Caravan Palace is a French electronic 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]
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Caravan Palace | |
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Background information | |
Origin | Paris, France |
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Years active | 2008 (2008)–present |
Labels | Wagram, MVKA, Le Plan Recordings |
Members | Zoé Colotis Arnaud Vial Charles Delaporte Paul-Marie Barbier Martin Berlugue Lucas Saint-Cricq Odd Sweet (Diego Dolciami) |
Past members | Camille Chapelière Hugues Payen Victor Raimondeau Antoine Toustou |
Website | www.caravanpalace.com |
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 current band members Zoé Colotis & Paul-Marie Barbier, as well as former members Camille Chapelière and Antoine Toustou 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, <|°_°|> (also known as Robot Face or Robot[7]), was released on 16 October 2015.[8] They made a video for their track "Mighty"[9] and previewed another song, "Wonderland", in a short promotional video.
In 2015, they appeared on Later... with Jools Holland[10] 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 – 1 January 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.[11]
On 28 June 2019 they released a single titled "Plume".[12]
On 16 August they released a single titled "Supersonics".[13]
Their latest album, Chronologic, was released on 30 August 2019.[14]
Current
Former
Timeline
Caravan Palace discography | |
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Studio albums | 4 |
Music videos | 11 |
EPs | 3 |
Singles | 18 |
Title | Details | Charts | |||||
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FRA [15] |
BEL [16] |
SWI [16] |
UK [17] |
UK Dance [18] |
US Dance [19] | ||
Caravan Palace |
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11 | 42 | 72 | — | — | 16 |
Panic |
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20 | 74 | 43 | 97 | — | — |
<|°_°|> |
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51 | 101 | 57 | 64 | 6 | 3 |
Chronologic | 58 [23] | — | 82 | 63 | — | 6 |
Title | Album details |
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Clash |
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Wonderland |
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Moonshine |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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FRA [15] | |||
"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 | — | Chronologic |
"About You" | — | ||
"Plume" | — | ||
"Supersonics" | — | ||
"Moonshine" | 2020 | — |
Year | Song | Director(s) | 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" | Kelsi Phung | |
"Midnight" | Andy Collet | ||
2019 | "Miracle" | Double Ninja | Chronologic |
"Plume" | Romain Cieutat | ||
2020 | "Moonshine" | Double Ninja | |
"Supersonics" | Bechir "Jiwee" Jouini | ||
2021 | "Melancolia" | Alina Popescu |
* 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.
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