Caravan Palace (2015)

Caravan Palace, a French Electroswing five-member group based in Paris, created the rushing number Lone Digger. The crew is made of Charles Delaporte as the bassist & programming, Hugues Payen on violin, and Zoe Colotis giving the vocals. The band has Antoine Toustou on the trombone and electronics, and Camille Chapeliere playing the clarinet. Django Reinhardt is the group’s main inspiration. They also cite Vitalic, Cab Calloway, Justice, Lionel Hampton, and Daft Punk as their influences. The band was created in 2005 after a film company hired three band members to provide the soundtrack for silent X-rated films. In October 2008, the band’s debut album, Caravan Palace (Wagram), was released. It charted in France, Belgium, and Switzerland, reaching #11 on the charts. The animated video depicts a violent fight at a strip club staffed and visited by various anthropomorphic animals.