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The Penelopes (or ) are a French indie pop/ electronic band from Paris, consisting of Axel Basquiat and Vincent T. They have recently relocated to London. Though the band is a duo (Axel being the composer, singer and bass player while Vincent on production, engineering and keyboards), they have additional musicians on bass and drums for live performances. The Penelopes are also remixers, producers, and DJ.


History


Early years

The Penelopes’ danceable
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style developed from a rare creative partnership and longstanding friendship. The duo had known each other since they were children in Northern Paris, discovering music throughout teenage years, listening to bands like
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, New Order and The Cure. In an interview with the Daily Star the band said, "we grew up in a very cosmopolitan but poor suburb. The area was like Manchester. It was rainy and industrial, which might explains why we love dark British music so much". In juxtaposition to this, they told Wonderland Magazine, "the funk, disco, and rap music we heard growing up outside our windows was what influenced our dance approach." This explains why the band often thanks the French Hip Hop band such as their neighbours, Suprême NTM in their albums. Axel said to
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, "we want to beautify our life. We are searching for a light. We’re not like those spoiled kids who pretend to be dirty to be cool. Our songs are about simple pleasures, about taking a trip, about the great escapes, about all kind of fantasies, about friendship and poverty, about searching for the light." Vincent went on to study law and Axel studied medicine, one of the reasons being they could stay as students for a longer while to avoid working in offices or factories. The two eventually followed their passion and pursued careers in music. Axel and Vincent formed The Penelopes and started making music in the
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and electro scenes around Paris. The first deal was on DJ Hell's International DeeJay Gigolo Records.


Style and influence

The Penelopes’ style is a mix of indie and dream pop, combined with
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and electro tight groove, layered with lush and melodies. Their major influences are
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, The Cure, New Order, The Smiths, David Bowie, Joy Division,
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, and Happy Mondays. The band often mentioned Ride,
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or Prefab Sprout, which Axel considered it as "guilty pleasure". The press often references The Penelopes to Pixies,
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, M83, and Air. Axel told
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about their sound, "It’s a really difficult question – the background of The Penelopes are very rock and very new wave – then we tried to incorporate
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and electronics. It’s disco rock music." And on lyrics, Axel explained, "we like to have twisted lyrics – the lyrics are more twisted than people think. They are more bizarre and we want people to dance to them". 1883 Magazine said about The Penelopes’ music, "with swirling layers of lush keyboard, punchy guitars and catchy hooks, their upbeat sound is just how you want to start and end your day". "Spacey and energetic, airy and atmospheric" was the review from This Is Fake DIY.


First album: ''The Arrogance of Simplicity''

The first album ''The Arrogance of Simplicity'' was released under Vitalic's label, Citizen Records. Rock Mag describes it as “a night club with feelings inside”. Les Inrockuptibles said “the duo gave their best in the delicate exercise of writing pop songs, with many influences ( The Cure for bass lines,
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on “Demian”, New Order on “Paddy Will Have His Revenge”, even Techno on “Teenage Dust”)”. The band explained in Wonderland Magazine, “we love post-punk music in general but we didn’t want to copy our idols. So we started to explore electronic music alongside rap and other contemporary club music. We made our first album in our bedroom. We were naive and we wanted to experiment with sounds”. The single “Demian” was performed by the former singer of
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- Dierdre Dubois. The song refers to the Hermann Hesse’s book and was chosen for Perrier commercial.


Side project with DJ Morpheus: ''Priceless Concrete Echoes''

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, released again on Citizen Records. A US version was also released (their debut US release), featuring an alternative track listing. The album was also licensed by
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in Hong Kong. The video of single "Stuck in Lalaland" was featured on Pitchfork, and the same song was remixed by Nouvelle Vague, in which Axel sang in duo with
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. The second single "Licked by Love" was remixed by I Monster. The cover
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’ " Sabotage" was licensed by
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.


