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Read story →✦ Dark Cabaret Orchestra — Est. 2011
UNDER
angel
SWING
We play swing for the beautiful damned. Seven horns, velvet strings, tap shoes on coffin wood. A travelling ballroom where goth, jazz and burlesque kiss under one chandelier.
ON TOUR NOW
Velvet & Ashes — 26 cities
✦ Neo-Swing✦ Dark Cabaret✦ Burlesque Brass✦ Gothic Ballroom✦ Velvet Vocals✦ Tap & Trumpet✦ Neo-Swing✦ Dark Cabaret✦ Burlesque Brass✦ Gothic Ballroom
01 — About the coven
SWING UNDER
angel wings
Born in a flooded New Orleans chapel, raised in Berlin basements. Under Angel Swing is not a band — it's a midnight congregation.
In 2011, singer Lilith Vane hung a chandelier in an abandoned church and invited a trumpet player, a contortionist and a defrocked organist. The rule was simple: no song without dance, no dance without drama.
“We took 1930s swing, dipped it in black velvet, and taught it to fly at midnight.” — Lilith Vane
Today we are a 7-piece orchestra + dance troupe + costume atelier + vinyl label. We host monthly Gothic Ballrooms where 400 strangers waltz, lindy-hop and weep together. Our fans call themselves Featherlings — they wear one black feather, one gold.
2011 — THE CHAPEL
First illegal ball in New Orleans. 80 people, one chandelier, police applauded.
First illegal ball in New Orleans. 80 people, one chandelier, police applauded.
2016 — ASHES & SEQUINS
Debut album goes cult. European tour sold out in 48 hours.
Debut album goes cult. European tour sold out in 48 hours.
2021 — ANGEL SWING SOCIETY
We become a non-profit: free dance schools for teens, instrument library.
We become a non-profit: free dance schools for teens, instrument library.
2025 — VELVET & ASHES
Third LP, 26-city tour, our own ballroom in New Orleans.
Third LP, 26-city tour, our own ballroom in New Orleans.
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ALBUMS
ALBUMS
900+
SHOWS
SHOWS
42
CITIES
CITIES
100%
INDEPENDENT
INDEPENDENT
The Angels
Lilith Vane — voice & saw
Corvus Brass — trumpet & flugelhorn
Milo Ash — clarinet, sax
Odette Noir — drums, tap
Saint Cello — cello, banjo
Beatrix Bell — piano, accordion
June Hollow — double bass
02 — Manifesto
WHAT IS gothic swing?
Sound
Brass that weeps, drums that pray
Minor-key swing, klezmer wails, New Orleans second-line, Tom Waits cabaret. Every chorus built for 200 people to spin at once. BPM 120-190, hearts 200+.
Ritual
Every show is a ball, not a concert
Dress code: black + gold. No phones on dance floor. First-timers get a feather. Last song always unplugged in the crowd — 400 voices, one trumpet.
03 — Discography
VINYL, ASHES & velvet
Three records, all recorded live to tape in our chapel. No click, no autotune — just sweat and chandelier buzz.
2016 — LP 01
Ashes & Sequins
12 tracks. Funeral march meets Charleston. Hit: “Chandelier Widow”.
★ 4.9 Feather rating
2020 — LP 02
Midnight Mass Hop
Tango, tap, organ. Recorded at 3AM. Hit: “Swing Low, Sweet Coffin”.
MOST DANCED
2025 — LP 03
Velvet & Ashes
Our cathedral. Strings + brass + 40-voice choir. Hit: “Under Angel Swing”.
NEW • TOUR EDITION
04 — On the road
TOUR 2026
05 — Gallery
SMOKE, SEQUINS & brass
Shot by Featherlings. No flash, no posing — just midnight.
06 — Journal
LATEST news
Tour diaries, vinyl pressings, ballroom etiquette and angel gossip. Updated weekly.
07 — Join the coven
BECOME A
featherling
Free dance classes, presale codes, secret ball invitations, zine “Feather & Ash”. One email per full moon. No spam — angels hate spam.
- ✦ 12 400 members worldwide
- ✦ 26 secret balls per year
- ✦ Free beginner lindy-hop every Tuesday
08 — Contact
BOOK THE angels
Booking
Weddings, funerals & full moons
We play chapels, rooftops, circus tents. 7-piece or 3-piece whisper set. Reply within 48h.
hello @ underangelswing.org
booking @ underangelswing.org
booking @ underangelswing.org
Ballroom
Angel Ballroom — New Orleans
1234 Chartres St, Chapel Hall. Open Tue–Sun. Dance lessons, costume library, vinyl shop.