and other tales

[ggreig]

Electro swing is perhaps a bit misnamed - it’s a combination of 20s or 30s-style trad jazz (rather than the slightly later and smoother swing) with more modern instruments and  styles including hip hop and electronic dance music. The UK’s 2015 Eurovision entry, "Still In Love With You" by Electro Velvet was an example, though a kind of

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[scottymcleod]

thanks for the recommedation

[msinvisfem]

WHY?! did you even mention the UK's Eurovision entry this year?!!! Way to sell electroswing. (-_-)

For clarification, anyone familiar with electroswing, would have recognized that the UK's entry as electroswing but as reaally BAD electroswing. The kind of music that would never lead to a new genre because it was, mercifully, forgettably bad.

Caravan Palace and Parov Stellar (what the heck, why no shoutout for him?) are really good electroswing and why electroswing has even developed into a new genre since the mid-2000s.

FYI, I knew of electroswing only tangentially for the last couple years because I am in the swing dance community. However, it was only after Caravan Palace and Parov Stellar kept popping up on my Scissor Sisters station on Pandora and it was actually catchy enough that I would want to listen the whole song through, that I have a become a fan of the genre

[ggreig]

I wanted to mention something people might already have heard, and Electro Velvet was more that than Parov Stelar, but he is also worth checking out.

[msinvisfem]

Also thank you for choosing "Dramaphone" and "Suzy." Those songs are so good! But sad that you didn't post "Brother Swing" - shameful.

[ggreig]

There's no fancy video for "Brother Swing". However, having said that, here's an 8-minute long live version: