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‘Pili Pili’ is the legendary band of Jasper van´t Hof from the 80s / 90s.

In 1984 he presented the project, which is still successful today, in which European jazz is combined with African music and danceable grooves. The title track of the first LP, a 15-minute trance production with African drums, made him famous overnight on the dance floor of the club scene. Singer Angelique Kidjo was discovered and Pili Pili played in changing line-ups in Europe for 20 years. In 1998 the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung wrote: “The Afro Beat by Pili Pili is more than just a fashionable exotic colour. Its originality is combined with instrumental virtuosity that is unique to jazz. Pili Pili houses rock and funk under one roof. ” ‘Dance Jazz Live’ is the title of one of the Pili Pili CDs and still the group’s motto.” (taken from Afro-Jazz-Fusion State Jazz 2018 Press release)

In the words of @JepeJustJohn …

‘I got in touch with Pili Pili on a tour to Innsbruck and then North of Italy, Bolzano in 2010. It was on the radio randomly playing in the car whilst we were driving. I managed to get the name and fell in love with the whole album. I have to be honest that i never have heard about them before. I felt like i was crate digging in a record shop when I discovered that pearl. In my version, I wanted to play it a bit faster and with a more powerful beat, so decided to make an edit. It took me some weeks until i was happy with the result without killing the vibe and the structure of the awesome original. Somehow, I sometimes think that editing some great tracks is a sort of “sacrilege” with art… Nevertheless… this was the result:)’

Well we loved it and hope you do too. If you want to get your hands on the original you can do so here – www.discogs.com/Jasper-Van-t-Hofs…a/release/2759074