PASTEELO MIXTAPE 18 - RUMBA CONGOLAISE, HIGHLIFE, GWO-KA AND MONSTER SOUKOUS

MIXED & COMPILED BY SIMON ALEJANDRO JUNGELEN RESIDENT.

Words by Simon:
“I tried to bring you a selection of different styles from Africa with a short stop in the West Indies. This is rumba and soukous from Congo, electro + funky highlife sounds from Ghana, and some very mysterious (if you ask me) electro bikutsi from Cameroun that sounds like Caribbean cadence - that's the track from the group Ashiko Deluxe, which I've been after for almost three years without knowing the title!

You also hear gwo-ka music from Guadeloupe (Eric Cosaque!!) and jazz from Martinique (that Max Cilla album... flute king numero uno!).

These days i'm on a congolese thing – which you might hear starting off with the two nice and easy rumba tunes. First a little intro focusing on the lyrics before getting down to more dance floor business.

I've been buying these records over the last years mostly on flea markets and record stores in Paris, and some on Discogs. Many good memories from finding these tunes which I love deeply. If you want to hear me play this out you can come and catch me at a Jungelen party (Bergen) or just wherever!

Enjoy my friend!

Mucho love,
The Brown Viking"

ORIGINALLY MIXED AND COMPILED BY S.NEWHOLMES IN 2009

"This one is special. I actually did the mix for my own listening pleasure - to have something uplifting to drift around to. Then I lost it... Years later it suddenly showed up on a friends harddrive - and the rest is history!
The red line in the mix is the Bossa Nova groove which gives deep associations to my childhood - grew up listening to my parents scandi-latin-jazz inspired records such as "Tio Vackra Visor Och Personliga Person" by Cornelis Vreeswijk and children records played by top notch musicians. I tried to recall these memories served by easy and joyful grooves all the way from Cirkeline to Rico Suave!"