Caravan Palace
| Caravan Palace | |
|---|---|
 Caravan Palace at the 2010 Ottawa Bluesfest | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Paris, France |
| Genres | Electro swing[1] |
| Years active | 2008–present |
| Labels | Wagram, MVKA, Le Plan Recordings |
| Website | www.caravanpalace.com |
| Members |
Zoé Colotis Arnaud Vial Hugues Payen Camille Chapelière Charles Delaporte Antoine Toustou Paul-Marie Barbier |
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]
History
The band formed as a three-piece. 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.[3]
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.[3] 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".[1] The album received praise for its traditional jazz inclinations,[1] 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.[2] The band released their second official single, "Suzy", on 24 February 2009.[4]
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".[5]
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.[6]
In 2015, they appeared on Later... With Jools Holland [7] 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.
They made a video for their track "Mighty" and previewed another song, "Wonderland", in a short promotional video.
Band members
- Zoé Colotis - vocals
- Arnaud Vial - guitar, vocals
- Hugues Payen - violin, vocals
- Camille Chapelière - clarinet, saxophone
- Charles Delaport - double bass, electronics
- Antoine Toustou - electronics, trombone
- Paul-Marie Barbier - percussion, vibraphone
Discography
| Caravan Palace discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 3 |
| Music videos | 9 |
| EPs | 2 |
| Singles | 12 |
Studio albums
| Title | Details | Charts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [8] |
BEL [9] |
SWI [9] |
UK [10] |
UK Dance [11] |
US Dance [12] | ||
| Caravan Palace |
|
11 | 42 | 72 | - | - | - |
| Panic |
|
20 | 74 | 43 | 97 | - | - |
| <|°_°|> |
|
51 | 101 | 57 | 64 | 6 | 3 |
Extended plays
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Clash |
|
| Wonderland |
|
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [8] | |||
| "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 |
Music videos
| Year | Song | Director | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | <I°_°I> |
| "Mighty" | None | ||
| "Lone Digger" | Double Ninja | ||
| 2016 | "Wonderland" | Kevin Phung | |
| "Midnight" | Andy Collet |
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Caravan Palace - Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
- 1 2 "Caravan Palace - Caravan Palace". lescharts.fr. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
- 1 2 "Caravan Palace Biography". f-cat.de. Retrieved 2 October 2009.
- ↑ "Suzy - Single". Retrieved 22 October 2009.
- ↑ "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
- 1 2 LesCharts.com: Caravan Palace page Retrieved 16 August 2012
- 1 2 "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.
