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| 1. Good Night Amanes |
| 2. Planet Paprika |
| 3. Wandering Stars |
| 4. Bucovina Original |
| 5. Being Authentic |
| 6. Citizen of Planet Paprika |
| 7. Sura Ke Mastura |
| 8. Usti, Usti Baba |
| 9. Eyes of mine |
| 10. Binaz in Dub |
| 11. Ex Oriente Lux |
| 12. Good Morning Amanes |
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Also known as Stefan Hantel, German DJ, singer and musician Shantel is a controversial figure. His remixes of Balkan gypsy music scored in the 2006 BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music, but his appropriation and commercialisation of these and other native sounds have raised hackles among purists.
That said, this latest album doesn't pretend to be anything more than it is, offering some enjoyably silly dance tunes (think: Macarena in the Balkans), throwaway humour and several heavyweight guest artists.
In Garth Cartwright's 2005 book Princes Amongst Men, one member of Romanian gypsy brass band Fanfare Ciocarlia memorably described Shantel's work on theirs as “dogs***”. There is an undeniable whiff of said substance about what he does, but he has also given music from Turkey, Romania, and the Bucovina region of his parents a youthful, clubby audience well beyond the world music ghetto.
“There's too much death and too little sex,” he raps, tongue firmly in cheek on the Balkan ska of Citizen of Planet Paprika. This guy doesn't take himself too seriously, and neither should you.
On the irritating sing-songy chorus of Being Authentic (which starts with the kind of acoustic guitar strum Flight of the Conchords use between skits) he openly declares: “Absolutely inauthentic / My style is egocentric,” attempting to wrong foot his critics. Nevertheless, the same song also includes Dario Ivkovic's virtuosic accordion solo and a burbling Balkan brass section featuring trumpeter Marko Markovic, a rising star of Serbian gypsy music.
Other notable guests include Canadian singer Brenna MacCrimmon – whose sincerity in adopting Turkish music as her own is beyond question – and, on Sura ke Mastura, a voice from the grave in the form of Greek rembetika singer Anestis Delias.
Shantel’s limitations as both a composer and lyricist are laid bare on the puerile Wandering Stars, and in several other samey melodies, which call into question how much he relies on folklore for his tunes. But the impressively OTT auto-tune job on Sorin Konstantin's vocals during Binaz in Dub is a guilty pleasure to rival the trashiest Balkan turbo-pop hit. --Jon Lusk
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Songlines, (Jane Cornwell), October 2009
(4 stars) Planet Paprika is proving a storming live experience - and that crazy live vibe is deftly captured here.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
One step further with Balkan madness,
By Mikey (Yorkshire, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Planet Paprika (Audio CD)
Shantel takes his Balkan dub further towards pure danceable pop. I recommend this highly but I prefer the last effort Disko Partizani. Anyway, this is joy to listen to and gets the feet moving.
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3.3 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews) 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Skip "Planet Paprika" and buy "Disco Partizani" instead,
By Erin Slater - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Planet Paprika (Audio CD)
I bought Planet Paprika because I was so impressed with Disco Partizani, and I was excited to hear what new stuff Shantel had to offer. However, Planet P sounds essentially like a derivative of Disco - there is very little new on the album, and what is new is not, in my opinion, worth the time. That said, Disco Partizani is an amazing album with great music and a wonderful sense of fun. My verdict on Planet Paprika? Don't waste your time. Disco Partizani is a much better introduction to him and a superior sample of his work.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
great party music,
By Fred Flame "music buff" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Planet Paprika (Audio CD)
This album is fantastic,yet is sounds like duplicate of Shantel's prior album 'Disco Partizani'.In fact,it appears to be a copy of that cd.My advice:get this album only if you do not already own one by Shantel.But of course,getting 'Disco Partizani' would be the right thing to do.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Delightfully surprised,
By Lori K. Reynolds - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Planet Paprika (Audio CD)
I heard a track from this CD in a tiny coffee shop in Regensburg, Germany and immediately asked for the Artist. I do not even remember which song was playing but I really liked it. I still don't know as all the songs on this CD are excellent. When I am doing housework I pop it in and the work just flies by. I find myself trying to belly dance...making sure no one is watching!
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