Caravan Palace

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Caravan Palace
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Caravan Palace performing at Nuit de l'Erdre Festival, July 2024
Background information
Origin Paris, France
Genres
Years active2008 (2008)–present
Labels
  • MVKA
  • Le Plan Recordings
  • Lone Diggers
  • Café de la Danse
Members
  • Zoé Colotis
  • Arnaud "Vial" de Bosredon
  • Charles Delaporte
  • Paul-Marie Barbier
  • Martin Berlugue
  • Lucas Saint-Cricq
  • Diego "Odd Sweet" Dolciami
Past members
  • Camille Chapelière
  • Hugues Payen
  • Victor Raimondeau
  • Antoine Toustou
Website www.caravanpalace.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

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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History

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]

Animated video for "Lone Digger"

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]

Band members

Current

Former

Timeline

Caravan Palace

Discography

Caravan Palace discography
Studio albums5
EPs6
Singles20
Music videos12

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions
TitleDetailsCharts
FRA
[11]
BEL
[12]
SWI
[12]
UK
[13]
UK
Dance

[14]
US
Dance

[15]
Caravan Palace 11427216
Panic
  • Released: 5 March 2012
  • Format: CD, digital download, streaming, LP
  • Label: Café de la Danse, Le Plan Recordings, Wagram
20744397
<|°_°|>
  • Released: 16 October 2015
  • Format: CD, digital download, streaming, LP
  • Label: Café de la Danse, Le Plan Recordings, Wagram, MVKA, [16]
51101576463
Chronologic
  • Released: 30 August 2019 [17]
  • Format: CD, digital download, streaming, LP, Cassette
  • Label: Lone Diggers, Le Plan Recordings, [18] MVKA [19]
58
[20]
82636
Gangbusters Melody Club
  • Release Date: 1 March 2024
  • Format: CD, digital download, streaming, LP
  • Label: Lone Diggers, Le Plan Recordings, MVKA, [21]
1254410

Extended plays

List of EPs
TitleAlbum detailsAlbum
Clash
  • Released: 2011 (FR), 27 February 2012 (US)
  • Format: Digital download
  • Label: Wagram
Panic
Wonderland
  • Released: 20 May 2016
  • Format: Digital download
  • Label: Wagram
<|°_°|>
Miracle
  • Released: 28 February 2019
  • Format: Digital download
  • Label: Lone Diggers
Chronologic
Moonshine
  • Released: 7 May 2020
  • Format: Digital download
  • Label: Lone Diggers

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
FRA
[11]
"Jolie Coquine"2008192Caravan Palace
"Suzy"2009
"Milkshake"Non-album singles
"Chocolate"
"Kleptomanie"
"Clash"2012Panic
"Rock It for Me"
"Dramophone"
"Comics"2015<|°_°|>
"Lone Digger"144
"Aftermath" / "Mighty"2016
"Wonderland"
"Black Betty"2017Non-album single
"Miracle"2019Chronologic
"About You"
"Plume"
"Supersonics"
"Pluma"2020Non-album singles
"Supersonics (Out Come the Freaks Edit)"
"MAD"2023Gangbusters Melody Club
"Reverse"
"Mirrors"2024
"Fool"
"City Cook"2025

Mixes

List of officially released mixes
TitleYear
Panic in The USA2013
Super Summer Mix
Snow Mix
60 Minute Mix2017
Chill with Caravan Palace2020
Dusty House Mix2025

Remixes

List of remixes released by Caravan Palace
TitleYear
"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)"
List of titles remixed by Caravan Palace
TitleYear
"Bitchcraft (Caravan Palace Remix)" – Drake Bell 2014
"Pack Up The Louie (Caravan Palace Remix)" – Caro Emerald

Music videos

YearSongDirector(s)Album
2008''Jolie Coquine''Caravan PalaceCaravan Palace
2009"Suzy"Bechir "Jiwee" Jouini
2012"Rock It for Me"Guillaume Cassuto, Ugo Gattoni, Jeremy PiresPanic
"Dramophone"Frédéric de Ponchara
2015"Comics"Soandsau<|°_°|>
"Mighty"None*
"Lone Digger"Double Ninja
2016"Wonderland"Kelsi Phung
"Midnight"Andy Collet
2019"Miracle"Double NinjaChronologic
"Plume"Romain Cieutat
2020"Moonshine"Double Ninja
"Supersonics"Bechir "Jiwee" Jouini
2021"Melancolia"Alina Popescu
2023''MAD''EverfreshGangbusters 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.

References

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  2. "Caravan Palace - Caravan Palace". lescharts.com. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
  3. "Caravan Palace: Swinging To Electro Beats". NPR . Retrieved 4 March 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Caravan Palace Biography". f-cat.de. Archived from the original on 28 February 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2009.
  5. "Caravan Palace Biography". Concerty.com.
  6. "Suzy - Single". iTunes . 24 February 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
  7. "Caravan Palace". F-Cat Productions. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  8. "BBC Two - Later... With Jools Holland, Series 47 Live, Episode 7".
  9. "Caravan Palace: Chronologic - Music on Google Play". Google Play Music . Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  10. "Instagram".
  11. 1 2 LesCharts.com: Caravan Palace page Retrieved 16 August 2012
  12. 1 2 <I%B0%5F%B0I>&cat=a "Caravan Palace - lescharts.com" . Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  13. "Caravan Palace | full Official Chart history". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  14. "Official Dance Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  15. "Caravan Palace Chart History: Dance/Electronic Albums". Billboard . Retrieved 11 September 2019.[ dead link ]
  16. "Robot by Caravan Palace". iTunes. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  17. Verrico, Lisa (19 August 2019). "Every woman, every man, join the Caravan Palace love-in". The Times . Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  18. "Chronologic by Caravan Palace". iTunes. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  19. "Chronologic - Caravan Palace | Release Info | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  20. "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 ]
  21. "Gangbusters Melody Club 12" Black Vinyl". hellomerch. Retrieved 1 January 2024.