The album's full tracklist is at the end of this article. to tour sometime in spring 2016 dates will be announced shortly. Their live shows, like a 2013 concert at Paradise Rock Club, are an absolute trip. Marrying jazz, swing and electronic music, the group produces a unique sound that has earned them a widespread fan base from college students to hip old-timers. But as NPR noted in a 2013 feature of the band, it's easy for the American listenership to be turned-off by the term electro-swing: "Not only is swing a term with a notoriously slippery definition, the swing revival bands had little to do with any possible idea of swing." With Caravan Palace, "swing" gets back to its groovy big-band roots that drove crowds in the 1930s to dance all night then they add some Roma-inspired "gypsy jazz" as well as the thumping conventions of today's electronic dance music to the mix.Īccording to a statement the band released with the album premiere announcement, Caravan Palace will be returning to the U.S. In the relative boom times of 2015, Caravan Palace’s genre has lost none of its appeal. Since then Caravan Palace has come to epitomize the fusion of electronic dance music with the classic stylings of jazz-infused swing music.
Lawrence when the new album's preview stream went live last week, "There are very few bands that can claim to have absolutely created a new genre, but Caravan Palace actually can." Fronted by vocalist Zoé Colotis and founding members Hugues Payen (violin), Charles Delaporte (upright bass) and Arnaud Vial (guitar) alongside Antoine Toustou (trombone, machines), the Caravan certainly are "the prime movers in the Electro-Swing sound" as KCRW asserts.Īs the story goes, the group was born out of a silent porn film score project shortly thereafter they released their self-titled 2008 debut which floated around the #11 spot on France's charts for over a year. Posted by Caravan Palace on Tuesday, October 20, 2015Īs noted by KCRW DJ Eric J. A true word-of-mouth sensation, they’re capable of tearing the roof off any venue or festival tent.We love the idea that our album title is unpronounceable but it seems people desperately need a name for More. Since its release the band’s live profile has risen unrelentingly, their concert tickets flying out with minimum promotion and zero-hype. Featuring the massive tunes ‘Clash’ and ‘Rock It For Me’ it remains a treat to listen to, whether in a burlesque bar or at home. The second album, 2012’s ‘Panic’, was a little more experimental. From it, the single ‘Jolie Coquine’ went on to define a new sound, while the parent album launched the band globally, charting in their native France where it quickly attained a platinum sales award. Having originally formed in 2005 the band’s eponymous debut album in 2008 set the tone - a rip-roaring party, bursting with fun and good humour. The band’s appeal has grown off-radar, appreciated for both their musical virtuosity and their sheer ability to deliver a ballistic good time. The band is currently on tour in North America with remaining shows in Salt Lake City, Denver, Minneapolis, Chicago and Detroit. Formed in 2006, the band first emerged with the single Jolie Coquine in 2008. The group consists of Zoé Colotis, Arnaud Vial, Hugues Payen, Camille Chapelière, Charles Delaporte, Antoine Toustou, and Paul-Marie Barbier. The result is a decadent, potent cocktail of jazz manouche, hip-hop, jive, house and beats that defies simple categorisation. Caravan Palace are a French electro swing band based in Paris.
The musical sound bed for the vocally explosive, burlesque-blazoning Zoe Colotis is created by the band’s three founder members Hughes Paven (violin), Charles Delaporte (upright bass) and Arnaud Vial (guitar), plus Camille Chapelière (clarinet) & Antoine Toustou (aka Mighty Mezz, trombone and electronics) over the beats provided by Paul-Marie Barbier (vibraphone, washboard, piano). Created in their Parisian studios, where the electro-pioneers fuse hedonistic house and old school jazz to glorious effect, evokes the spirit of a modernistic Quintette du Hot Club de France. Caravan Palace release ‘Lone Digger’ - a massive retro-futuristic, frenetic electro-fusion tune that has already become a live favourite at festivals across Europe throughout the summer including Secret Garden Party, Les Vieilles Charrues & Cruilla Festival.Ĭaravan Palace will release, their third studio album, on October 16th 2015.