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Gotan Project give new meaning to the term French Dance Music with their debut La Revancha Del Tango. A collaboration between soundtrack composers Philippe Cohen Solal and Christophe Mueller and Argentinean guitarist Eduardo Makaroff, the Gotan project project are more about Tangos and accordions than chic disco-house and vocoders. And while the Parisian trio's debut is unlikely to set any superclub dance floors alight, it's unique, bewitching and incredibly French. Part ingenious dance hybrid, part spine-tingling soundtrack, the success of their peculiar mix of strident break-beats, eerie violins and those all-important accordions owes no small debut to Solal & Mueller's cinematic expertise. Exuding enchanting-chilling atmosphere, tracks play out like a sensual score to the nocturnal life of Paris' Latin Quarter. The longing melody of "Queremos Paz" and the jazzy "Last Tango in Paris" are pure romance, and the frantic Latin rhythms of the only real club contender, "Triptico", conjure the hectic café society, but most affecting are the backstreet sleazy of Epoca and swagger of "Chunga's Revenge"; both as hypnotic as they are sinister. Strange amalgams of dub bass and unhinged cabaret vocals add to Gotan Project's allure, but it's the passion and drama that mesmerise, and no dance music has more of both than a Tango. --Dan Gennoe
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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Having recently bought the delicious Bajafondo Tango Club album (strongly recommended), I'm developing a taste for modern updates on the tango theme. Gotan project was the next logical step in the chain, and I'm not disappointed in the slightest by this cool, seductive dance music that sends a shiver down your spine. Take the original version without remixed bonus tracks and what you have is nigh on perfect late-night music for chilling out or romancing in warm weather.
Subtle blending of electronics, the traditional instruments for creating a tango tempo (eg. bandoneon - related to the accordian - violin and piano) and the creamy, passionate voice of Christina Vilallonga works brilliantly. You will not be disappointed!
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
A friend came over my house around Christmas ranting and raving about his latest CD. We tend to compare music we've bought but here was something very different. He also bought over Mondo Grosso's MG4 which I already own and highly recommend.
From the moment that the first track went down I knew that I had to own it. Lo and behold a few weeks later I am now the proud owner of this exquisite "one of the best of 2001" CD. I didn't think that you could revitalise tango music in this way. It is not just that it is the intricate beats and the various other influences thrown in to make this something every serious collector SHOULD HAVE IN THEIR COLLECTION!!
BUY IT YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED......
43 of 44 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The name says it all - "Gotan" is a twist on "tango", the dance that's famed as "the vertical expression of a horizontal desire. Gotan takes the distinctive sound of the Buenos Aires squeezebox or bandoneon, plus violin plus the basic "slooow, sloooow, quick-quick sloooow" pulse and the sultry attitude of the tango, overlays loping bass'n'drums'n'dub and filters the whole mix through a witty Parisian post-modern sensibility.
It's slinky, seductive and very addictive.
And provocative. The opening track "Queremos paz" (We want peace) samples Che Guevara's 1964 address to the UN General Assembly and "El Capitalismo Foraneo" (Foreign Capitalism) echoes with the ghostly presence of Evita Peron. There are cool reworks of Zappa's piece "Chunga's Revenge" and Gato Barbieri's theme for the movie "Last Tango in Paris".
It's lounge, it's mellow, it's sexy and it has just the right edge of sweet Argentinean sadness.
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2011 Vinyl re-press
This is a limited edition pressed on heavyweight RED vinyl in a gatefold sleeve and released on 5 March 2011
Published 2 months ago by S. J. Webbon
FANTASTIC CD!
I could play this for ever in the car, at home, in my head! I would recommend to anyone even if you are not familiar with tango.
Published 6 months ago by Delfino Cortese
Gotan Project - La Revancha Del Tango
Not my taste in music, but my wife loves it. This is just as well, because I bought it for her!
Published 16 months ago by Steve
La Revancha Del Tango
Good in parts like the curate's egg. I was hoping for something more traditional. It grows on you though, and still worth the money.
Published 17 months ago by Angelique
One interpretation of Tango
I wes disapointed. Not Tango as I expexted it to be. More like American/British pop.
Published 20 months ago by Mr. David H. Varley
out of many, there is one....
La Revancha Del Tango
In all the years i've listened to music, the different genres and cultures - this album is the nearest to perfection that i've gotten to. Read more
In all the years i've listened to music, the different genres and cultures - this album is the nearest to perfection that i've gotten to. Read more
Published 21 months ago by M. J. Phillips
Argentine Tango music at its best
This CD explores the argentine tango and folkloric music of argentine. It is slick, modern and very engaging. Read more
Published on 20 Oct 2009 by Mr. M. A. R. Dasan
smooth sounds
Smooth slick tango-inspired music. More chill out than dance. More like St Germain than Astor Piazzola. I like it.
Published on 27 Jun 2009 by budgy smuggler
Forget strictly come dancing - you've never heard tango like it
Like one of the previous reviewers, I first heard this excellent group playing live on "Later with Jools Holland". Read more
Published on 28 Dec 2006 by E. Ross
Superb!
This is a fantastic album and I wholeheartedly endorse what the other prevous reviewers have said about it. Catchy, meodic and makes you want to listen again and again. Read more
Published on 7 Dec 2006 by Supermac
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