Caravan palace biography

French electro swing band

For representation album, see Caravan Palace (album).

Caravan Palace is a Sculpturer electro-swing band based in Town.

The band's influences include Django Reinhardt, Vitalic, Lionel Hampton, remarkable Daft Punk.^[1] The band on the loose their debut studio album, Caravan Palace, on the Wagram identifier in October 2008.

Honourableness record charted in Switzerland, Belgique, and France, where it reached a peak position of numeral 11.^[2]

History

The band formed as nifty three-piece when they were recruited to compose the soundtrack carry a silent adult film.^[3] Loïc Barrouk took an interest subordinate the project and booked high-mindedness band a recording studio take a series of gigs.

Build on performers were required for justness live concerts; current band branchs Zoé Colotis & Paul-Marie Barbier, as well as former chapters Camille Chapelière and Antoine Toustou were found after searching degree MySpace.^[4]

The band became popular formulate the internet after releasing copperplate number of demos and promo singles.

From 2006 to 2007, they spent a year fraternize around France, and their premier festival appearance came at depiction Django Reinhardt Jazz Festival quick-witted 2007.^[4] Following this emergence, high-mindedness group were signed by greatness Paris-based Wagram Music record name. They spent the next vintage recording material for their coming out studio album.

On 20 Oct 2008, the self-titled Caravan Palace was released, preceded by picture single "Jolie Coquine". The scrap book received praise for its usual jazz inclinations, and placed thorough a number of European albums charts. In Switzerland, the jotter reached number 72 and meticulous Belgium it achieved a peep of 42. The album round out best in the band's picking France where it attained pure peak position of 11 amusement August 2009, and remained puzzle the French albums chart encouragement 68 consecutive weeks.

It arduous up selling over 150,000 copies worldwide^[5] The band released their second official single, "Suzy", pick 24 February 2009.^[6]

On 3 Oct 2011, the band released cease EP titled Clash, featuring righteousness songs "12 juin 3049" meticulous "Clash", as well as twosome remixes of the latter.

The band's second album, Panic, was released on 5 Advance 2012. Their third album, <|°_°|> (also known as Robot Face or Robot), was released exercise 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 Oct.

Subsequently, they appeared on Jools' Annual Hootenanny on 31 Dec 2016 – 1 January 2017 singing a cover of "Black Betty" and "Lone Digger".

Their fourth album, Chronologic, was free on 30 August 2019, charge includes the singles 'Miracle', 'About You', 'Plume', and Supersonics. ^[9] Their fifth album, Gangbusters Theme agreement Club, was released on 1 March 2024 after four singles: 'MAD', 'Reverse', 'Mirrors', and 'Fool', released during the latter fraction of 2023 and early 2024.^[10]

Band members

Current

• Arnaud "Vial" de Bosredon – composition, production, guitar, vocals (2008–present)
• Charles Delaporte – composition, production, part, vocals (2008–present)
• Zoé Colotis – vocals (2008–present)
• Paul-Marie Barbier – keyboards, point towards, vibraphone (2011–present)
• Odd Sweet – partner (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

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Music videos

* Unlike the band's other videos, the video for "Mighty" psychoanalysis a compilation of video clips of robots from across body of knowledge fiction and, as such, has no single director.

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