[Tango-L] New Gotan Project release

[Doug Pouliot]

We are selling the new Gotan CD "Lunático".

If anyone is interested...

Best,

Doug Pouliot
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on 5/1/06 12:03 PM, Jeff Gaynor at jjg at jqhome.net wrote:

> Sergio Vandekier wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 
>> What do you think about Tango mixed with electronic music?
>> 
> was a professional musician for several years and play organ. These
> sorts of purity debates have been raging in that community for many
> years. So is organ music (oldest unbroken lineage of any instrument
> except voice) to be revered to the point it becomes a museum piece? The
> consensus that formed there is that if it does, then it will no longer
> be seen as a part of the current culture and will wilt. Now organ is
> often the only live instrument most people hear on a regular basis and
> that gives us a special status. Especially with the introduction of --
> you got it -- heavily electronic music in most places where organs were
> used it has becomes important to hop in there and hold our own. The
> point is that if people see that it is part of the landscape, it is
> actively being written for and is well-loved then it will remain viable.
> I thing large parts of this argument carry over in to the discussion of
> new tango music. Tango is also in the same boat as classical music. In
> truth, classical music is *not* part of the popular landscape and is a
> completely foreign import (in all the New World too). As such people
> rightfully think of it as alien.  We don't want to let people get
> comfortable with the idea that it is something done as a performance
> medium in a distant land, for it will surely stay that way.
> 
> So, onto tango proper and your question: I think it might be
> unavoidable.  The current style of heavy bass and synthesizers is what
> most people associate with current pop music. Practically, synthesizers
> are much easier to find (and learn) than a bandoneon. Now the outward
> sound of the music is a matter of current taste and is apt to change in
> a few years. As long as whoever writes danceable tangos that are
> otherwise stylisticly accurate I personally don't have much of an issue
> with it. After all, if you played what we consider to be a Golden Era
> tango (say, di Sarli ca. 1950) for someone living in about 1900 they
> would probably find it overdone (di Sarli used up to 3 bandoneons at one
> point).
> 
> These changes *should* reflect that tango is alive & well & still a
> valid, growing medium. This means that people will experiment and
> sometimes that may or may not work which is the price you pay. Be
> thankful they are trying and be supportive too.
> 
> My $.02,
> 
> Jeff
> 
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