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It all started with a double bass player, a guitarist and a violinist; all highly talented musicians who are really into swing, Django addicts who enjoy tinkering with electro. Their project swayed a singer, a clarinettist, a trombonist who doubles up on percussion and a guitarist who also acts as DJ. With their “Zazou” look (inspired by Parisian paleo-punks from the 1940s), they serve up festive, frantic music, an improbable futuristic and melodious Charleston fit for the dance floor. Caravan Palace is to swing what the Gotan Project is to tango.
It so often starts out like that: a gang of mates who’ve kicked around together for the past ten years and who each get into music off their own bat. In this case, it was Hugues on the violin, Arnaud on guitar and Carlos on the double bass. A shared craze for manouche jazz (gypsy-style jazz), played in its natural setting, bars. Relatively serious composition, with a Zeitgeist twist: DIY electro, house, dub and hip-hop.
What triggered it all was an order placed by a film production company: a soundtrack for silent porn films dating from the beginning of the 20th century! They trotted out all their talents. Our three heroes played the end result to some friendly listeners, the feedback persuaded them to drop their individual projects and come up with a repertory of their own. Because there was no question for them of reworking Django or giving swing a face-lift! If they were going to forge their own path, it had to be something completely fresh.
It all started with a double bass player, a guitarist and a violinist; all highly talented musicians who are really into swing, Django addicts who enjoy tinkering with electro. Their project swayed a singer, a clarinettist, a trombonist who doubles up on percussion and a guitarist who also acts as DJ. With their “Zazou” look (inspired by Parisian paleo-punks from the 1940s), they serve up festive, frantic music, an improbable futuristic and melodious Charleston fit for the dance floor. Caravan Palace is to swing what the Gotan Project is to tango.
It so often starts out like that: a gang of mates who’ve kicked around together for the past ten years and who each get into music off their own bat. In this case, it was Hugues on the violin, Arnaud on guitar and Carlos on the double bass. A shared craze for manouche jazz (gypsy-style jazz), played in its natural setting, bars. Relatively serious composition, with a Zeitgeist twist: DIY electro, house, dub and hip-hop.
What triggered it all was an order placed by a film production company: a soundtrack for silent porn films dating from the beginning of the 20th century! They trotted out all their talents. Our three heroes played the end result to some friendly listeners, the feedback persuaded them to drop their individual projects and come up with a repertory of their own. Because there was no question for them of reworking Django or giving swing a face-lift! If they were going to forge their own path, it had to be something completely fresh.
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freepr0n wrote:
I like the instrumental tracks most. Not crazy about the chick's vocals.
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TheDragon6 wrote:
fucking addicted holy SHIT
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rizura wrote:
je m'amuse~ ♥♥♥
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cwall wrote:
cool sounds
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Air-n-Bag wrote:
http://www.lastfm.fr/music/Caravan+Palace/+images/70779972 vote up please! :)
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Lord_Doom_1184 wrote:
Amazing!
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newbatthis wrote:
A friend introduced me to this. Good stuff.
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anelek wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7bNO4IrJso&feature=player_embedded#! that's a great song but do you know sth about it, was it recorded?
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Feest- wrote:
@MukeyMu Yeah, well, that's just like your opinion, you know?
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conformia wrote:
please, please, please come to england!
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Feest- wrote:
Can someone advise me a band like this, but with less electronic parts?
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SnowmanU360 wrote:
Brotherswing makes me so happy :D
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Hobbaloo wrote:
Man, these guys are awesome.
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kpthedude wrote:
please come to England! I have been building you up a little fanclub over here! Oh, and you should definitely check out Nozstock Festival (http://www.nozstock.com), your music would go down incredibly well there. Peace x
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Romamy wrote:
http://youtu.be/j95HbhTl60k No debe faltar en tu discografia
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monotonous15 wrote:
@Hectic_Biker Yeah... I see you got your hands on Caro Emerald. Now I can't stand her.... /rolls eyes
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steampunkster wrote:
Hey man, love the sound, peace out from LEON COSTER, search and find "You See" I think you will like this song :-)
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Hectic_Biker wrote:
I was just about to give them a listen but now that reddit got their filthy hands on them I hate them.
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mjvj56 wrote:
/r/music
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Transaven wrote:
There's a relation between Caravan Palace and Reddit? What?
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