Second album: ''Never Live Another Yesterday''

The Penelopes relocated from Paris to London in 2012 and formed Pour Le Monde Records. They felt the music scene in UK was more open for their brand of
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music. They explained to Wonderland Magazine, "In UK, we feel we are different from the other British bands, which is good. We have the same influences and approaches as others but we bring also a
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edge and a very continental electronic approach in our sound". The album ''Never Live Another Yesterday'' has an electro, indie-pop infused sound. The first single was “Now Now Now”, followed by “Sally in the Galaxy”, and “Summer Life”. The album “Never Live Another Yesterday” was produced by
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, who also produced for acts such as Scissor Sisters, The Vaccines, Lana Del Rey, and Keane. Ollie Evans from Partizan ( Tom Vek, Gossip,
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, Klaxons) directed the first video “Now Now Now”. The video “Sally in the Galaxy” was directed by Saman Keshavarz, who also directed for
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, Russ Chimes, and Placebo. The singles were remixed by
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, Viceroy, Miguel Campbell, and The C90s and "Summer Life"
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remix got on #2 on Hype Machine. The album received great reviews from magazines and blogs such as
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, The Guardian, Clash, Les Inrockuptibles, Harder Blogger Faster, and TopMan Generation. The songs were played across national and regional radio stations in UK, including supports from
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( BBC Radio 6 Music),
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(
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), Huw Stephens ( BBC Radio 1), and Dermot O’Leary (
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). They also appeared on Channel 4 ( Sunday Brunch). The Penelopes toured with The Human League on their 'XXXV Tour' in Belgium and UK at the end of 2012 (17 shows including the
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).
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reviewed, “core pair Axel Basquiat and Vincent T have come to London and are chucking us their latest single “Now Now Now”. With just that right mixture of eager-to-please grooves and rock star diffidence, The Penelopes feel just one big chorus away from a serious breakthrough. They even managed to make us forget, briefly, that we’re about to see electropop godfathers (and mothers) The Human League”. The band had also played at The Liverpool Sound City, The Great Escape, and NXNE in 2013.


Present

Cannes Film Festival 2014 saw The Penelopes music feature in two films, the first being ''La Contribution'', which was directed by Chloé Delaume & produced by Canal+. The band created the entire soundtrack for this short film, while providing two songs for Asia Argento’s directorial feature ''Misunderstood'', which features Charlotte Gainsbourg. Besides the usual red carpet spectacle, Axel Basquiat and Vincent T.’s time at Cannes included DJ sets at a boat party for ARTE and a pop-up for
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's Club Silencio. They returned in 2015 and again in 2016 where they performed at a number of parties including the festival’s closing ceremony for La Semaine de la Critique. Echoing the success of their 2013 remix of David Bowie’s “
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”, The Penelopes most recent remix of The Cure's “
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” became an underground hit with support from the likes of Rob da Bank at BBC Radio 1,
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, Eddy Temple Morris at
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,
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, Little Boots and
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. During this period the band were asked to remix
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single “
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”, which was produced by Stuart Price. This later led to other landmark remix projects including Lana Del Rey’s "
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" and "
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". In 2016 The Penelopes released a cover of
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’s “ Never Let Me Down Again” and were approached to remix the Starwalker (
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of Air and
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) single, "Holidays" The Penelopes also produced in 2016 the soundtrack to a new art exhibition for
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: “Un Autre Monde Dans Notre Monde”.


Sync and remixes

The Penelopes’ music is widely used in brands and commercials such as Perrier, Eastpak,
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, Fitbit and BPI Bank. "Now Now Now" was featured in Electronic Arts The Sims 3 and sung in Simlish. The song "Licked by Love" was used for trailer for movie '' Motorway''. The band is also loved by the fashion world and had supported from brands such as
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, Ben Sherman, Cheap Monday,
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, G-Star, and both
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and
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for whom they have also performed at their fashion shows. They have also produced a wide range of remixes for the likes of David Carretta, Zoot Woman,
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,
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, Back Back Forward Punch, Tom Tom Club,
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, The Ting Tings,
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, Monarchy and most recently
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x Lindstrøm, Starwalker, Lana Del Rey and
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. Their approach is often "mixing pop songs with a contemporary and edgy production". The band can often be heard DJing around UK in places such as 1234 Shoreditch Festival, Proud Camden, KOKO, Queen of Hoxton, and Dalston Superstore and throughout Europe at the likes of Berghain and Razzmatazz.


Live performances

Even in their early years, The Penelopes band had already played in many major festivals such as
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, Sónar, Monegros, Santander, Garorock, Radio France Festival, MoMA PS1, and
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. They had also supported Ladytron, Vitalic, and The Human League among others. Other than France and UK, they have also played live across the world including Spain, Belgium, Sweden, Germany, Russia, USA, South America, Japan, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Taiwan.


Discography


Studio albums

*''The Arrogance Of Simplicity'' (Citizen Records/Nocturne/
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) - CD and digital download. *''Choose: Arrogance, Simplicity or Both'' (Japan Limited re-release-
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) - CD and digital download. *''Priceless Concrete Echoes'' (Citizen Records/Module) ''(Side project)'' - CD and digital download *''Never Live Another Yesterday'' (Pour Le Monde/Absolute/Universal) - CD and digital download


EPs et Singles

* ''Leave Them All Behind'' (EP) - Vinyl and digital download * ''Meet Me By The Gates'' - The Penelopes and Isabelle Adjani - Vinyl and digital download * ''Dream Baby Dream'' - The Penelopes and Asia Argento - Vinyl and digital download * ''Affliction'' - The Penelopes and
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- Digital download


Remixes

* Lana Del Rey - ''
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'' * The Cure - ''
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'' *
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- ''
Love Is a Bourgeois Construct "Love Is a Bourgeois Construct" is a song by English synth-pop duo Pet Shop Boys from their twelfth studio album, '' Electric'' (2013). It was released on 2 September 2013 as the album's third single. The song is based on the 1982 instrumental " ...
'' * Lana Del Rey - ''
Brooklyn Baby "Brooklyn Baby" is a song by American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey for her third studio album '' Ultraviolence'' (2014). It was written by Del Rey, and Barrie O'Neill, while production was handled by Dan Auerbach. The song was released on Jun ...
'' * The Ting Tings - ''Do It Again'' *
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- ''
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'' * Tom Tom Club - ''You Make Me Rock And Roll'' * David Bowie - '' Let's Dance'' *
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- ''Modulate'' * Monarchy - ''Dancing In The Corner'' *
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- ''My Kind Of Girl'' *
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x Lindstrøm - ''Games For Girls'' * Zoot Woman - ''Just A Friend Of Mine'' * Starwalker (
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of Air and
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) - ''Holidays''


Cinema / Soundtracks

* ''Girlsquad'', french television series by Zoé Cauwet * ''SpaceBoy'', feature by Olivier Pairoux * ''The Swimmer'', feature by Adam Kalderon * ''Bloedgroep'', short film by Daan Bunnik (
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) * ''Midnight Kids'', documentary by Maxence Vassilyevitch * ''Tempus Fugit'', short film by Lorenzo Recio (
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) * ''Acide'', short film by Just Philippot, Canal+ (
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) * ''Puzzle'', film by Olivier Pairoux, starring Philippe Katerine * ''Atomic Spot'', short film by Stéphanie Cabdevila * ''Gigot Bitume'', short film by Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat * ''Incompresa'', feature by Asia Argento, starring Charlotte Gainsbourg ( Un Certain Regard / Festival de Cannes) * ''La Contribution'', short film by
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/ Festival de Cannes)


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External links


The Penelopes Official website

The Penelopes on Soundcloud
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