When we began 10 or 15 years ago, the system was changing, and unfortunately we have the old-school contract. Hugues Payen: Wow, it’s totally revolutionized. WSN: Since the band formed in 2008, how do you think the music industry has changed? WSN had the chance to speak with one of the founding members, Hugues Payen, about their past albums, their present tour, and the future of the industry.

This summer, they’re coming to North America on a tour to support their new album, “” (pronounced “robot”).

The first few members met while composing the score to a porn film, and the group has only grown in the years since. Caravan Palace, a seven-person group from France, has been pioneering the electro-swing genre for nearly 10 years. Not only that, but you’re behind the times. Now in the mist of composing their fourth album, the band has decided to take a break from the studio and go back on the road in North America.If swing music and electronic music seem like an odd pairing to you, get ready for a surprise. With their 1940s inspired look, they serve up festive, frantic music, an improbable futuristic and melodious Jive fit for the dance floor. The band has come a long way since they first assembled in a Paris Studio in the late 2000’s to create the soundtrack for an early 20th century erotic film.Īll accomplished Jazz musicians, their shared love for electronic dance music pushed them to combine those influences into a new project, at the crossroads of the exuberance of manouche jazz (the Caravan) and the hedonism of modern club music (the Palace, after one of the iconic Parisian clubs). With the breakout single “Lone Digger” (50M+ views on Youtube) and a third album (aka Robot) that has topped 50,000 sales in the USA with a running 72 weeks of presence in the Billboard Dance / Electronic Charts, 2016 was a breakout year for Caravan Palace in the USA.

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