Cajun Dance Party were a five-piece band based in London, England

London

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. They originally consisted of Robbie Stern, Max Bloom, Daniel Blumberg, Will Vignoles, and Vicky Freund. The band has split after Blumberg and Bloom left the band in 2009 to form the band Yuck

Yuck (band)

Yuck are an indie rock band that originated in London, England. The band features members Daniel Blumberg and Max Bloom, both of whom formerly played in the band Cajun Dance Party. The band's self-titled debut album was released through Fat Possum on 21 February 2011 in the United Kingdom...

, while other members of the band went to university. Freund now performs with the band The Mourning Laughter.

Biography

The band came into being when guitarist Robbie Stern invited Daniel Blumberg (vocals), Max Bloom (bass guitar), William Vignoles (drums) and Vicky Freund (keys) to start playing together, originally to participate in their school 'battle of the bands' in 2005. In their first few band practices, the 15 year olds began working on their first four songs, 'The Next Untouchable', 'Colourful Life', 'Amylase' and 'Buttercups', which were recorded as demos and submitted to their myspace site shortly after.

The band played their first few shows at the West London all ages club night 'Way Out West', performing in the bar beneath Brentford FC

Brentford F.C.

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 football stadium. Way Out West

Way Out West

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 was well known for putting on many up and coming bands such as Jamie T

Jamie T

Jamie Alexander Treays , known by his stage name Jamie T, is an English singer/songwriter from Wimbledon, South London.-Early life:Jamie Alexander Treays, was born in Wimbledon, South-West London...

, Late of the Pier, Video Nasties, and Laura Marling

Laura Marling

Laura Beatrice Marling is an English folk musician from Eversley, Hampshire.Initially prominent within the London folk scene, she has also toured with a number of well-known indie artists in the UK. Her debut album Alas, I Cannot Swim and her second album I Speak Because I Can were nominated for...

. The organizer of the event, Keith Anderson, began to manage the band shortly after. Their first single, 'The Next Untouchable', was released on Anderson's record label as a limited edition

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 7

Single (music)

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" single, with 500 copies being put into production.

Cajun Dance Party's debut album was entitled The Colourful Life

The Colourful Life

The Colourful Life is the debut album by British 5 piece Cajun Dance Party, recorded whilst studying for their A-Levels.The band released the song "The Hill, The View & The Lights" the only song on the album to feature Vicky Freund on vocals, as a free download from their website to promote the...

, and was released in April 2008. The band recorded the album sessions with Bernard Butler

Bernard Butler

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 at the recording studio

Recording studio

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, West Heath Yard, owned by Edwyn Collins

Edwyn Collins

Edwyn Stephen Collins is an Ivor Novello Award winning Scottish musician, playing mostly electric guitar-driven pop. Collins formed the musical group Nu-Sonics in 1976, which later became Orange Juice...

. 'West Heath Yard' was also a music industry spoof which aired for a short while on channel 4

Channel 4

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 in 1999, The album consisted of nine tracks, with singles from the album including "Colourful Life", "The Race", and "Amylase". The album was given 4/5 in the Guardian.

The band have made many festival appearances in the UK and abroad, performing at such festivals as Reading and Leeds, Glastonbury Festival

Glastonbury Festival

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, Oxegen, T in the Park

T in the Park

T in the Park is a major British music festival that has been held annually since 1994. It is named after its main sponsor, the brewing company Tennents. It was originally held at Strathclyde Park, Lanarkshire but since 1997 has been held at a disused airfield in Balado, Kinross-shire...

, Underage Festival, Camden Crawl, Summersonic Festival in Japan

Japan

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and Les Inrocks tour in France.

External links

• Daily Music Guide Colourful Life review
• Live review The Point, Cardiff
• Cajun Dance Party entry in The Indie Music Database