The educated Tanguero

During my last stay in Buenos Aires I bought two CDs of Fabio Hager Sexteto (Retorno and Zona de Riesgo), which is a very special and really versatile Tango orchestra. The range goes from jazzy Quickstep (Rubias de New York) to traditional songs (Recuerdo and El Apache Argentino) to Piazzolla songs (Zita, Libertango) and some really beautiful new interpretations of older songs (Patetico). Especially the last one is arranged in very modern style with high dynamics. I was really impressed by that, I consider this a nice song for shows and I think we will see lots of couples in the future performing to that one (see below).

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Caceres was born in 1936 in Buenos Aires and started his musical career as a Jazz trombonist. In the 60ies he moved to Paris and developed to a well recognized pianist, vocalist and songwriter with a broad spectrum of musical expertise on tango, milonga, candombe and murga.

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Hello Tangueros y Tangueras,

I am back from Buenos Aires where I went shopping for new Tango CDs, so I will introduce some new and old Orchestras over the next few months. Lets start for now with Otros Aires and their new CD 4 (yes it is called just “4”). Most Tangueros will know Otros Aires and lots of you will classify Otros Aires as a Neotango group. Actually, I am not so sure whether I should describe Otros Aires just with the tag “Neotango”. The music is much more than the usual Electrotango, even if the group is playing lots of percussions and samples. Otros Aires was  founded in 2003 by Miguel di Genova (Guitar, Samples), Toni Cupedo (Bass) and Josep Lluis Guart (Keyboards) in Barcelona. One year later, Hugo Sattore (Bandoneon), Pablo Lasala (Piano and Keyboards) and Emmanuel Mayol (Percussion) completed the group. Initially, they used traditional samples from the classical Orchestras and added electronic beats, sequences and rhythms to create new music. Some pieces are tangos, some milongas, some slow valses but sometimes it is difficult to classify. Lot of the tracks are danceable and able to create a new flavour on a dancefloor. Here some samples of general Otros Aires tracks (not only from “4”):

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Dear Tango Friends,

Esteban Morgado is a guitarist and composer, who has worked with all the big singers, musicians and actors of tango. He founded the Esteban Morgado Cuarteto in 1999 with Enrique Condomi (violin), Carlos corrales (bandoneon) and Horacio Hurtado (bass). The music of 8 CDs since then is dominated by guitar, but always connected to the tradition of Tango. More info on his webpage: http://oryana.com.ar/morgado/

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Featured Artist for June: Bajofondo with their new CD “Presente”

Bajofondo is an Argentine-Uruguayan electrotango project. Members are: Gustavo Santaolalla (guitar), Juan Campodonico (composer, producer, dj), Luciano Supervielle (piano, composer, dj), Martin Ferres (bandoneon), Javier Casalla (violin), Gabriel Casacuberta (bass), Veronica Loza (vocals). The group interprets tango from the perspective of modern music styles like house and hiphop. The style is called Electrotango as a part of Neotango.  The meaning of bajofondo is the lower end of the social scale and also an acronym for a dark and hidden place where tango is played.

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Featured artist for May 2013 is Lucio Arce with his new CD “A la salida del cabaret”

http://www.puntotango.com.ar/lucio-arce-presenta-a-la-salida-del-cabaret/

I know, this is a 2012 CD, but sometimes it takes time to get a new CD up to the tropical north. Listening to the songs, I was totally fascinated by the new sound of Lucio Arce who builds a bridge from traditional tango style to modern chanson, but you still can feel a little bit of the master Carlos Gardel in the background. It is mainly unplugged “singer songwriter” tango, but it feels good and it is really danceable.

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