Évasion is Mondial Toboggan’s second album, released in 2026.

Album excerpts

Show your Orange card (the monthly pass of an older Paris) and take a seat. Évasion is a deeply French journey: one of those great summer road trips in a Corail train or a 504, of rest stops under Ricard umbrellas, of windsurfing boards and Polaroids sticking out their tongues.

Mondial Toboggan channels the 1970s–1990s to craft its retro synth-pop. An album like a postcard you never send.

The man in blue gloves forgot his Orange card that morning. He won’t be coming home. Nine tracks later, his gloves were found by the side of the road.

An ocean liner sinks while dancing, a French racehorse beaten in New Jersey, a TGV, a leather-interior Citroën CX, a hang glider, a windsurfing board, and, somewhere above the horizon, Laika watches this little world from her silent orbit.

Recorded slowly but surely in Agen, Bègles, Crépy-en-Valois, Mérignac, Paris, Saint-Saturnin-du-Bois, Talence, and Toulenne in the 21st century for posterity by Gauthier Arnauné, Corentin Kerdraon, Quentin-Gary Tashdjian, and Vivien Valque.

Guest artists: Adrian Edeline (lead guitar²), Célia Marissal (vocals³), Jean-François Valade (keyboards³), Jérôme Arrighi (bass⁵).

Mastering: Alexandr Vatagin.

Artwork: Paul Boutteaud / Enoa Izac.

Special thanks to: David and Laurent (HEY! Studios), Léa Hardouin-Finez and Julien Marchal (Whales Records), and of course, our wonderful listeners.

Mondial Toboggan’s first album Olympique

« The flame carried by the members of Mondial Toboggan glows faintly on the path to the stadium. Inside the vast building, their arrival is accompanied by a huge constellation of flashes sparkling in the night, making the rows of spectators crackle like popcorn. A huge crowd grows impatient: an elegant Fender Rhodes discreetly slips into the heart of the building and the anonymous clamor melts into the darkness. By the light of a simple torch swaying in Mondovision among these few chords, a saxophone solo woos the audience, drawing them toward the light. The entire planet holds its breath for fear of extinguishing the Olympic bonfire...

Then comes the inevitable breath of fresh air: the chronology of the rendezvous is carefully timed. Amidst the television screens, the cauldron bursts into flames and nations embrace each other. To the rhythm of the national anthems playing one after the other under the fireworks, the distant flags blend together in euphoria. From all sides, hundreds of dancers in colorful synthetic outfits synchronize to warm, colorful synthetic compositions; the groove takes hold in this solemn moment and the gymnastics spread cheerfully to the stands. Overlooking the stands, the beautiful values of sport burst forth in turn in the sponsored messages that finance this brand-new stadium, which is destined to disappear soon, once the games are over.

For about twenty minutes, however, everyone believed in this gathering without borders, in this unifying future, in these wonderful performances to come that we would like to highlight with encouraging comments in Esperanto.

Unfortunately, we must face the facts. Like the decoration just awarded to the medalist standing proudly at the top of the plaster podium, Mondial Toboggan's new laser disc remains the only real souvenir of this beautiful utopia: it shines with many reflections that are always worth celebrating.»

Text : Germain Fraïssé