{"id":2764,"date":"2016-09-24T00:12:10","date_gmt":"2016-09-24T07:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soleillapierre.ca\/blog\/?p=2764"},"modified":"2016-09-24T00:12:10","modified_gmt":"2016-09-24T07:12:10","slug":"discovering-electro-swing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.soleillapierre.ca\/blog\/?p=2764","title":{"rendered":"Discovering Electro Swing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the last few years I&#8217;ve been slowly discovering the musical genres of electro swing\/jazz\/blues, and finding I really like them. I appear to be discovering artists somewhat out of order, but I&#8217;ll present some favorite selections in the order I discovered them.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Layo &amp; Bushwacka - Deep South\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0gB-YqHpt0k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Layo &amp; Bushwacka &#8211; <em>Deep South<\/em>. I had this one on my playlist for a long time before I encountered anything else that might have led me to discover there might be a whole category buried here. Moby&#8217;s work didn&#8217;t clue me in either, even when combined with Recoil&#8217;s <em>Electro Blues for Bukka White<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RECOIL - ELECTRO BLUES FOR BUKKA WHITE\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X1WwhMD3_yc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mocean Worker - Move\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zFxI9DhUlG4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mocean Worker &#8211; <em>Move<\/em>. I love the harmonica solo that starts around 3:22 and listened to it over and over. It was around this time I started to spot an emerging pattern and looked for more, starting with more Mocean Worker.<\/p>\n<p><em>Shake Ya Boogie<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shake Ya Boogie\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1465157?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Shooby Do Yah<\/em>: Extends the Mocean Worker visual trademark to the hypothetical third dimension.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shooby Shooby Do Yah!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CNUOG0jMcx4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Hoot and Hollah<\/em>: I love the weird animation style in this one.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"hoot and hollach\/MoceanWorker\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b5lHGgHifn8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s where it rested for a while, as I had some trouble finding more that I liked. Eventually\u00a0someone I&#8217;m connected to on Facebook randomly posted a Caravan Palace link. I explored all of their offerings and especially like these two: <em>Clash<\/em> and <i>Rock it For Me<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Caravan Palace - Clash (Original Mix)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_sBZdSHAIZI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Caravan Palace - Rock It For Me (Official MV)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fBGSJ3sbivI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>But here&#8217;s what prompted this post. Today via the song-of-the-day mailing list at work, I was introduced to Parov Stelar via this track, <em>Chambermaid Swing<\/em>. Love it, and can&#8217;t put it down right now.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Parov Stelar - Chambermaid Swing (Official Audio)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CpaOh4poNms?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is why I say I&#8217;m doing this somewhat out of order &#8211; apparently Stelar is one of the pioneers of the electro-rehash genres, but I hadn&#8217;t heard of him until today.<\/p>\n<p>Some other Stelar tracks I like:<\/p>\n<p><em>Libella Swing<\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Parov Stelar - Libella Swing (Official Audio)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q-siViZ6zNo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Catgroove<\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Catgroove - Parov Stelar\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XjWEkWAq6z4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Booty Swing<\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Parov Stelar - Booty Swing\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Eco4z98nIQY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>The Mojo Radio Gang<\/em>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Parov Stelar - The Mojo Radio Gang\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-BsAl6HVZ-Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To end on a bizarre note, here&#8217;s a new Caravan Palace video I just discovered while writing this. I like the music and the animation style, but the story totally does not go in any direction I expected. You may not like:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Caravan Palace - Lone Digger (Official MV)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UbQgXeY_zi4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the last few years I&#8217;ve been slowly discovering the musical genres of electro swing\/jazz\/blues, and finding I really like them. I appear to be discovering artists somewhat out of order, but I&#8217;ll present some favorite selections in the order I discovered them. Layo &amp; Bushwacka &#8211; Deep South. 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