Shantel
Bucovina Vol.1 ep
12" Vinyl
Cat.-No.: AY 02

With "Bucovina" Shantel returns with a very special track. It's the title track of his compilation "Shantel: Bucovina Club" (CD AY 01) and it's based on the melody "Black But Sweet" by the Trinidadian trumpeter Wilmoth Houdini. In the first half of the 20th century, Houdini was a giant of calypso and dedicated "Black But Sweet" to his girlfriend.

Shantel transported the melody onto a market square of the Bucovina, where couples turn to this Trinidad-Rumanian calypso-waltz. Here, a melody crosses cultural borders. An idea that is continued in the great remixes of Sr.Coconut, OMFO and Haaksman+Haaksman, who have moved the melody of "Bucovina" to many different imaginary locations.

TRACKLIST

A1 Haaksman+Haaksman Soca Bogle
With their very DJ friendly "Soca Bogle Mix", Daniel and Felix Haaksman moved "Bucovina" from Rumania to a Jamaican dancehall where the dancers manically move their hips to the flamenco guitars and the bogle bounce of the Haaksman+Haaksman mix.

A2 OMFO Dub
OMFO, that's Our Man From Odessa, a.k.a. German Popov from the Ukraine who turned "Bucovina" into a very atmospheric dub reggae version.

B1 SenorCoconut Cumbia
Senor Coconut, world known impresario of the tasteful Latin cover version shaped the calypso melody into a cumbia groove. Ay!

ABOUT SHANTEL

Former Frankfurt downtempo pioneer, today celebrated impressario of the famous Bucovina Club and considered Europe's chief selector DJ for ecstatic Balkan grooves. With his release "Bucovina Club", he showed that a boundary-free spirit of Balkan and South Eastern Europe music tunes was what a world, bored of luke warm electronica and a retromanic dancefloor culture, was waiting for: Big emotions, vodka excesses, passion and plenty of slack lyrics, all blend together into a splendid 65 min mix compilation. Bucovina Club is probably the most promising party and music concept since the advent of acid house. Believe it! Shantel is currently working on tracks for a new 12" plus more material, all to be released on "Bucovina Club 2", out in 2005

Former Frankfurt downtempo pioneer, today celebrated impressario of the famous Bucovina Club and considered Europe's chief selector DJ for ecstatic Balkan grooves. With his release "Bucovina Club", he showed that a boundary-free spirit of Balkan and South Eastern Europe music tunes was what a world, bored of luke warm electronica and a retromanic dancefloor culture, was waiting for: Big emotions, vodka excesses, passion and plenty of slack lyrics, all blend together into a splendid 65 min mix compilation. Bucovina Club is probably the most promising party and music concept since the advent of acid house. Believe it! Shantel is currently working on tracks for a new 12" plus more material, all to be released on "Bucovina Club 2", out in 2005

Former Frankfurt downtempo pioneer, today celebrated impressario of the famous Bucovina Club and considered Europe's chief selector DJ for ecstatic Balkan grooves. With his release "Bucovina Club", he showed that a boundary-free spirit of Balkan and South Eastern Europe music tunes was what a world, bored of luke warm electronica and a retromanic dancefloor culture, was waiting for: Big emotions, vodka excesses, passion and plenty of slack lyrics, all blend together into a splendid 65 min mix compilation. Bucovina Club is probably the most promising party and music concept since the advent of acid house. Believe it! Shantel is currently working on tracks for a new 12" plus more material, all to be released on "Bucovina Club 2", out in 2005