Many things we did or played back then will most likely never be done again. Some nights we would have sporting 'DJ Battles' with 4 or more dj's.

In time I started to invite other dj's to either co-dj with me in tandem or solo. As the resident dj for the first 1.5 years I learned a lot. Our first milonga was on Wednesday, July 9th (Nuevo de Julio) following the night of a live Gotan Project concert in San Francisco. The Secret Tango Society (now mostly defunct) was also a major contributor (volunteer pool). The CELLspace 'alternative' Milonga was founded by the initial non-profit Project Tango board (John Chang, Susan Lee, and Homer Ladas) in 2003. It’s also the most lackluster track on the album.2.) Here's an external webpage link to Project Tango's CELLspace DJ Guidelines. “Erase Una Vez” sounds like a Spanish love song placed over an indie rock ballad and the drums from an R&B slow jam. Crossing genre borders, however, does not always lead to beautiful music. The most unique song on the album is “De Hombre a Hombre.” It uses spaghetti western guitar, film noir piano, jazz percussion and of course bandoneon. A children’s choir shares the vocal’s space. On “Rayuela,” writer Julio Cortázar reads excerpts from his novel of the same title. “La Gloria,” the first single, not only incorporates upright bass, synth and bandoneon, but it also uses color commentary of a Diego Maradonna “goooooaaaaallllll” as voiceover.

The exception is “Tu Misterio.” That guest singer sounds like a Hispanic Tom Waits.Įven though the continual wailing of the bandoneon can make the album seem repetitive, “Tango 3.0” draws from several different sources and sounds to engage the listener. Whether you understand the lyrics or not, they radiate sensuality. The vocals, on the songs that have them, are incomprehensible (unless you know Spanish). Bandoneon, an accordion-like instrument, weaves jazzily around the steady beat of drums and upright bass while gloomy horns sound at intervals. The opener, “Tango Square” is a slow, contemplative piece. Varying from measured to frenetic, the individual song pacing keeps listeners engaged. “Tango 3.0” features more strings than previous albums, adding harmonica, clarinet and horns to the mix. Müller balance the Argentinean ballroom music with electronica, creating a sound to which you can dance (if you know how to tango) or chill out. Combining downtempo and ambient dub with more traditional tango instrumentation, the album blends together the approaches of 2001’s “La Revancha del Tango” and 2006’s “Lunático.” Members Philippe Cohen Solal, Eduardo Makaroff and Christoph H. With “Tango 3.0,” France’s Gotan Project brings their music back to Nuevo Tango.

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