Rendez-Vous | |
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 Rendez-Vous performs at Machine du Moulin Rouge in Paris | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Paris, France |
| Genres | Post-punk |
| Years active | 2012–present |
| Labels | Zappruder Records, AVANT! Records, Crybaby, Wedge, ATF |
| Members |
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Rendez-Vous is a post-punk French band from Paris, France, formed in 2012.
Rendez-Vous was founded in 2012 by Francis Mallari and Elliot Bethault. A few months later, they added Maxime Gendre and Simon Dubourg. [1] [2] The band released their first EP in 2014, Rendez-Vous, for Zappruder Records. [3] The band started touring across Europe in the summer of 2015. [3]
In 2016, Rendez-Vous released a second EP, Distance, mixed by Ben Greenberg from The Men, [2] for their new label AVANT! Records. [4] The self-titled single "Distance" was included in Les Inrockuptibles magazine's "100 best songs of the year". [5] [6] [7]
In 2017, the single "The Others" was used by Burger Records to represent France for the Burger World Compilation. [8]
In June 2018, Rendez-Vous released "Double Zero", extracted from their first LP, Superior State. [9] The title track was released on September 14. [10] On October 24, it released "Sentimental Animal" with a video clip in which members of the band appeared for the first time. Clash named it track of the day. [11]
Rendez-Vous' first album, Superior State, was released on 26 October 2018 on the group's own label, Artefact, in co-production with the Parisian label CryBaby.
Superior State ranked number 1 in Post-Punk.com's list of the best albums of 2018. [12] Les Inrockuptibles ranked the album third in its 2018 "TOP 20 Chansons". Rendez-Vous is the first French group in this ranking.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Others" | 3:41 |
| 2. | "Plasticity" | 3:11 |
| 3. | "White Dress" | 3:26 |
| 4. | "Donna" | 4:31 |
| 5. | "Youth" | 5:04 |
| Total length: | 18:26 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Distance" | 3:28 |
| 2. | "Workout" | 4:34 |
| 3. | "Foreseen Death" | 4:40 |
| 4. | "Euroshima" | 3:42 |
| 5. | "Demian" | 3:44 |
| 6. | "Ignorance & Cruelty" | 4:49 |
| Total length: | 26:28 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Double Zero" | |
| 2. | "Paralysed" | |
| 3. | "Sentimental Animal" | |
| 4. | "Last Stop" | |
| 5. | "Superior State" | |
| 6. | "Crisis" | |
| 7. | "Middle Class" | |
| 8. | "Lakes" | |
| 9. | "Exuviæ" | |
| 10. | "Order Of Baël" | |
| Total length: | 42:16 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "aiw777" | 4:39 |
| 2. | "Sheer" | 2:54 |
| 3. | "Downcast" | 4:04 |
| 4. | "Dye And Retry" | 2:37 |
| 5. | "Ur Cross" | 3:20 |
| 6. | "Nothing." | 4:37 |
| 7. | "Smoke'Em Heads" | 3:23 |
| 8. | "Top Range DNA" | 2:49 |
| 9. | "The House Has Burned Down" | 3:04 |
| 10. | "Stay A Rat" | 3:26 |
| 11. | "Carry The Zero" | 4:36 |
| Total length: | 39:33 | |
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