The celebrated internationally acclaimed deejay who is also a mentor to several popular local deejays arrived at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Thursday evening aboard Emirates Airline amidst tight security.
Paco will stage a grand concert this Saturday dubbed The Return of Boomerang at Ebony Lounge (former Bubbles) situated at Nairobi’s Westland area.
The event courtesy of promoter Paul Craker Munyao, Ebony, Soul Train Entertainment and Redfox will witness a number of revellers from all walks of life throng the venue for this special live event.
So what should his Kenyan fans expect on Saturday night during his performance?
Paco says he will use the opportunity to explore classic soul music from the 80’s and early 90’s that will take revellers down memory lane using a Vinyl player .
“This is one event you cannot afford to miss. I am pleased to invite all Kenyans and none Kenyans to the great celebration that will keep them dancing all night long,” he says adding that he will ensure that fans literally ‘eat’ from the palms of his hands.
“This is one event you cannot afford to miss. I am pleased to invite all Kenyans and none Kenyans to the great celebration that will keep them dancing all night long,” he says adding that he will ensure that fans literally ‘eat’ from the palms of his hands.
Local deejays among them Addams, Roy, Georges and Hussein Abdalla whom he mentored will grace the occasion. Also performing will be veteran dancers of winner Car Competition Charles Nganga, Yellow Man, Cracker Munyao, NTT3, Jam City, Soukouss Party.
With advance gate charges pegged at Sh1000 per person and Sh 1500 at the gate, Paco says he will use the opportunity to take revelers down memory lane with music from the 80’s to early 90’s using a Vinyl player .
Now on his fourth visit in Kenya, Paco says he is delighted to be in country which he refers to as his second home.
Paco first came to Kenya in 1974 and is still fondly remembered by many fans who frequented the Nairobi party scene.
Veteran dancer Paul ‘Cracker’ Munyao still remembers the 1980s much-publicised dancing competitions held at Boomerang Club, Museum Hill. He recalls that Paco would play rare hit soul music from his collection.
“His mixing contributed hugely to my winning of the 1988 Motorbike Competition,” enthuses Cracker.
“Paco was the best,” says Abdul adding: “He mixed and scratched manually. He taught many DJs including Tito, Shabadoo, Adams, Stone and others.”
And the great part they remember is that Paco did not charge them a cent. Those were the days before the FM radio stations; Kenya was a one party state and a one TV station state. Clubs were the in thing and soul was rocking; DJs and dancers who came up with own dance styles in the break dance era were demigods.
Paco first played guitar with an orchestra at the Intercontinental Hotel before venturing into deejaying in 1977 at Tamango Club. He then returned to Canary Islands, Spain, where he learnt deejaying tricks.
He jockeyed in different discotheques in Spain, before coming to Kenya in the early 1980s.
Some of the popular joints where he performed were Bubbles, Annabells, Beat House, Visions, Boomerang and Dreams — frequented by the mature, working class.
In 1989, he went back to his country, unaware of the revolution he had awakened in Kenya.
Back in Spain, Perez opened a restaurant in Madrid, and he continues to play music with different bands.
“We have decided to welcome Perez back, and have kind of a party with the people who knew us then, those people who are still diehard funky soul fans,” says Cracker
