Rendez-Vous is a
post-punk
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French band from
Paris
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,
France
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, 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.
The band released their first EP in 2014, ''Rendez-Vous'', for
Zappruder Records.
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,
for their new label
AVANT! Records. The self-titled single "Distance" was included in
Les Inrockuptibles
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magazine's "100 best songs of the year".
In 2017, the single "The Others" was used by
Burger Records
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to represent France for the Burger World Compilation.
In June 2018, Rendez-Vous released "Double Zero", extracted from their first LP, ''Superior State''. The title track was released on September 14. 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.
''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.
''Les Inrockuptibles'' ranked the album third in its 2018 "TOP 20 Chansons". Rendez-Vous is the first French group in this ranking.
Discography
References
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Musical groups from Paris
French post-punk music groups
French new wave musical groups
French dark wave musical groups
Musical groups established in 2012
2012 establishments in France