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I disagree! For several reasons, really. For one, electroswing is a very nebulous term, really; all it means is swing fused with house production techniques. For another, it's a genre that's young enough that you wouldn't have much trouble fingering the artist from the song. This is largely due to the fact (IMO, anyway) that being a fused from two pretty different genres, a lot of bands differ on where they fall on the spectrum in terms of their influences. Example: bands like Parov Stelar and Goodluck are very much on the house side, whereas Caravan Palace is more clearly rooted on the swing side (gypsy jazz, as you mentioned). Some bands, like Dutty Moonshine and AlgoRythmik, are even hip-hop-esque on some of their songs. This results in a number of different compositional and production styles; but sharing largely the same aesthetic, I don't see a problem with putting them under the same term. Finally, because of this, I don't think you can really say any of them are "objectively" better.

(Also: nobody's really copied Caravan Palace, and Caravan Palace certainly didn't copy anyone else. They certainly didn't start the genre.)

Anyway, my end point was: electroswing is really an umbrella term that serves as a catch-all for many bands with differing styles but a similar aesthetic, and I don't doubt it'll start splintering at some point in the future.

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EDIT2: i should also disclaim everything above is my opinion. you are free to examine the music and agree/disagree, w/e