The Polyamorous Affair are an electronic band based in Los Angeles consisting of producer/songwriter Eddie Chacon

Eddie Chacon

Eddie Chacon is an American singer/songwriter and a former member of the musical group Charles & Eddie. They had four Top 40 hits in the UK in the 1990s. Their biggest was the worldwide hit single, "Would I Lie to You?," taken from their debut album, Duophonic...

 and Sissy Sainte-Marie. They self-released their first album in 2008. Their follow up release, The Polyamorous Affair, Bolshevik Disco was critically acclaimed by NME

NME

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, XLR8R

XLR8R

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, DAZED, YRB, Big Shot, AU and Flux magazines. Their music has been featured on Ugly Betty

Ugly Betty

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, Dexter

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 and NCIS Los Angeles. In 2009 they co-headlined Manimal festival in Joshua Tree, California with Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

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 and Warpaint

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. In 2010 they contributed, "Putting out Fire", the theme from Cat People

Cat People

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 for the David Bowie

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 Tribute record on Manimal Vinyl

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Manimal Vinyl is a Los Angeles based record label founded in 2006 by fashion stylist, Paul Beahan. They are known for releasing underground and experimental pop music. They were originally known as a folk label that makes annual tribute records for worldwide charities, having eventually switched to...

 which also features Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros is an American band led by Alex Ebert, vocalist of the power pop group Ima Robot. Their first full-length recording, Up from Below, was released July 7, 2009, digitally and July 14, 2009, physically on Community Records...

, Warpaint, Devendra Banhart

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 (Megapuss), and Carla Bruni

Carla Bruni

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. In 2010 they relocated to Berlin and released, The Polyamorous Affair, Strange Bedfellows. Their they toured Germany supporting You Say Party. They are known for their deeply eccentric videos and multi-media live shows.

Discography

• The Polyamorous Affair (self released) 2008
• Bolshevik Disco (special edition colored vinyl - 500 copies) (Manimal Vinyl
  Manimal Vinyl
  Manimal Vinyl is a Los Angeles based record label founded in 2006 by fashion stylist, Paul Beahan. They are known for releasing underground and experimental pop music. They were originally known as a folk label that makes annual tribute records for worldwide charities, having eventually switched to...
  
  / Winter Palace) 2009
• Bolshevik Disco (CDs- 500 copies) (Manimal Vinyl
  Manimal Vinyl
  Manimal Vinyl is a Los Angeles based record label founded in 2006 by fashion stylist, Paul Beahan. They are known for releasing underground and experimental pop music. They were originally known as a folk label that makes annual tribute records for worldwide charities, having eventually switched to...
  
  / Winter Palace) 2009
• We Were So Turned On, A Tribute to David Bowie, Putting Out Fire (Theme from Cat People) (Manimal Vinyl
  Manimal Vinyl
  Manimal Vinyl is a Los Angeles based record label founded in 2006 by fashion stylist, Paul Beahan. They are known for releasing underground and experimental pop music. They were originally known as a folk label that makes annual tribute records for worldwide charities, having eventually switched to...
  
   2010)
• Strange Bedfellows (Digital) (Winter Palace Records) 2010
• Strange Bedfellows (CDs -100 copies) (Winter Palace Records) 2010

Singles

• "Babayaga" (2008)
• "Merry-Go-Round" (2008)
• "White Hot Magic" (2009)
• "New York City" (2010)
• "Hypnotized" (2010)
• "Bright One" (2010)

Videos

• "Babayaga" (Dir. Keith Musil) 2008
• "Like Animal" (Dir. Keith Musil) 2008
• "White Hot Magic" (Dir. Keith Musil) 2009
• "You Are" (Dir. Dola Baroni) 2010
• "New York City" (Dir. Ravi Dhar) 2010
• "Softer and Softer" (Dir. Nuka Wølk Mathiassen) 2010
• "Rebel" (Dir. Velquire Veljkovic and xorzyzt) 2010
• "Hypnotized" (Dir. Michael Langhoff) Tba 2011
• "Fantasy" (Dir. Velquire Veljkovic and xorzyzt) Tba 2011

External links

NME http://www.nme.com/reviews/the-polyamorous-affair/10788

DAZED http://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/6183/1/the-polyamorous-affair-video-premiere

URB http://www.urb.com/2010/10/07/the-polyamorous-affair-softer-and-softer-video/

XLR8R http://www.xlr8r.com/reviews/polyamorous-affair/bolshevik-disco