Electro swing

Electro swing is an upbeat, energetic style that splices Swing with Electronic Dance Music, looking to recapture the atmosphere of late 1920s to mid-1940s Jazz within a more updated club-friendly medium. Producers use insistent brass samples, often one 'playful' lone repeated hook performed on trumpet, clarinet or saxophone, overlaid with steady, pulsing beats, usually 4/4 House music, as well as utilising Hip Hop samples and techniques. Initially emerging in the wake of the 1990s Swing Revival (two of the more famous electro swing examples during this time being Doop's Doop and Mr. Scruff's Get a Move On!), the style found greater success in the late 2000s with artists such as Caravan Palace and Parov Stelar. In the 2010s, on top of the commercial success of tracks like We No Speak Americano and Why Don't You, electro swing found a decent following in southern England. Throughout London and specifically at the 'White Mink' club in Brighton, live acts are frequently showcased, as well as DJs playing remixes and Mashups (both of existing swing tracks and covers of non-jazz songs done in the style). Performances are also regularly visually-themed to fit with the retro 1920s-1940s music, such as burlesque shows, trilbies, suspenders, bow ties, T-strap shoes and other fashion tropes of the era.