Duellum

Named after a poem by Charles Baudelaire, these four frenchmen, former-londoners, only compose bouncy and addictive tunes.

After their first 5-songs EP « For Some Reasons I Want To Talk » was released in December 2011, they have been pacing many prestigious venues in Paris (Solidays festival, Grande Halle de la Vilette, Bus Palladium, Petit Bain, Batofar, 114), London (Proud Camden, Queen of Hoxton…) and were aired by Tom Robinson on BBC Radio 6.

Their second EP, Drift, was released on february 25th 2013. With this new release, Duellum is drifting from a very enthousiastic indie-rock to much more bouncy electronic sounds. Drift is the meeting point between european indie-pop (Wild Beasts, Foals, Casiokids, the Whitest Boy Alive, Errors), unexpected roots such as African world music (Ali Farka Touré,Salif Keita Toumani Diabaté, Ballake Sissoko) or contemporary minimalism (Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Michael Nyman). 

The refreshing pineapple featured on the cover refers to the atmosphere in which the band composed this EP, but is also a first clue of the sunny and invigorating feelings we get from the first listening. Fancy a trip to the tropics ?

bisous !

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