Pocket Caravan http://www.pocketcaravan.co.uk/blog News and info from the band Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:53:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Making of our second album – Quadrilha http://www.pocketcaravan.co.uk/blog/?p=56 http://www.pocketcaravan.co.uk/blog/?p=56#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:53:25 +0000 peter http://www.pocketcaravan.co.uk/blog/?p=56 Here’s some footage of Pocket Caravan in the studio… plus some interviews with the quartet.

We’ve started recording for the second album. Most of the material is ready, and we’re doing album 2 very differently from the first.

Last time, for Landscapes, we invited as many guests into the studio as possible. We recorded absolutely everything everyone did, then waded through it all afterwards to fashion it into a complete piece.

This time we’ve taken another tack – just the quartet. We’ve been arranging and rehearsing all the tracks in advance and then recording them live. No overdubs (except for a touch of extra percussion and the magnificent Anselmo on Mandolin)…

But having said that, the tune you see here was done with some overdubs. Oh well, we never claimed to be purists…

]]> http://www.pocketcaravan.co.uk/blog/?feed=rss2&p=56 0 Video of ‘7 steps from the border’ http://www.pocketcaravan.co.uk/blog/?p=47 http://www.pocketcaravan.co.uk/blog/?p=47#comments Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:06:42 +0000 peter http://www.pocketcaravan.co.uk/blog/?p=47 Here’s a video of our new track. It was inspired by some of the tensest borders around the world. There are 7 beats in each bar, hence the name.

It was filmed live at the Forge venue, in Camden. Enjoy!

]]> http://www.pocketcaravan.co.uk/blog/?feed=rss2&p=47 0 Recording for second album http://www.pocketcaravan.co.uk/blog/?p=35 http://www.pocketcaravan.co.uk/blog/?p=35#comments Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:25:58 +0000 peter http://www.pocketcaravan.co.uk/blog/?p=35 Finally we’re underway with the second album. Here are some pics of the band at work.

Felipe:


Anselmo on the Reco Reco:

Recording the all-important clapping:

And an impromptu session of quadrilha dancing:

]]> http://www.pocketcaravan.co.uk/blog/?feed=rss2&p=35 0 Pocket Caravan poster design http://www.pocketcaravan.co.uk/blog/?p=1 http://www.pocketcaravan.co.uk/blog/?p=1#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:11:50 +0000 peter http://www.pocketcaravan.co.uk/blog/?p=1 Welcome to the Pocket Caravan blog! Before we get up to date, I thought I’d attach a few of our old poster designs to give you a bit of history!

All posters were designed by Shira Geva.

Our first gig - we were originally called Tzigane Tzigane

Check the dog!

The first time we appeared as Pocket Caravan. With Indian Classical vocalist Bhavini Vyas

Our first full-on Brazilian caravan night

This trio later broke free from Pocket Caravan - now called Bhavini Music

Pocket Caravan joined forces with phenomenal Russian duo Mazaika

That’s enough for now…

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