581  Gotan Project,

Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 18:23:47 +0200
From: Chris Luethen <christian.luethen@GMX.NET>
Subject: Gotan Project,
an interview ... Re: [TANGO-L] Modern commercial Tango music

Dear Listeras and Listeros,

as in the course of the last discussion about "modern" Tango
music "Gotan Project" was named you might like to find an
interview with Gotan Project online at:

https://www.tangodj.de/9003.html

I have to admit / "warn you" that the interview is in german
language, but still I dare to post this as I guess that there're more
people capable to at least read german out there than we might
think from the numbers of posters ... . But not only the lurkers
might be able to read, reading german is not that difficult btw. :-)

Enjoy ...
Christian [about to leave for a nearly outside milonga here in
rotterdam, down on the river maas :-)) ]


P.S.: I'll try to post some more remarks on the 'modern music
subject' within the near future ... but actual dancing goes first! :-)

Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2002 11:44:58 +0100
From: Mike Lavocah <ml007d2712@BLUEYONDER.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Gotan Project

When asked about Piazzolla, Troilo remarked that there was no such thing as
old tango and new tango, but that there was only good tango and bad tango. I
think that the Gotan Project album deserves to be judged against this
yardstick. Personally - and I'm a real traditionalist - I think it's
danceable, although it would be boring to dance through the whole album
(which I would not find the case for Troilo, Di Sarli, D'Arienzo,
Pugliese...). I also think it's modern. La Yumba inspired people because it
incorporated some of the brutal mechanical impulses of the city into the
tango, and I feel that the Gotan Project have done the same thing.

In this regard, I thought it really interesting to note that the bandoneon
sample on track 6 is La Yumba. Track title? Una Musica Brutal. Things like
this show me that the Gotan Project have really thought about this music. It
is very commercial, yes, but it is also original (even if it was waiting to
happen).

By the way, have listers identified any of the other tracks? The sample on
Track 5 (Santa Maria de Buen Ayre) is Quejas de Bandonesn. Vuelvo Al Sur is
self explanatory, and another lister pointed out that Chunga's Revenge is a
Frank Zapper tune. That still leaves 8 tunes out there...

Mike Lavocah
https://www.milonga.co.uk/