How would you describe your sound to those who haven’t heard your music before?
We play a kind of nomad-rock. It’s basically music without limits. We get a lot of influences from gypsy and old European music, and we put a modern spin on them with elements from more modern sounds like hip hop and electro.

Tell us about your many instruments.
We play acoustic instruments like horns, sax, gypsy guitar, and we mix them with keyboards, loops, electric guitar and bass. The point is to create an authentic sound at the core of a modern sound.

You guys look pretty stylish. Who inspires you when it comes to fashion?
We love the whole steam-punk fashion trend. It’s a kind of mix between old and futuristic styles. We love to talk about retro-futurism, so it’s cool to go on the stage looking like this and then talk about our travel between time and continents with our surrealistic caravan.

What can we expect to see at your gig here?
We play world music and music for the whole world. So, it’s all very international in terms of the sounds and lyrics. We’d like to invite everybody to come inside our caravan, travel with us in time and space. Dance, sing and just have fun!

Catching up with quirky French band La Caravane Passe at Music Day (La Fête de la Musique)