Is Electro-Swing Dieselpunk?

Dieselpunk music, like the genre itself, is very diverse. Not long ago I saw a post on Facebook in which someone was critical of Electro-Swing. Whether one likes are dislikes electro-swing music, in my opinion, one can’t deny that it’s one form of dieselpunk music.

Check out the wording of the web site electro-swing.com:

This site is dedicated to the Electro Swing movement occurring worldwide. Let’s bring back the beautiful craziness of the 20′s, come on! Welcome to electro-swing.com :)

The dieselpunk credentials of electro-swing are solid and go beyond statements such as “Let’s bring back the beautiful craziness of the 20′s”. For example, electro-swing.com describes the new work of the producer Soulbrarian ‘New King Dooji’ as being, “a remix of … Swing tunes, composed by the great Duke Ellington and originally recorded in 1939.”

Love it or hate it, electro-swing is a form of dieselpunk.