I like to meet people who don’t really give a flying fcuk about current mainstream siht. The last couple of sundays I’ve been hitting the Sunday Up market in search of the fantastic De La Panza meat club. A couple of “buena onda”, laid back Argentinian fellows cooking meat sandwitches and “choripanes” with lots of love.
Today was my third visit there, I was doing some photos in exchange for food… Definitely worth it. Getting to know them I discovered they are both musicians. Great ones I must say. Tongas dribbles between Tango, Afro-beat and dub, producing music largely based on percusion, and a back track with a scent of Piazzola. A pleasent and mellow beat to sit back and take a moment for yourself. On the other side of the river, Pabs & the Frogcats mixes new-disco, house and arcade sounds, great for the transition between a lounge afternoon to a hard night of mayhem.
I’m not talking about any mainstream glamour-disco-trash; everybody is spinning that right now in the clubs around London (and worldwide). I’m talking here about true musicians who believe in what they do. I was quite surprised because the first thing I’d expect to hear from music makers or music takers is : ”I’m a DJ…” and after, a silence to which one is supposed to be impressed or something (never judge a book by it’s cover, not that I had, at least in that way, but sometimes the content of a book might surprise you with an unforseen variety of subjects). Unfortunately not many people keep such a humble low profile and are good at what they do. Anyway, Pabs gave me a demo to play at home, and Tongas (between the lines) sliped a paper with his myspace.
Enjoy..!
Stephen Shore - Uncommon Places
