Vintage Voudou Dance Night ♫ Listening session in the Dark & Tropical Dance Party El Javier B & Edo Bouman

Vintage Voudou Dance Night \u266b Listening session in the Dark & Tropical Dance Party El Javier B & Edo Bouman Saturday 30.05.2026 @ Mezrab \u2605 Bewitching, raw & rootsy vintage dance music from around the globe, 100% vinyl! \u2605 Vintage Voudou celebrates dance music from every corner of the globe, showcasing tunes deeply rooted in local traditions — music that nourishes the soul, captivates the ears and is irresistible to dance to. With selections ranging from Ghanaian Highlife to Tamil film music, Colombian cumbia, Greek tsifteteli, and Surinamese kaseko and beyond, Edo Bouman tirelessly seeks out the most infectious dance tracks from the golden age of vinyl, spanning the 1950s to the 1980s, creating a vivid tapestry of global music history, rediscovering rhythms that shaped dance floors and cultural traditions across the world. For over 15 years, Vintage Voudou has been Amsterdam’s leading specialist in vintage tropical music, organizing parties, spinning records, and selling rare vinyl. The bimonthly Vintage Voudou party kicks off with a listening session before setting the dance floor on fire with the warm-blooded, analog sounds of vintage music with human-made rhythms. Each edition we invite top DJs/ Collectors in the field to share their music and to give us an introduction into the music they love in the listening session. All music played from original, often exceedingly rare, vinyl and sometimes shellack! \u2605 This edition’s listening session is dedicated to vintage Puerto Rican music, home of the infectious styles Plena and Bomba and the rootsy Jibaro, selected by El Javier_B \u2605 GUEST: El Javier_B Born and raised in Maracaibo, Venezuela—a region geographically and culturally close to Colombia—El Javier_B grew up surrounded by Afro-Colombian rhythms, salsa, and Caribbean sounds. His signature sound creates a sonic bridge between deep-rooted heritage and vintage experimentation, mixing Vintage Tropical & Cumbia: Classic Afro-Latin grooves, and traditional percussion, Latin Funk & Psychedelia: Venezuelan folklore through a psychedelic lens, and Vintage afro grooves, a deep-digging selection of world wide Afro (inspired) grooves. \u2605 Door Open: 21:00 LISTENING SESSION IN THE DARK: 21:30-22:30 Dancing: 22:30 Tickets online: 10 EUR Online students tickets (limited) 7,50 euro \u2605 @ElJavier_B @vintagevoudou @mezrab_ \u2605 https://www.mixcloud.com/Javier-B/ https://linktr.ee/eljavier_b https://www.facebook.com/vintagevoudourecords https://www.facebook.com/culturalcafemezrab