Thus, for album number four, the band has claimed a ‘more sophisticated’ sound, riddled with musical paradoxes and concurrently, the artistic freedom they seek. Caravan Palace, a French electronic music band, traditionally crafts upbeat, positive songs that are ‘necessary for a band and airplay’, but since the 2015 release of third studio album, which garnered top UK TV spot performances for viral hit ‘Lone Digger’, the group has taken a creative detour, much like the character in ‘Miracle’.īorn from the Parisian art world, the band sees itself as a “messy blend of cultural influences”, with lead singer Zoé Colotis’ origins in theatre, Vial’s interest in 20 th Century French impressionist composers, double-bassist Charles Delaport’s ‘chill electronic orientation’ and trombonist Antoine Toustou’s club career as a DJ.

That’s what the collective has tried to do sonically, too. The guitarist reveals his love for art that makes people think and which takes a ‘twisted’ turn. Directed by Double Ninja and released on the band’s new, independent label Lone Diggers, the video acts as the band’s attempt to create music without guidelines, with “artistic freedom”, Vial says. Caravan Palace’s yonic animation and feminist angle was deemed worthy of censorship by YouTube, but for what reason? he asks. Off-the-bat, Vial questions artistic freedom in the music industry. By contrast, he says, violent material on the video hosting service “can be watched by 5-year-olds”. Featuring an array of trippy vaginal imagery, the 3-minute animation follows a man stumbling into a powerful matriarchal society in a lush jungle before being restrained and abducted, backed by twangy melodies. “It got age restricted on YouTube,” says Arnaud Vial, guitar and vocals of Caravan Palace, about the band’s music video for the electronic hit, ‘Miracle’, which stands at almost 5 million views. Caravan Palace explore smoky, trippy new album Chronologic.

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