Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: electro swing

Cognac is the home of the world reknown French brandy, named after the town. In summer the town hosts, supported by hundreds of volunteers, the "Fête Du Cognac", a festival combining food, drinks - and music. I had seen "Caravan Palace" a year ago in Nice and a later again in Hamburg´s Mojo Club. Their performance on stage is great, even more energetic, than a year before. The music is a fast and powerful "electric swing" influenced by sounds from Django Reinhardt to Daft Punk. Frontwoman Zoé Colotis is a vibrant vocalist and a phantastic dancer. Members of Caravan Palace (beside Zoé) are Charles Delaporte (double bass), Hugues Payen (violin), Antoine Toustou (trombone), Arnaud Vial (guitar), Camille Chapelière (clarinet/sax.), Paul-Marie Barbier (vibraphone). The band is based in Paris - Cognac turned into Paris during their performance - the audience was thrilled - and danced... After the show... Zoe looks very happy and exhausted. This was a great performance! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7JOa3dISg0

Cognac is the home of the world reknown French brandy, named after the town. In summer the town hosts, supported by hundreds of volunteers, the "Fête Du Cognac", a festival combining food, drinks - and music. I had seen "Caravan Palace" a year ago in Nice and a later again in Hamburg´s Mojo Club. Their performance on stage is great, even more energetic, than a year before. The music is a fast and powerful "electric swing" influenced by sounds from Django Reinhardt to Daft Punk. Frontwoman Zoé Colotis is a vibrant vocalist and a phantastic dancer. Members of Caravan Palace (beside Zoé) are Charles Delaporte (double bass), Hugues Payen (violin), Antoine Toustou (trombone), Arnaud Vial (guitar), Camille Chapelière (clarinet/sax.), Paul-Marie Barbier (vibraphone). The band is based in Paris - Cognac turned into Paris during their performance - the audience was thrilled - and danced... www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7JOa3dISg0

Cognac is the home of the world reknown French brandy, named after the town. In summer the town hosts, supported by hundreds of volunteers, the "Fête Du Cognac", a festival combining food, drinks - and music. I had seen "Caravan Palace" a year ago in Nice and a later again in Hamburg´s Mojo Club. Their performance on stage is great, even more energetic, than a year before. The music is a fast and powerful "electric swing" influenced by sounds from Django Reinhardt to Daft Punk. Frontwoman Zoé Colotis is a vibrant vocalist and a phantastic dancer. Members of Caravan Palace (beside Zoé) are Charles Delaporte (double bass), Hugues Payen (violin), Antoine Toustou (trombone), Arnaud Vial (guitar), Camille Chapelière (clarinet/sax.), Paul-Marie Barbier (vibraphone). The band is based in Paris - Cognac turned into Paris during their performance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7JOa3dISg0

Cognac is the home of the world reknown French brandy, named after the town. In summer the town hosts, supported by hundreds of volunteers, the "Fête Du Cognac", a festival combining food, drinks - and music. I had seen "Caravan Palace" a year ago in Nice and a later again in Hamburg´s Mojo Club. Their performance on stage is great, even more energetic, than a year before. The music is a fast and powerful "electric swing" influenced by sounds from Django Reinhardt to Daft Punk. Frontwoman Zoé Colotis is a vibrant vocalist and a phantastic dancer. Members of Caravan Palace (beside Zoé) are Charles Delaporte (double bass), Hugues Payen (violin), Antoine Toustou (trombone), Arnaud Vial (guitar), Camille Chapelière (clarinet/sax.), Paul-Marie Barbier (vibraphone). The band is based in Paris - Cognac turned into Paris during their performance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7JOa3dISg0

Cognac is the home of the world reknown French brandy, named after the town. In summer the town hosts, supported by hundreds of volunteers, the "Fête Du Cognac", a festival combining food, drinks - and music. I had seen "Caravan Palace" a year ago performing in Nice and a later again in Hamburg´s Mojo Club. Their performance on stage is great, even more energetic, than a year before. The music is a fast and powerful "electric swing" influenced by sounds from Django Reinhardt to Daft Punk. Frontwoman Zoé Colotis is a vibrant vocalist and a phantastic dancer. Members of Caravan Palace (beside Zoé) are Charles Delaporte (double bass), Hugues Payen (violin), Antoine Toustou (trombone), Arnaud Vial (guitar), Camille Chapelière (clarinet/sax.), Paul-Marie Barbier (vibraphone). The band is based in Paris - but Cognac turned into Paris during their performance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7JOa3dISg0

Cognac is the home of the world reknown French brandy, named after the town. In summer the town hosts, supported by hundreds of volunteers, the "Fête Du Cognac", a festival combining food, drinks - and music. I had seen "Caravan Palace" a year ago performing in Nice and a later again in Hamburg´s Mojo Club. Their performance on stage is great, even more energetic, than a year before. The music is a fast and powerful "electric swing" influenced by sounds from Django Reinhardt to Daft Punk. Frontwoman Zoé Colotis is a vibrant vocalist and a phantastic dancer. Members of Caravan Palace (beside Zoé) are Charles Delaporte (double bass), Hugues Payen (violin), Antoine Toustou (trombone), Arnaud Vial (guitar), Camille Chapelière (clarinet/sax.), Paul-Marie Barbier (vibraphone). The band is based in Paris - Cognac turned into Paris during their performance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7JOa3dISg0

Cognac is the home of the world reknown French brandy, named after the town. In summer the town hosts, supported by hundreds of volunteers, the "Fête Du Cognac", a festival combining food, drinks - and music. I had seen "Caravan Palace" a year ago performing in Nice and a later again in Hamburg´s Mojo Club. Their performance on stage is great, even more energetic, than a year before. The music is a fast and powerful "electric swing" influenced by sounds from Django Reinhardt to Daft Punk. Frontwoman Zoé Colotis is a vibrant vocalist and a phantastic dancer. Members of Caravan Palace (beside Zoé) are Charles Delaporte (double bass), Hugues Payen (violin), Antoine Toustou (trombone), Arnaud Vial (guitar), Camille Chapelière (clarinet/sax.), Paul-Marie Barbier (vibraphone). The band is based in Paris - but Cognac turned into Paris during their performance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7JOa3dISg0

I had seen "Caravan Palace" in Nice during the "Nice Jazz Festival" in summer 2015. In February 2016 I was lucky and had the chance to see them again in Hamburg, where they rocked the audience in the "Mojo Club".

When "Caravan Palace" entered the stage, it was already a little dusky, what took the little camera, I had borrowed, to it´s limits. Caravan Palace wowed the audience with fast "electro swing". Music that may have its roots in the 1920s beamed up into the 21. century by the band, using all kind of electronic equipment. This is "Dance Music" - and Colitis Zoé is not only a fantastic singer, but as well an exceptional dancer. Here is the sound of Caravan Palace: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7JOa3dISg0