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The Gotan Project literally took the world by storm in 2003 with the million-selling La Revancha Del Tango. Skillfully mixing the heated passion of tango with the cool insistent beats of dance music, the group kept the best of both genres as it offered up an unheralded fusion. This time around, the production team delves further into the tradition, cutting down on the dub production filigree and overarching electronic programming--now sexy grooves often come on the back of organic beats and an unprocessed sound captured during live studio sessions in Buenos Aires. This new focus is furthered with conventional bandoneon soloing as well as acoustic piano and string section backing. Nonetheless, kids craving to cut a rug will dig "Diferente" and "Notas," while the robust "Amor Porteno" (featuring Calexico) is the group's most muscular tune to date. More skilled than the debut, Lunatico is no sophomore slump, though hardcore house music fans may want to wait for remixes.--Tad Hendrickson
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
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Gotan Project are back and in good form - this is an excellent follow up to La Revancha Del Tango. And it is good to see their music is continuing to evolve, with a more diversity on this album than their debut, including a few slower, less electronic tracks and some new influences like the Argentinean hip-hop vocals on "Mi Confesión" - possibly my favourite on the album.
If you liked the first CD you will enjoy this too, and it will be the perfect music for relaxing summer evenings.
If you liked the first CD you will enjoy this too, and it will be the perfect music for relaxing summer evenings.
22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
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Bit of a departure for me, this one. I didn't catch Gotan's debut but heard this album while browsing the shelves at an independent CD store. I was struck by the ethnic Latin instrumentalisation and some powerful, jazzy use of bass and drums. Not bad for under a tenner, so I duly took it home. Now, revisited on a large sound system: what a revelation! This is one to test the fidelity of your sub-woofer, the bass just bores through to the bone. Also noticeable on deeper listening are some of the haunting vocals, nicely mixing traditional songs and weird (to my ears, anyway) hispanic rap. The tango-derived rhythms perhaps become a little tedious towards the end of an album that is perhaps two or three tracks and 10 or 12 minutes too long. The oddest, and yet most charming, thing about this is its wide spectrum appeal. My girlfriend likes it for the dance beats, my parents like it for its jazzy vocals and cute Mediterranean ambience. Something for everyone here in a surprise entry to your CD collection - but one to be proud of.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Gotan's first collection "La Revancha del Tango" was an irresistibly gut-grabbing, loin-twitching, bass-loping, dub-tango hybrid winner from the first listen, invariably prompting responses of "What it THIS? I LOVE it".
"Lunático" is a much less in-your-face proposition. I could barely wait to get it out of its packaging, but then I struggled to get into the music itself. Mostly less meaty than "La Revancha" and more varied - tricksier, even. It took some chance random plays on the iPod to insinuate a couple of the songs into my ears again. Then I wanted more. Badly. And now I rate it just as more-ish as "La Revancha".
It juxtaposes the sweet, warm-deadpan voice of Cristina Vilallonga on some tracks (Amor Porteno, Diferente, Celos, Arrabal) with the roguish, rough-edged panache of Carlos Caceres describing the birth of the tango (Notas)and Jimi Santos (Domingo) and the tango-rap of Koxmoz (Mi Confesion). There's even a robot-like treated voice intoning the words to La Viguela, giving it a strangely religious quality.
Like "La Revancha", "Lunático" is steeped in a sense of place and culture but it's not Strictly Tango Argentino. The Gotans have tapped into a tango and a Buenos Aires of the imagination, adventurous and promiscuous and modern yet managing to be faithful to its deep roots.
A mysterious, sly, inventive and captivating work of outstanding creativity.
"Lunático" is a much less in-your-face proposition. I could barely wait to get it out of its packaging, but then I struggled to get into the music itself. Mostly less meaty than "La Revancha" and more varied - tricksier, even. It took some chance random plays on the iPod to insinuate a couple of the songs into my ears again. Then I wanted more. Badly. And now I rate it just as more-ish as "La Revancha".
It juxtaposes the sweet, warm-deadpan voice of Cristina Vilallonga on some tracks (Amor Porteno, Diferente, Celos, Arrabal) with the roguish, rough-edged panache of Carlos Caceres describing the birth of the tango (Notas)and Jimi Santos (Domingo) and the tango-rap of Koxmoz (Mi Confesion). There's even a robot-like treated voice intoning the words to La Viguela, giving it a strangely religious quality.
Like "La Revancha", "Lunático" is steeped in a sense of place and culture but it's not Strictly Tango Argentino. The Gotans have tapped into a tango and a Buenos Aires of the imagination, adventurous and promiscuous and modern yet managing to be faithful to its deep roots.
A mysterious, sly, inventive and captivating work of outstanding creativity.
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Awesome CD
This is my first experience into the world of The Gotan Project after hearing their duet with Chet Baker (best tune in the world ever) and I have to say this album is addictive. Read more
Published 1 month ago by The15th
Lunatico
I'm very pleased with my purchase. I received it within the following week of me placing the order. The quality of the product is excellent. I just can't stop listening to it. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Isabelle
AMAZING!
I had listened to songs from this album since it was published. I love the sound of classic tango, but this is tango with an edge. Read more
Published 13 months ago by M.
Excellent!
I really enjoy the nuevo tango music and Gotan Project are by fare the best exponents of this genre, and this is perhaps their best album. Best track is Diferente.
Published 16 months ago by A. A. C. Condie
Tango Heaven
More great Argentine Tango music from Gotan Project. Really good dance tracks in Gotan's inimitable style, with a rich variety of colour. Read more
Published on 17 Mar 2010 by M. Jones
Lunatico a bit
Like many albums one buys, this one has at least one good track on it. I'm sorry to say that I can't remember the title as most of the tracks don't really appeal. Read more
Published on 23 April 2009 by Percy Fledge
What I was hoping for...
I recently got back from Buenos Aires where I first heard this group. I bought this album and La Revancha del Tango at the same time. Read more
Published on 23 Jan 2007 by F. Harcus
gorgeous, rich and complex
This was bought on a whim as it sounded interesting and for a tenner could have been good. Wrong ... its fantastic! Read more
Published on 28 Sep 2006 by M. Jones
recorded after heavy drinking session
For someone who liked La Revancha del Tango, prepare for something quite the same [no innovations, that is] and missing that moving and up-beat feeling from their 1st album. Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2006 by piazzollina
Only enough ideas for one album
Writing as something who enjoyed the first album, this is a severe letdown. I suppose it sounds pleasant enough, but there isn't actually anything going on here - the entire album... Read more
Published on 17 July 2006 by David Boyce
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