Re-issue! With Caravan Palace, the next big hype from France is announcing, because Caravan Palace are for swing what Gotan Project is for the Tango. At the Womex World Music Fair in 2007 they sparked a lot of enthusiasm with their mixture of traditional Manouche jazz, swing and electro. On over 40 international festival appearances, the band received overwhelming reviews last year. With their debut album, they rushed to 15th place in the album charts in France. No wonder the 6-piece band is a natural force. Their mixture of virtuoso jazz and clever French-house elements is not only unique, but also goes straight into the blood. The 15 album titles move into a finely dosed Elektronica-fueled dance noise, somewhere between Daft Punk and Billie Holiday, Justice and Django Reinhardt. With the exalted singer and photo artist Colotis Zo? at the helm, each song becomes a masterpiece. In addition to the big MySpace hits like "Jolie Coquine" and "Brotherswing" there are fascinating inserts like the Vocoder-Scat-singing in "Star Scat", the glamorous ballad "Ended With The Night" and the great duet "Suzy", where Cab Calloway with Sophie Ellis Bextor and Vitalic seem to enjoy a Groovebox. For more traditional pieces such as the "L'Envol" arranged in the Django Reinhardt style, there is also space for the violin Valse, which is dominated by violins and guitars, and the "Kopfnicker-Interlude" sofa. Conclusion: An extremely versatile and highly energetic mix, which after the German album release and live gigs in the top locations of Munich, Frankfurt, Cologne, Hamburg and Berlin in May 2009 the electro-swing wave also here to one of the hottest Trends. Playfully easy, extremely catchy and enormously danceable.
