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. upcoming event: 14.5.2022 | Vorwerck | El Golpe | Berlin past events: 07.05.22 | K19 | Salsa Pa'l Pueblo | Berlin 18.03.22 | Vorwerck | El Golpe | Berlin 05.03.22 | K19 | Salsa Pa'l Pueblo | Berlin 23.10.21 | Cafe Wendel | La Pachanga Del Wendel | Berlin 25.09.21 | Cafe Wendel | La Pachanga Del Wendel | Berlin 28.08.21 | Cafe Wendel | La Pachanga Del Wendel | Berlin 16.07.21 | Cafe Wendel | La Pachanga Del Wendel | Berlin 24.06.21 | Cafe Wendel | La Pachanga Del Wendel | Berlin 24.09.20 | Mysliwska | Safrosura | Berlin 04.09.20 | Tropical Camp | Open Air Brandenburg 21.08.20 | Cafe Wendel | La Pachanga Del Wendel | Berlin 24.07.20 | Cafe Wendel | La Pachanga Del Wendel | Berlin

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