The very first time I heard of electro swing was from my Uber driver a few months ago.
“Do you like swing music?” she’d asked. Confident, I’d mentioned (a lie). “Do you like electronic music?” she asked. Yeah, I guess, I’d responded (a further lie). Though driving by way of the side streets of Melbourne, she navigated by way of her Spotify playlists, typed in Caravan Palace, and promised I'd love this song: And, actually, I did. ‘Electro Swing’ is, actually, electronic music + swing music Electro swing combines the influence of vintage or modern day swing and jazz mixed with property, hip hop and EDM I assumed electro swing was a newly invented phrase, but apparently, I just haven’t been within the right circles. In line with Reddit /r/electroswing, electroswing (or ‘swing house’) originated around the 1990s, constructing from the perform of hip-hop artists who sampled vintage swing music. A combination of old and new, nostalgia-meets-futuristic, it is a genre that’s… divisive, to say the least. Thump, a publication from VICE, calls it ‘the worst genre of music in the world’, while Urban Dictionary calls it ‘basically everything you need’. We No Speak Americano: Electro Swing on the charts It is difficult to find an write-up about electro swing that does not mention Caravan Palace, an electro swing band in Paris, France. Other bands contain Swingrowers, Mr. Scruff, Alice Francis, and more. For any masterclass in electro swing, check out this Spotify playlist:
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