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Epicurus.com - Lunático
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List Price: $15.98
Our Price: $13.99
Your Save: $ 1.99 ( 12% )
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Manufacturer: Xl Recordings
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0634904019525
Label: Xl Recordings
Manufacturer: Xl Recordings
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Xl Recordings
Release Date: 2006-04-11
Studio: Xl Recordings
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Editorial Reviews:
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Not wanting to replicate what their debut, "La Revancha Del Tango", had achieved musically, the group has a decidedly stronger emphasis on the organic roots of tango on "Lunatico" and utilized a host of local musicians from Buenos Aires; a complete string section, two emcees, a trombonist, and Argentine piano legend and long time Gotan collaborator Gustavo Beytelmann. The result is their most accomplished work yet. "The beats are sparse and liquid, and the transition from Buenos Aires bordello to European dance floor is seamless" - Rolling Stone. "A jiggy melange of tango with a dab of dub" - Entertainment Weekly. "...an intriguing blend of traditional, passionate tango with cool, contemporary electronica" - LA Times.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: Adventurous.
Comment: Despite being indebted to the stroppy sound of tango, Gotan Project's first album, "La Revancha del Tango" (Revenge of the Tango), had no problem making friends. It cropped up on the last episode of 'Sex and the City' and in an advert for UPS and sold more than 1m copies. If that ubiquity came at a price, perhaps it was passion. In a hybrid of chill-out electronics and tango, something had to give.
"Lunatico" is a good follow-up, in that it pushes a more organic line, with live drumming and percussion.
"Almor Porteño" is one of the highlights of the acoustic approach: Calexico's John Convertino is so lazy and sultry on drums, it's a miracle he makes it to the end of the song on the same day as the others. And the bandoneon and guitars melt together so effectively, you wonder whether to run out and get a cloth.
"Domingo" dances well between old and new musics, but elsewhere the disc can feel like a dream about tango.
Ping-pong delays carry sounds up to the sky; the strings dance around in a big nightie of reverb; voices are filtered to sound like gramophones.
It is grainy and dubby at times (Tango Cancion), but often these effects are like an airbag. It would be nice to hear the scrape of resin on a violin bow up close, or the sudden gasp of the bandoneon - tango's musical stabs to the heart.
But that's not so easy to chill to.
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Summary: Get Your Groove On with The Gotan Project.
Comment: The Paris-based Gotan Project is trio Philippe Cohen Solal (France), Eduardo Makaroff (Argentina), and Christoph H. Müller (Switzerland). Named after tango master Carlos Gardel's racehorse, Lunático, and recorded in both Buenos Aires and Paris, the band's intoxicating 2006 tango album is infused with intriguing electronica samples, beats, and euro dance grooves. Adding to the global grooves, the album also features collaborations with both Argentine Gustavo Beytelmann on piano and the Tucson, Arizona band, Calexico. Tracks from this highly-recommended album include:
1. Amor Porteno (featuring Calexico)
2. Notas (featuring Juan Carlos Cacares)
3. Diferente
4. Celos
5. Lunatico
6. Mi Confesion (featuring Koxmoz)
7. Tango Cancion
8. La Viguela
9. Criminal
10. Arrabal
11. Domingo (featuring Jimi Santos)
12. Paris, Texas
G. Merritt
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Summary: The soundtrack to the end of the world
Comment: I've always thought that, late on the night the world ends, we'll be in a dark milonga watching the dancers dance and listening to the weary yet romantic sound of the tango. On that night, they'll definitely be playing some cuts from this album and I think that the last song of the night, before existence simply ceases, will be Gotan Project's version of Ry Cooder's "Paris, Texas" (from the Wim Wenders movie).
After loving "La Revancha del Tango," but getting a little tired of it over the years, I expected to be disappointed by "Lunatico." It's just the opposite. I just listen to it more and more. If you like the tango sound and you like to listen to artists explore new space with it, this album is definitely for you.
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Summary: A++ tango nuevo
Comment: ABSOLUTE LUNACY
buy it, rip it, love it, listen to it, dance to it...
Customer Rating:
Summary: gotan project is good
Comment: I really like their work, not quite as good as the La Revancha del Tango album, but I still like every song on the cd.
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