Banda Aparte 〈2024-2026〉

: A Los Angeles-based outfit known for their consumerist critiques and moody sound.

Bande à part reminds us that the best parts of life (and art) are often the detours—the "sidebars" where we stop to dance or run through a museum just because we can. "Band Aparte" also refers to: Banda aparte

: A Spanish band (Band À Part) influenced by Godard and Sarah Records. : A Los Angeles-based outfit known for their

In the middle of planning a robbery, the three main characters—Arthur, Franz, and Odile—decide to take a break in a Parisian café. They don’t talk. They don't fight. They just perform a synchronized line dance called the Madison. Godard famously cuts the music in and out so you can hear the characters' internal thoughts. It’s a scene about nothing that became everything in cinema history. In the middle of planning a robbery, the

If you’ve ever seen a slow-motion dance scene in a hipster indie film or watched characters break into a spontaneous, choreographed routine in a café, you’ve seen the DNA of Bande à part (released in English as Band of Outsiders ). It’s the film that inspired Quentin Tarantino to name his production company and gave the band Nouvelle Vague its name.