hired by a film production company to provide a soundtrack to silent pornographic films,[2][3] although no references to the company that is supposed to have hired them, 'The Succiona Pichulas-Lagarto', exist outside that biography. In any event, 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.[4] The band released their second official single, "Suzy", on 24 February 2009.[5]

On 3 October 2011, the band released an EP titled Clash, featuring two new songs and four remixes of them. The band's second album, Panic, was released on 5 March 2012.

Band members

Discography

Studio albums

Year Album Charts Certification
BEL
Wa
 FR
[6] 		SWI
2008 Caravan Palace 42 11 72
2012 Panic — 20 —

Extended Plays

  • Clash (2011)

Singles

  • "Jolie Coquine" (2008)
  • "Dragons" (2008)
  • "Suzy" (2009)
  • "Clash" (2012)
  • "Rock It For Me" (2012)
  • "Dramophone" (2012)

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Caravan Palace > Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
  2. ^ a b c d "Caravan Palace Biography". f-cat.de. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
  3. ^ a b Tassell, Nige. "Caravan Palace". WOMAD. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
  4. ^ a b "Caravan Palace - Caravan Palace". lescharts.fr. Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  5. ^ "Suzy - Single". Retrieved 2009-10-22.
  6. ^ LesCharts.com: Caravan Palace page Retrieved 2012-08-16
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