Caravan Palace
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Caravan Palace | |
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![]() Caravan Palace at the 2010 Ottawa Bluesfest | |
Background information | |
Origin | Paris, France |
Genres | |
Years active | 2008 | –present
Labels | Wagram, MVKA, Le Plan Recordings |
Members | Zoé Colotis Arnaud Vial Hugues Payen Victor Raimondeau Charles Delaporte Antoine Toustou Paul-Marie Barbier |
Website | www.caravanpalace.com |
Caravan Palace is a French electronic music band based in Paris. The band's influences include Django Reinhardt, Vitalic, Lionel Hampton, and Daft Punk.[1] The band released their debut 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 number 11.[2]
History
The band formed as a three-piece when they were recruited to compose the soundtrack for a silent adult film.[3] Loïc Barrouk 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.[4]
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.[4] Following this emergence, the group were signed by the Paris-based Wagram Music record label. They spent the next year recording material for their debut studio album.
On 20 October 2008 the self-titled Caravan Palace was released, preceded by the single "Jolie Coquine". The album received praise for its traditional jazz inclinations, and placed in a number of European albums charts. In Switzerland, the album reached number 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. 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.
In 2014, the band remixed Drake Bell's single "Bitchcraft".[6]
The band released the single "Comics" on 22 June 2015, and their second single "Lone Digger" on 18 September 2015.
The band's third studio album, Robot Face <|°_°|>, was released on 16 October 2015.[7] They made a video for their track "Mighty" and previewed another song, "Wonderland", in a short promotional video.
In 2015, they appeared on Later... With Jools Holland [8] on 27 and 30 October, and on The Jonathan Ross Show on 31 October. Subsequently, they appeared on Jools' Annual Hootenanny on 31 December 2016/January 1, 2017 singing a cover of Black Betty and Lone Digger.
On 4 February 2019 the band announced the release of a new single titled "MIRACLE" on 8 February 2019.
Band members
- Zoé Colotis - vocals
- Arnaud Vial - guitar, vocals
- Hugues Payen - violin, vocals
Victor Raimondeau - saxophone- Charles Delaport - double bass, electronics
- Antoine Toustou - electronics, trombone
- Paul-Marie Barbier - percussion, vibraphone
Discography
Caravan Palace discography | |
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Studio albums | 3 |
Music videos | 10 |
EPs | 2 |
Singles | 12 |
Studio albums
Title | Details | Charts | |||||
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FRA [9] |
BEL [10] |
SWI [10] |
UK [11] |
UK Dance [12] |
US Dance [13] | ||
Caravan Palace |
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11 | 42 | 72 | - | - | - |
Panic |
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20 | 74 | 43 | 97 | - | - |
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51 | 101 | 57 | 64 | 6 | 3 |
Extended plays
Title | Album details |
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Clash |
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Wonderland |
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Singles
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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FRA [9] | |||
"Jolie Coquine" | 2008 | 192 | Caravan Palace |
"Dragons" | — | ||
"Suzy" | 2009 | — | |
"Milkshake" | 2011 | — | Non-album single |
"Kleptomanie" | 2011 | — | Non-album single |
"Clash" | 2012 | — | Panic |
"Rock It for Me" | — | ||
"Dramophone" | — | ||
"Comics" | 2015 | — | <|°_°|> |
"Lone Digger" | 144 | ||
"Aftermath" / "Mighty" | 2016 | — | |
"Wonderland" | — | ||
"Midnight" | — | ||
"Black Betty" | 2017 | — | Non-album single |
"Miracle" | 2019 | — | |
"About You" | 2019 | — |
Music videos
Year | Song | Director | Album |
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2009 | "Suzy" | None | Caravan Palace |
"Jolie Coquine" | |||
2012 | "Rock It for Me" | Guillaume Cassuto, Ugo Gattoni, Jeremy Pires | Panic |
"Dramophone" | Frédéric de Ponchara | ||
2015 | "Comics" | Soandsau | <|°_°|> |
"Mighty" | None* | ||
"Lone Digger" | Double Ninja | ||
2016 | "Wonderland" | Kevin Phung | |
"Midnight" | Andy Collet | ||
2019 | "Miracle" | Double Ninja |
* Unlike the band's other videos, the video for "Mighty" is a compilation of video clips of robots from across Science Fiction and, as such, has no single director.
References
- ^ a b "Caravan Palace - Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
- ^ "Caravan Palace - Caravan Palace". lescharts.fr. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
- ^ "Caravan Palace: Swinging To Electro Beats". Retrieved 4 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Caravan Palace Biography". f-cat.de. Retrieved 2 October 2009.
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- ^ "Bitchcraft (Caravan Palace Remix) - Single". iTunes. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- ^ "Caravan Palace". F-Cat Productions. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06myydx
- ^ a b LesCharts.com: Caravan Palace page Retrieved 16 August 2012
- ^ a b "Caravan Palace - lescharts.com". Retrieved 3 November 2015.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
- ^ "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ^ "Caravan Palace – Chart history" Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums for Caravan Palace. Retrieved 23 February 2016.