Caravan Palace | |
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![]() Caravan Palace performing at Nuit de l'Erdre Festival, July 2024 | |
Background information | |
Origin | Paris, France |
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Years active | 2008 | –present
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Website | www |
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]
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; 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 four singles: "MAD", "Reverse", "Mirrors", and "Fool", released during the latter half of 2023 and early 2024. [10]
Current
Former
Timeline
Caravan Palace discography | |
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Studio albums | 5 |
EPs | 6 |
Singles | 20 |
Music videos | 12 |
Title | Details | Charts | |||||
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FRA [11] | BEL [12] | SWI [12] | UK [13] | UK Dance [14] | US Dance [15] | ||
Caravan Palace |
| 11 | 42 | 72 | — | — | 16 |
Panic |
| 20 | 74 | 43 | 97 | — | — |
<|°_°|> |
| 51 | 101 | 57 | 64 | 6 | 3 |
Chronologic | 58 [20] | — | 82 | 63 | — | 6 | |
Gangbusters Melody Club |
| 125 | — | — | 44 | 10 | — |
Title | Album details | Album |
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Clash |
| Panic |
Wonderland |
| <|°_°|> |
Miracle |
| Chronologic |
Moonshine |
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Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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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" | — | ||
"City Cook" | 2025 | — |
Title | Year |
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Panic in The USA | 2013 |
Super Summer Mix | |
Snow Mix | |
60 Minute Mix | 2017 |
Chill with Caravan Palace | 2020 |
Dusty House Mix | 2025 |
Title | Year |
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"Clash (Flash Remix by Charles)" | 2011 |
"Clash (Jupiter Remix)" | |
"Clash (Slash Remix by Shiny Mob)" | |
"Clash (Splash Remix by Hugo)" | |
"Dramophone (Swing Flappers Remix)" | |
"Beatophone (Club Mix)" | 2013 |
"Wonderland (Vendredi Remix)" | 2016 |
"Miracle (Fakear Remix)" | 2019 |
"Miracle (Boogie Belgique Remix)" | |
"Moonshine (Bakermat Remix)" | 2020 |
"Moonshine (Ténéré Remix)" | |
"Moonshine (Hugo Payen Remix)" | |
"Moonshine (Bakermat Extended Remix)" | |
"Raccoons (Gaudi & Don Letts Remix)" | 2024 |
"Reverse (IAMNOBODI Remix)" | |
"Avalanches (DARGZ Remix)" |
Title | Year |
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"Bitchcraft (Caravan Palace Remix)" – Drake Bell | 2014 |
"Pack Up The Louie (Caravan Palace Remix)" – Caro Emerald |
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'' | ||
2025 | "City Cook" | 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.