Caravan Palace
French electro-swing band known for fusing vintage swing with modern electronic music.Formed in Paris in 2005, Caravan Palace gained fame with their self-titled debut album (2008), which popularized electro-swing globally. Their hit 'Lone Digger' from the album '⦵' (2015) became a viral sensation, amassing over 1 billion streams. The band continues to evolve their sound across five studio albums, blending Django Reinhardt-inspired jazz with electronic beats.
- Originally formed to create music for a silent 1920s porn film, sparking their signature vintage-meets-modern aesthetic.
- Member Zoé Colotis nearly drowned during a 2017 music video shoot for 'Lone Digger', requiring emergency rescue from the underwater set.
- Faced criticism from jazz purists for modernizing swing, but countered by collaborating with traditional musicians like violinist Hugo Payet.
- Their 2012 album '<|°_°|>' featured coded binary messages in its artwork, decoded by fans as philosophical musings on technology.