Launching into their 2015 track Comics, the seven-piece opened to a packed venue, crammed to the rafters with one of the most diverse crowds we’ve seen in a long time. Oozing Parisian charm, this is one French electro-swing band that know how to put on a show. So when the opportunity arose to catch Caravan Palace at London’s Brixton Academy, our schedule automatically became clear. So, fans are free to choose Robot or perhaps some other name that might capture the humour, vibrancy and inventiveness of the album.We’re always on the hunt for music that’s a little out of the ordinary.īe it ridiculous stage shows, weird vocoder solos or downright hilarious lyrics – if it’s unique, we’re all ears. They love the idea that their creation entitled is unpronounceable and they seem happy that their devoted fans can call it what they want. There’s great energy and character to underground band Caravan Palace. ‘Tattoos’ is another upbeat and vivacious tune, whilst catchy ‘Russian’ is highly enjoyable and the charming ‘Human Leather Shoes For Crocodile Dandies’ becomes oddly infectious. The fast and rhythmical first track ‘Lone Digger’ is playful fun, contrasting with the quirky and more subdued ‘Comics’ and in ‘Wonderland’ the band break out with some fiery brass. The band’s boisterous and bohemian third studio album, ( Robot), released on October 16th, 2015, is a strange mixture which merges many styles of music: jive, house, trip-hop, 20s beat and classical gypsy jazz. Now they’re internationally recognised and their influences include Daft Punk, Vitalic, Lionel Hampton and Django Reinhardt.Ĭaravan Palace are seven explosive and experimental artists: Zoe Colotis (vocals), Hughes Paven (violin), Charles Delaporte (upright bass), Arnaud Vial (guitar), Camille Chapelière (clarinet), Antoine Toustou (trombone and electronics) and Paul-Marie Barbier (vibraphone, washboard and piano). Aaamusic | On 15, Nov 2015 Adventurous Parisian electro swing band Caravan Palace released their debut studio album Caravan Palace on the Wagram Music label in 2008 and it quickly became successful in France, Belgium and Switzerland.

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