Archive for the 'manouche' Category

Swingotronik – electro manouche

The band members are: Julien Jacquin (sampler), Julien Rodriguez (sax), Déborah Lartilleux (bass), Christophe Lartilleux (guitar & composer). According to their page: “Swingotronik plays and presents a new concept “ELECTRO SWING”! It’s a mixture of guitar manouche of Django Reinhardt and electro music, the SHOCK of the generations!”

29 October 2008 at 03:08 - Comments

Les Triplettes de Belleville

One of the most captivating animations I have ever seen, Les triplettes de Belleville is the perfect example of how a parody must be made: subtle, leaving the audience to draw the conclusion. The first video portraits Les triplettes in their golden age (’30s) and also caricatures of Django Reinhardt, Glenn Gould, Josephine Baker, Yvette [...]

5 August 2008 at 14:27 - Comments

Emmet Ray

Django Reinhardt is believed to be the best guitar of the ’30s and 40’s. Emmet Ray has only the chance of becoming the second best guitar player… his life?…a drama of being the ghost of the best…Jazz with rhythm and sweet guitar love songs…and wait till you see Sean Penn playing Emmet in Woody [...]

19 June 2008 at 00:12 - Comments

Les Yeux Noirs – french wannabe gypsies doing a good job

Balamouk (in Romanian — mad house) http://www.lesyeuxnoirs.net/en_tchorba.htm

4 June 2008 at 20:12 - Comments