Mustapha Bouchou
Zoid 5 M.B. model. + Zoid 5 custom fretless + EJ4
Mustapha Bouchou was born in Casablanca, Morocco, in a family of bassists. Both his father and his mother were part of the music scene in Casablanca in the 60s and 70s, and he got into bass guitar thanks to the influence of his elder brother.
Mustapha began the idea of migrating to Spain to learn and develop his family's musical journey.
He has developed a unique style mixing Arab rhythms with influences from Jaco Pastorius, Marcus Miller, Victor Wooten, John Patitucci, Gary Willis, Jeff Berlin, Etienne Mbappe, Richard Bona, Linley Marthe, among others. He has worked as a studio bass player in Morocco and has recorded with many artists among which there is former Zawinul Syndicate drummer Karim Ziad.
He has Since moving to Barcelona in 2001 Mustapha has performed with Cheb Samir, Nosolofunk (ex Soul Cafe), Monica Green, The Goat, Omar Sosa, Llibert Fortuny, Mondragon orchestra, several groups of ethnic music, and so on. He is currently the bassist with Munir Hossne and A Freak Do Meu Baba, Iyexa, Jalil Kodssi, Rim Banna, La planeta Imaginaria.
Check him out at:
www.myspace.com/mustafunk1