Rendez-Vous (band) explained

Rendez-Vous
Origin:Paris, France
Genre:Post-punk
Years Active:–present
Label:Zappruder Records, AVANT! Records, Crybaby, Wedge, ATF

Rendez-Vous is a post-punk French band from Paris, France, formed in 2012.

History

Rendez-Vous was founded in 2012 by Francis Mallari and Elliot Bethault. A few months later, they added Maxime Gendre and Simon Dubourg.[1] The band released their first EP in 2014, Rendez-Vous, for Zappruder Records.[2] The band started touring across Europe in the summer of 2015.

In 2016, Rendez-Vous released a second EP, Distance, mixed by Ben Greenberg from The Men,[3] 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]

Superior State

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.

Notes and References

  1. News: La découverte du lab #89 : Rendez-Vous. Les Inrocks. 2018-06-04. fr-FR.
  2. News: Check Out This New Video By French Synthpunk Band Rendez-Vous. 2015-04-29. Noisey. 2018-06-04. da.
  3. News: Rendez-vous, le groupe français qui remet le post-punk au goût du jour. 2016-12-08. FIGARO. 2018-06-04. fr-FR.
  4. News: Rendez-Vous - Distance EP. The 405. 2018-06-05. en.
  5. News: Notre playlist 2016 : écoutez les 100 chansons de l'année. Les Inrocks. 2018-06-04. fr-FR.
  6. News: Le groupe français Rendez-Vous puise dans l'héritage cold-wave pour remettre le post-punk au gout du jour. France Inter. 2018-06-05. fr-FR.
  7. News: Elliot Berthault et Maxime Gendre, musiciens. France Culture. 2018-06-05. fr-FR.
  8. Web site: Burger World France - Indiepoprock. www.indiepoprock.fr. fr-FR. 2018-06-11.
  9. News: [Avant-première] Un nouveau morceau de Rendez Vous en écoute]. 2018-06-20. New Noise Magazine. 2018-06-20. fr-FR.
  10. News: RENDEZ-VOUS 'Superior State' - Oui Love - New French Music. Export. Oui Love by Bureau. 2018-09-14. Oui Love - New French Music. 2018-09-18. en-GB.
  11. News: Track Of The Day 24/10 - Rendez-Vous. Clash Magazine. 2018-10-25. en.
  12. Web site: Post-Punk.com Best Releases of 2018 - Post-Punk.com. en-US. 2019-04-09.