According to Wikipedia Pachanga is a cuban dance, nowadays only popular in Cali, Colombia. It’s also the name of a character in the movie “Carlito’s Way”. But there is also a third explanation for the term: a spanish word for party.

And when you listen to Pachanga, there can be no doubt what their name means. Because party it is. I can imagine a spontaneous street party, maybe on Möllevången in Malmö, where Pachanga spread their joy to wild dancing in the streets to their wonderful mixture of rock, pop and soul. And yes, it’s still party when Niklas Svensson shouts “I’m an idiot” in “Buffalo Bill”.

There is a nice mess as the 9 men and women in Pachanga starts playing. Of course there are guitars, drums and bass, but also Rhodes, melodica, percussion, trombone and saxophones.

Here you listen to and download two tracks:

Buffalo Bill
110an

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