El MELóMANO ALEMáN

Berlin

El Melómano Alemán" aka "Tonton Scülp" is a Berlin based music lover who is passionate about music from Latin America. It all started back in 2008 when he started to visit weekly a small urban Bar in Berlin Kreuzberg where “Tio Chango”, a member of the former great DJ collective "La Chusma", hosted a Latin night every Thursday. Before the party started, “Tio Chango” gave classes in Salsa which changed Pascal’s life forever. His class included dancing of course, but also much more. It was important for “Tio Chango” to make his students understand the historical and cultural background of Salsa as well as to teach them some rhythmical understanding of that Clave music. During the fiestas he also introduced a lot of Cumbia and other genres of Latin America. This opened up a whole new world to Pascal and was the starting point of the development of "El Melómano Alemán". Especially the traditional Cumbia with Gaitas from Colombia caught Pascal’s attention and didn't let him go anymore ever since. He spent hours watching Youtube videos every day and dove into the Colombian music scene deeper and deeper. Parties from that point on only meant Latin music parties and his understanding of the culture grew more and more. In January 2017 Pascal decided to leave everything behind and travelled to Colombia to find the places that he had been watching now for years on Youtube. He wanted to find the birth places of the music he loved so much. The Cumbia, Bullerengue and other folkloric rhythms. But during the years Pascal also started developing a serious interest in Salsa music. Not only in dancing to it but also instrumentally and rhythmically. Contra rhythms is now what excites him in music. So much that normal rhythms that he has known for all his life now sound so boring that he almost stopped listening to any other music than Latin American rhythms. Colombia had such a big impact on Pascal that he almost didn't come back to Germany. He spent a lot of time experiencing music in Colombia as well as on his travels through almost the entire South American continent. Pascal started collecting vinyls in 2018 especially of Salsa music as it has become his main musical input during the last years. The way this music is celebrated, cultivated and conserved in Cali Colombia represents for him the paradise on earth. He started to get very interested in all the background stories of the Salsa artists and since then also developed a passion for historical stories of the genre Salsa. The Melómano Alemán keeps on developing and his collection is growing. Since Pascal sees in Berlin a great deficit of offers of Salsa events according to his imagination, he has started in 2020 to take the reins in his own hands and gave his first parties. Since then he has had several gigs in different locations, where he always tries to spread the Salsa culture according to his imagination. He has also created a Salsa Forum (Salsa ME UP) in collaboration with the dancer and dance teacher Jessica González IG jessi.g.dancer, where he wants to transmit more values and understanding of the culture. On his Instagram account, he also tries to expand the salsa world of his followers with small contributions from artists who are less known to the mainstream. Past Events: La Feria De Cali En Berlin | Mi Salsa | Berlin La Regla | Christa Kupfer | Berlin Cachumbambé | Poropati | Berlin Salsa Pa'l Pueblo | K19 | Berlin El Golpe | Vorwerck | Berlin Tropical Camp | Open Air | Brandenburg Safrosura | Mysliwska | Berlin Café Wendel | La Pachanga Del Wendel | Berlin

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