cv. CARAVAN PALACE: Dramophone / Jolie Coquine / Supersonics / Moonshine / Plume

cv. CARAVAN PALACE

Dramophone (2012)
Jolie Coquine (2008)
Supersonics (2019)
Moonshine (2019)
Plume (2019)
Lone Digger (2015)

Four-on-the-floor refers to a consistent four-beat rhythm

that originated in the Disco Era. Perhaps one of the very first examples of this occurred in The Love I Lost by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (1973).

With all due respect to Harold, Donna Summer, et al., this type of music could get real boring, real quick -- mainly because the musical content above the beat lacked interest and originality. There were exceptions, of course.

But in this new century, three French musicians -- violinist Hugo Payen; guitarist Arnaud Vial and bassist Charles Delaporte found themselves putting together a soundtrack for a silent porn film.

They soon began playing "swing band" gigs, and with the addition of more musicians -- especially the charming and talented lead singer, Zoé Colotis -- and with the release of Jolie Coquine (above) and their first album, eponymously titled Caravan Palace, they were suddenly a world-wide success.

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Today's entry includes six separate videos -- because as talented as they are musically, their video collaborators are equally so!

I dare you not to get up and dance.