Dead Horse One are a

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band based in Valence, France. The band was founded in 2011 by Olivier Debard, Ludovik Naud, Antoine Pinet (a former member of French band H-Burns ) and Jérôme Simonian. Simonian later departed, and Maxime Garcia and Ivan Tziboulsky joined. The band has performed at the 2013

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Psych Fest and have shared stages with

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, the Wands and Sound Sweet Sound.

History

Following an eponymous, self-released 2012 EP, the band issued the ''Heavenly Choir of Jet Engines'' EP on Cranes Records later that year, as well as a split 10" EP with the Dead Mantra. In 2012, Dead Horse One joined the

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roster and was featured on the label's 11th and 12th sampler compilations. They also appeared on two compilations from Nothing Collective Dead Horse One's first full-length effort, ''Without Love We Perish'', was produced by

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. It was first issued in March 2014 in CD format by Hands and Moment (Japan) and on vinyl by A Quick One Records (France) On January 22, 2015, it was reissued on vinyl by Les Disques De La Face Cachée/Dead Bees Records. The band's second album, ''Season of Mist'', was released in February 2017.

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Without Love We Perish'' (2014, Hands and Moment/A Quick One Records; 2015 Les Disques De La Face Cachée/

) * ''Season of Mist'' (2017, Requiem Pour Un Twister) * ''The West Is the Best'' (2019, Requiem Pour Un Twister)

EPs

* ''Dead Horse One'' EP (2012, self-released) * ''Dead Mantra / Dead Horse One'' split 10" EP with the Dead Mantra (2012, Cranes Records) * ''Heavenly Choir of Jet Engines'' EP (2012, Cranes Records)

Compilation appearances

* "Alone" on ''Dead Bees Records Label Sampler 11'' (2012, Dead Bees Records) * "Gaze" on ''Songs from Nøthing #2'' (2014, Nøthing Collective) * "I Love My Man" on ''Dead Bees Records Label Sampler 12'' (2014, Dead Bees Records) * "Hopper" on ''Songs from Nøthing #03'' (2015, Nøthing Collective)

References

External links

* French alternative rock groups French indie rock groups Musical groups established in 2011 Musical groups from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes 2011 establishments in France {{France-band-stub