Asylum Party

{{Short description|French post-punk/coldwave/nowave band}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Asylum Party

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| origin = Courbevoie, France

| genre = Post-punk, cold wave

| years_active = 1985–1990

| label = Asylum Yield, Lively Art, Infrastition, Deanwell Global Music

| associated_acts = Mary Goes Round

| past_members = Thierry Sobézyk
Philippe Planchon
Pascale Macé

}}

Asylum Party were a French post-punk/cold wave band formed in 1985 in Courbevoie by guitarist-vocalist Philippe Planchon and bassist-vocalist Thierry Sobézyk. The duo later added keyboardist Pascale Macé. Their sound had gothic rock influences and was very similar to English post-punk bands.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2009/jul/13/cold-wave-wierd-records |title=Scene and Heard: Cold Wave | Louis Pattison | Music | The Guardian |last=Pattison |first=Louis |date=13 July 2009 |website=The Guardian |accessdate=25 February 2015}} Asylum Party, along with fellow French cold wave bands of the same period such as Little Nemo and Mary Goes Round, were considered part of the "Touching Pop" movement (Sobézyk also played in the latter).{{cite web |url=http://www.sputnikmusic.com/bands/Asylum-Party/35550/ |title=Asylum Party Reviews, Music, News – Sputnikmusic |website=Sputnikmusic |accessdate=25 February 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.side-line.com/reviews_comments.php?id=21827_0_17_0_C |title=Asylum Party – The Grey Years Vol. 1 (DCD Infrastition) – Review, Free Links at Side-Line |date=30 March 2007 |website=Side-Line |accessdate=25 February 2015}}

Founding member Sobézyk died in 2019 due to leukemia.{{cite web|url =https://post-punk.com/thierry-sobezyk-co-vocalist-and-bassist-of-asylum-party-has-passed-away/|title =Thierry Sobezyk, Co-vocalist and Bassist of Asylum Party Has Passed Away|first =Frank|last =Deserto|website =Post-Punk|date =11 July 2019}}