1. Shantel (… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least two artists under this name, including:
1. 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.
2. A female R&B singer: http://www.myspace.com/shantelsvoice. The albums "Arize (It's Time To Shine)" and "It's Over Now" are hers.
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. His 2005 Bucovina Club Volume 2 collection has proven a major European Where most techno and house was characterless and lacked any organic elements Shantel's managed to mix Gypsy magic with a hi-tech pulse.
Shantel called his night club Bucovina because his maternal ancestors have roots in the region, once part of the mighty Habsburg and Ottoman Empires but now partly in Romania and partly Ukraine. Bucovina Club Volume 2 features Balkan heavyweights Goran Bregović and Fanfare Ciocarlia alongside a Gypsy take on North African anthem Ya Rayah and other material.
Shantel bears obvious comparison with Bosnia's Goran Bregović - both are non-Romas who have imaginatively plundered Balkan Gypsy music to create a sound with popular appeal. Whether Shantel will face the same criticisms as Bregović or can carefully negotiate his way through this artistic minefield we will have to wait and see. For now, DJ Shantel is remixing and reinventing Balkan Gypsy music for a dance music audience.
Official website: www.bucovina.de
He is Romanian. His name is Romanian, the lyrics are also in Romanian.
Andante Levante
Shantel Lyrics
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System suntem bucuroși vere să vă prezentăm cele mai smechere melodii cu cele mai sexy ritmuri, și sperăm să vă distrați alături de noi toată noaptea în cadru familiei.
Bagă Shantele!
The lyrics to Shantel's song Andante Levante are a spoken introduction by a radio host welcoming listeners to a radio show called Radio Partizani. The host greets his listeners with traditional Romanian phrases, "Bună seara bă" and "Sarumâna Fă," and introduces the radio show as the "sound system" with the coolest and sexiest rhythms around. The host encourages the listeners to have fun and enjoy the show all night long, as if they are part of a family.
The song itself, Andante Levante, is an instrumental piece that combines Balkan influences with electronic beats. Shantel, the musician behind the song, is known for his style of music called "Balkan Beats," which blends traditional Eastern European music with modern electronic elements. The song features a prominent accordion melody, along with electronic drums and bass. The combination of traditional and modern elements in the instrumental piece reflects Shantel's larger philosophy of bridging cultural divides through music.
Line by Line Meaning
Bună seara bă, Sarumâna Fă, sunteți la Radio Partizani cel mai marfă Sound System
Good evening, guys, welcome to Radio Partizani, the coolest sound system.
Suntem bucuroși vere să vă prezentăm cele mai smechere melodii cu cele mai sexy ritmuri,
We are happy to present to you the coolest songs with the sexiest rhythms.
și sperăm să vă distrați alături de noi toată noaptea în cadru familiei.
We hope you will have fun with us all night long in a family atmosphere.
Bagă Shantele!
Let's play some Shantel music!
Contributed by Henry V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@topografer
I was out Saturday night tonight and on my way home i listened to a song of this guy. Now back at home im sitting for an hour or so and listening to songs. You sir got a new fan!
@athenian80
many people arguing about the origins of this music...which means everyone LOVES it!! I'm Greek and I love it!! Our ears in this part of the world, Southeastern Europe, Eastern Mediterranean are well-tuned for this sound people!! Enjoy!!!!!!
@giannisguida75
+yiannis raf Ayyy! A fellow Greek with the same name who likes the same music!!!
@marcusroos653
Finland likes it also....
@christinakiki75
yes?? I thought you were part of EU so WESTERN EUROPE
@DevrimBabacan
Hello from Turkey. Loves everyone!
@ismailignatius6511
Yeah my Broo
@semaca
In romanian: "Bună seara, bă! Săru' mâna, fă! Sunteţi la Radio Partizanii, cel mai marfă sound sistem. Suntem bucuroşi vere să vă prezentăm cele mai şmechere melodii, cu cele mai sexy ritmuri. Şi sperăm să vă distraţi alături de noi, toată noaptea, ca într-o familie. Bagă, Shantele!"
@ChrisAthanasopoulos
P.S. And he is an awesome artist too!!! From Greece with Love
@ragnarerikssenerik9885
I Love Caucas I love Balkan
Music and tradition of the best number 1