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Shantel (Stefan Hantel) is a DJ and producer from Germany. He was born in Frankfurt am Main in 1968. After growing up in Frankfurt, he went to Paris to study graphic design. In 1991 he opened a club called Lissania Essay in the Frankfurt red light district.
As the dance music scene continues to contract, many DJs are moving into the world music arena, looking for fresh sounds to take to the dancefloor. DJ Shantel is one such example. He cut his DJing teeth in Germany’s techno scene but, noting how Gypsy brass orchestras Fanfare Ciocarlia and Boban Marković Orkestar could turn an audience into a wild, heaving mass, he believed that with a little electronic tweaking he could blend Balkan Gypsy tunes into his DJ set. Calling his Frankfurt DJ nights Bucovina Club, he attracted an audience well up for raving to heaving tubas and scalding trumpets. Some of the tunes were so naturally funky Shantel didn’t need to add anything. Others he remixed, adding electronic beats and layering the horns on top.
Word got around about his Bucovina Club nights and the remix album of the same name Shantel issued on his Essay Recordings label. Then Crammed Discs employed him (and several other DJs) to remix their Taraf de Haidouks and Kočani Orkestar recordings as Electric Gypsyland. The resulting album was intermittently successful but it helped promote Shantel’s musical vision internationally.
As the dance music scene continues to contract, many DJs are moving into the world music arena, looking for fresh sounds to take to the dancefloor. DJ Shantel is one such example. He cut his DJing teeth in Germany’s techno scene but, noting how Gypsy brass orchestras Fanfare Ciocarlia and Boban Marković Orkestar could turn an audience into a wild, heaving mass, he believed that with a little electronic tweaking he could blend Balkan Gypsy tunes into his DJ set. Calling his Frankfurt DJ nights Bucovina Club, he attracted an audience well up for raving to heaving tubas and scalding trumpets. Some of the tunes were so naturally funky Shantel didn’t need to add anything. Others he remixed, adding electronic beats and layering the horns on top.
Word got around about his Bucovina Club nights and the remix album of the same name Shantel issued on his Essay Recordings label. Then Crammed Discs employed him (and several other DJs) to remix their Taraf de Haidouks and Kočani Orkestar recordings as Electric Gypsyland. The resulting album was intermittently successful but it helped promote Shantel’s musical vision internationally.
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Disko Partizani
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Bucovina Club
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Club Guerilla
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Bucovina Club, Vol. 2
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Seekuh94 wrote:
nice^^
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andyman3000 wrote:
Oh. nice! Am 26.12. im Grünspan HH, auch wenns hier noch nicht steht!
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AnyaNed wrote:
Tsiganizatsia)
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irenaille wrote:
awesome!
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Ahmed_megalink wrote:
Круто!!!!!
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deathless87 wrote:
stefan hantel is a funny guy. saw him once in frankfurt...AWESOME :)
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elias2eliasson wrote:
@edanone: you're right. the beginning is just the same! I don't really like the new album it's too little new ideas, too little balkan brass! In my opinion Planet Paprika is a cheap remix of the brilliant album Disko Partizani!
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KosteZ_Vambadan wrote:
He is real!
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hileli_zar wrote:
come to Turkey again !! :)
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Belgrade_Girl91 wrote:
very cool music! i love being authentic from planet paprika.
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Ezzebout wrote:
i reaalyy enjoyed seeing you guys in tilburg! you were awesome! Let me show you my paprika :P
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vanilly wrote:
awesomeeeee
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shootshootshoot wrote:
цивилизация цивилизация - hahaha
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koumed wrote:
niceee
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trinity_x wrote:
No Planet Paprika?
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kerut wrote:
Disko Disko Partizani!!!!!!!!!
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ze0d wrote:
i wannaaa be a disco boy !! ♫ ♫ ♪
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Tarantus wrote:
love it:)
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nightfloat wrote:
Edanone - he says right in the song that it sounds just like Disko Boy. A bit cheap, but at least he didn't pretend no one would notice.
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ElectrikGirl wrote:
http://open.spotify.com/album/0InwAWGFeQxoZc0CPJcnUt
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Events
- Jan 5 DJ Shantel Kantine, Augsburg, Germany
- Jan 6 Live Club Löwenherz-Club Nabburg, Nabburg, Germany
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Bucovina Club
K4, Nürnberg, Germany
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Recent Activity
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desligada, SeracYdobon, edsilver and 3 other people added Shantel to their libraries. 5 minutes ago
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sandor_nun wrote about Shantel in das Jahr 2009. yesterday evening
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chaze2 added Shantel to the lineup of Bucovina Club at K4. yesterday evening
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jel_lea, mariainterrail, ammenooitniet and 16 other people added Shantel to their libraries. yesterday evening
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Elchman added Shantel to the lineup of DJ Shantel at Kantine. Sunday evening
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ladyadagio, wellenreiter82 and paulgriebenow84 added Shantel to their libraries. Sunday afternoon
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Suzanne2008 wrote about Shantel in Setlist RotFront @ Simplon, 3 December 2009. Sunday morning
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Reinhard667, Biblioman, Kathleen123456 and 10 other people added Shantel to their libraries. Saturday evening
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smee85 uploaded bucovina-club to Shantel’s images. Friday afternoon
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smee85 linked Shantel to bucovina-club. Friday afternoon
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