Track Listing

1. Ceremoney
2. Disko Partizani
3. Koupes I'll Smash Glasses
4. Disco Boy
5. Susuleker
6. Fige Ki Ase Me
7. Sota
8. Manolis
9. Andante Levante
10. Immigrant Child
11. Veil
12. Dubstar Bugarskji
13. Marko I Shantel
14. Donna Diaspora

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20171 in Music
• Released on: 2007-10-01
• Number of discs: 1

Evening Standard, (Simon Broughton), September 29, 2007
(4 stars) Shantel's band includes some first-class Balkan musicians...his real gift is generating a party and not taking himself too seriously.

Songlines, (Jane Cornwell), November 2007
(4 stars) The impossibly catchy title-track arrives on a wave of horns, clarinets, drums and general insouciance.

Album Description
Shantel (Stefan Hantel) pioneered the concept of Balkan clubbing with his now-legendary Bucovina Club in Franfurt, spread the idea around the world and was the first to remix tracks by the likes Mahala Rai Banda, Taraf de Haidouks and many more. Shantel, who started out as a respected electronica producer took to the music of Eastern Europe following a trip to Bucovina, in search of his family roots. His Bucovina Club albums have earned him several awards (including a BBC World Music Award in 2006).

Shantel has now moved on to the next step with 'Disko Partizani' album, which successfully synthesizes his experiences as a producer, musician and DJ to create a new catchy, energetic music. This is the sound of a new Europe, centred in the middle of our old continent, incorporating vibrant influences from the emerging countries which stretch all the way through the Balkans, Greece, Turkey and beyond. The album features great performances by a host of musicians from southeast Europe and by Shantel himself, who also appears on lead vocals, gracing several tracks with his elegant deadpan delivery.

Shantel will be extensively touring with the Disko Partizani project, accompanied by his Bucovina Club Orkestar, a full 8-piece band.

Personnel:
Shantel - (all instruments, vocals & programming), Marcus Darius - (drums, guitars & programming), Marko Markovic - (trumpet, flugelhorn & baritone horn), Vesna Petkovic - (vocals), François Castiello - (accordion), Sorin Constantin - (vocals), Filip Simeonov - (clarinet), Jannis Karis - (vocals, oud, lauto, tzouras), Brenna MacCrimmon - (vocals), Vladimir Karparov - (alto saxophone), Alexander Wladigeroff - (trumpet), Costas Ramos - (violin), Markus Schumacher - (keyboards), Miss Platnum - (vocals), Uri Brauner Kinrot - (guitar), Uzi Feinerman - (guitar), Yuval "Tuby" Zolotov - (tuba), Kurt Bauer - (violin), Lothar Lässer - (diatonic accordion), Michael Bergbauer - (trombone), Yuriy Gurzhy - (vocals), Ken Taylor - electric bass), Mantiz - (vocals & shouts), Roy Paci - (trumpet)

Customer Reviews

Marvellous
Fantastic club / Balkan pop from, I presume, Shantel's own band, rather than collaborations with many other artists on his Bucovina CDs. If you don't find yourself grooving along to this you must be dead. Very accessible to those who have not heard this kind of music providing you are not narrow minded in your tastes.

Amazing work
For those who don't know anything about gypsy music I think that Shantel in general (and this CD in particular) are a great way to start discovering gypsy music.
Shantel has been able to collect a variety of music around the balkans and mixed it all in one CD while keeping intact the initial sound.
This CD will make you move and dance.
Very nice melodies.
I rate this CD with a 5 and I recommend it to all.