Hailed as the apostles of electro swing (Facebook), Caravan Palace formed as a Paris based trio in 2005 when the three members were hired by a film production company to create soundtracks for silent pornography films ("Caravan Palace").
But, they would soon change direction after meeting music producer Loïc Barrouk who booked gigs and set up recording time. The group would then expand to a seven-piece; three of which were found via MySpace ("Caravan Palace").
Their sound morphed into electro swing with a gypsy jazz flavour, with influences ranging from legendary gypsy jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt to contemporary electronic stars Daft Punk ("Caravan Palace").
In 2007, the band was at its peak and some real magic happened. As posted on their Facebook page, "their breakout song, Jolie Coquine is playing everywhere. The record is released a year later and it's an immediate hit. They soon tour France and Europe. The show peaks at the Olympia. The room is packed, people go crazy...listening to swing. This has never happened before (Facebook)."
LINKS:
Video for the breakthrough hit "Jolie Coquine": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE7XkaFFtGE
A personal fave, "Bambous": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpcWyogd8DY
"Dramophone": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7lxd7RL1To
Live performance of "Brotherswing": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YR-AvTDctk
REFERENCES:
Caravan Palace. 2014. Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravan_Palace
Caravan Palace. (n.d.) Facebook. Retrieved September 5, 2014 from: https://www.facebook.com/CaravanPalace/info
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