Caravan Palace is a French electro-swing 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 performing at Nuit de l'Erdre Festival, July 2024 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Paris, France |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2008–present |
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| Members |
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| Past members |
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| Website | www |
History
editThe 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; 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. It ended up selling over 150,000 copies worldwide[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 the songs "12 juin 3049" and "Clash", as well as four remixes of the latter. The band's second album, Panic, was released on 5 March 2012. Their third album, <|°_°|> (also known as Robot Face or Robot), was released on 16 October 2015.[7]
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 – 1 January 2017 singing a cover of "Black Betty" and "Lone Digger".
Their fourth album, Chronologic, was released on 30 August 2019, it includes the singles 'Miracle', 'About You', 'Plume', and Supersonics. [9] Their fifth album, Gangbusters Melody Club, was released on 1 March 2024 after 4 singles: 'MAD', 'Reverse', 'Mirrors', and 'Fool' released during the latter half of 2023 and early 2024. [10]
Band members
editCurrent
- Arnaud "Vial" de Bosredon – composition, production, guitar, vocals (2008–present)
- Charles Delaporte – composition, production, bass, vocals (2008–present)
- Zoé Colotis – vocals (2008–present)
- Paul-Marie Barbier – keyboards, percussion, vibraphone (2011–present)
- Odd Sweet – dancer (2020–present)
- Martin Berlugue – trombone (2020–present)
- Lucas Saint-Cricq – saxophone, clarinet (2020–present)
Former
- Hugues Payen – violin, vocals (2008–2019)
- Camille Chapelière – saxophone, clarinet (2008–2016)
- Victor Raimondeau – saxophone (2019)
- Antoine Toustou – synths, programming (2008–2020)
Timeline
Discography
edit| Caravan Palace discography | |
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| Studio albums | 5 |
| EPs | 6 |
| Singles | 20 |
| Music videos | 12 |
Studio albums
edit| Title | Details | Charts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [11] |
BEL [12] |
SWI [12] |
UK [13] |
UK Dance [14] |
US Dance [15] | ||
| 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 [20] |
— | 82 | 63 | — | 6 | |
| Gangbusters Melody Club |
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125 | — | — | 44 | 10 | — |
Extended plays
edit| Title | Album details | Album |
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| Clash |
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Panic |
| Wonderland |
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<|°_°|> |
| Miracle |
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Chronologic |
| Moonshine |
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Singles
edit| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [11] | |||
| "Jolie Coquine" | 2008 | 192 | Caravan Palace |
| "Suzy" | 2009 | — | |
| "Milkshake" | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Chocolate" | — | ||
| "Kleptomanie" | — | ||
| "Clash" | 2012 | — | Panic |
| "Rock It for Me" | — | ||
| "Dramophone" | — | ||
| "Comics" | 2015 | — | <|°_°|> |
| "Lone Digger" | 144 | ||
| "Aftermath" / "Mighty" | 2016 | — | |
| "Wonderland" | — | ||
| "Black Betty" | 2017 | — | Non-album single |
| "Miracle" | 2019 | — | Chronologic |
| "About You" | — | ||
| "Plume" | — | ||
| "Supersonics" | — | ||
| "Pluma" | 2020 | — | Non-album singles |
| "Supersonics (Out Come the Freaks Edit)" | — | ||
| "MAD" | 2023 | — | Gangbusters Melody Club |
| "Reverse" | — | ||
| "Mirrors" | 2024 | — | |
| "Fool" | — |
| Title | Year |
|---|---|
| Panic in The USA | 2013 |
| Super Summer Mix | |
| Snow Mix | |
| Christmas Playlist by Caravan Palace | 2016 |
| Title | Year |
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| Caravan Palace- "Clash (Flash Remix by Charles)" | 2011 |
| Caravan Palace- "Clash (Jupiter Remix)" | |
| Caravan Palace- "Clash (Slash Remix by Shiny Mob)" | |
| Caravan Palace- "Clash (Splash Remix by Hugo)" | |
| Caravan Palace- ''Dramophone (Swing Flappers Remix)'' | |
| Caravan Palace- "Beatophone (Club Mix)" | 2013 |
| DJ Sneak- ''Marijuana (Caravan Palace Remix)'' | |
| Drake Bell- ''Bitchcraft (Caravan Palace Remix)'' | 2014 |
| Caro Emerald- "Pack Up The Louie (Caravan Palace Remix)" | |
| Caravan Palace- "Wonderland (Vendredi Remix)" | 2016 |
| Caravan Palace- ''Miracle (Fakear Remix)'' | 2019 |
| Caravan Palace- ''Miracle (Boogie Belgique Remix)'' | |
| Caravan Palace- ''Moonshine (Bakermat Remix)'' | 2020 |
| Caravan Palace- ''Moonshine (Ténéré Remix)'' | |
| Caravan Palace- ''Moonshine (Hugo Payen Remix)' | |
| Caravan Palace- ''Moonshine (Bakermat Extended Remix)' |
Music videos
edit| Year | Song | Director(s) | Album |
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| 2008 | ''Jolie Coquine'' | Caravan Palace | Caravan Palace |
| 2009 | "Suzy" | Bechir "Jiwee" Jouini | |
| 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 | |
| 2023 | ''MAD'' | Everfresh | Gangbusters Melody Club |
| 2024 | ''Mirrors'' |
* 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
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- ^ "Caravan Palace Biography". Concerty.com.
- ^ "Suzy - Single". iTunes. 24 February 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
- ^ "Caravan Palace". F-Cat Productions. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ "BBC Two - Later... With Jools Holland, Series 47 Live, Episode 7".
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- ^ "Instagram".
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- ^ a b <I%B0%5F%B0I>&cat=a "Caravan Palace - lescharts.com". Retrieved 3 November 2015.
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- ^ "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
- ^ "Caravan Palace Chart History: Dance/Electronic Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 11 September 2019.[dead link]
- ^ "Robot by Caravan Palace". iTunes. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ Verrico, Lisa (19 August 2019). "Every woman, every man, join the Caravan Palace love-in". The Times. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ "Chronologic by Caravan Palace". iTunes. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ "Chronologic - Caravan Palace | Release Info | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 36, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 16 September 2019.[permanent dead link]
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