Pocket Caravan

Duo performance of Quadrilha

peter — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:27:33 +0000

Here’s a video of our duo performance of Quadrilha, using live loops to create the typical Quadrilha rhythm from the festas juninas

Brazilian tour and photos from duo performance at City College

peter — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:36:47 +0000

The Pocket Caravan duo is currently preparing for a tour in Brazil later this year. The tour will include workshops in colleges and gigs across the country. We will be bringing a camera and posting videos as we travel!

In the meantime we have been doing a series of duo performances to prepare the material for tour. Here are some photos from the last one, at City College.

Appearing soon at the Victoria & Albert museum

peter — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:18:20 +0000

We’re really pleased to have been invited to perform on the 9th September at the V&A museum in London!

Come join us for an evening at this beautiful museum, more details here:

Click for details of V&A performance

Aired on the BBC

peter — Fri, 20 May 2011 23:04:13 +0000

After a few months abroad, Pocket Caravan’s tires hit the UK roads again with a gig outside a ruined Tudor castle!

We’ve also had some lovely feedback about the album ’7 Steps From The Border’. Rock’n'Reel call it an:

“instrumental showcase for an ensemble whose conspicuously nimble genre-refusing, border-crossing approach is mirrored by a no less obvious musical agility that manages to be simultaneously freewheeling and tightly honed.

An appetising smorgasbord of influences… with added heat and piquancy.

Pocket Caravan… play with all the reciprocal relish of the best ensembles.”

We were also very excited to hear Radio 3 presenter Lopa Kothari play the track New Forest Drag on her World on 3 shows a couple of times during March and April!

Photos and video from our album launch

peter — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:34:13 +0000

An absolutely amazing album launch! Thanks to all the people who trekked through London on a tube-strike…

Here are some photos taken by members of the audience, plus some photos of members of the audience!

And here’s a video of the band performing Miles Apart:

Invitation to our album launch

peter — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 09:56:35 +0000

We have recorded an invitation for our album launch in Camden on 3rd November 2010

Making of our second album – Quadrilha

peter — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 21:53:25 +0000

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…

Video of ’7 steps from the border’

peter — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 12:06:42 +0000

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!

Recording for second album

peter — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:25:58 +0000

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:

Pocket Caravan poster design

peter — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:11:50 +0000

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…