Blog - Latin Panic! Tokyo Panorama Mambo Boys live: report
Latin Panic! Tokyo Panorama Mambo Boys live: report
Tonight after dinner I headed back to Shinjuku, down to Club Oto in Kabukichō. I was waiting in line for the doors to open, at 21:30, when my friend Franck showed up! I thought I was going on my own, but it's not really surprising to meet this guy by chance at Tokyo's best music events. :) We were both there to check out Tokyo Panorama Mambo Boys live, the legendary DJ & percussions band revived after 13 years.
Tokyo Panorama Mambo Boys is the all-star band of Paradise Yamamoto (Asia's only real Santa, manbonsai curator, gyōza master, and authentic mambo voice), DJ Comoesta (aka Comoestas, ex-5th Garden) and Gonzalez Suzuki (Mr. Soul Bossa Trio).
The show started on time around 22:00. It was intense, mambo and latin tracks mixed tightly (or sometimes not so, during an unexpected wait after the first song Paradise commented "lately Comoesta doesn't mix!", haha), with added percussions by the two guys in golden frilly sleeves. The club was packed but still at a comfortable level, full of people young and old shouting "mambo!" and dancing.
After about an hour, the three went to have a break, leaving place to DJ Shimizu Nobuyuki. We had a great time but we went to catch the last train home, after quickly greeting Paradise and Comoesta (I couldn't find Gonzalez). Now that's a club event that even those who like to sleep at night can enjoy!
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Posted on March 1, 2008 at 01:45 | Tweet
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Wow, that looks like a lot of fun. I'll try to check them out one of these days.
Posted by Ken on March 10, 2008 at 08:30
Yeah it was a lot of fun! I suspect that they'll be doing shows again soon, as they have 2 more releases coming up until summer. I'd like to see a bigger scale show too, as this was in a very small club.
Posted by Patrick on March 10, 2008 at 10:33