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Our download section keeps growing…
One of the latest gems is a CD of a promising band from Italy: the Orquesta Caminito. The title of their album focuses on the essential: “Tango”.
I’m not gonna conceal the fact that this album really amazed me – quite like “7” by Sexteto Milonguero!
Just looking at the selection of songs already tells you about the impressive versatility of this Orquesta
From solemn Tangos (La melodia de nuestro Adios, Ensueños, Para Osmar Maderna) to highly dramatic songs (El Recodo, Tanguera, El Huracan, A Evaristo Carriego) to quite merry and cheerful music (La Colegiala, Morena, Mairposa)… and even the deeply melancholic “Oblivión”. Moreover the names of these tunes make clear that the five musicians can play everything from “Golden Era” to “Nuevo”. Whether Canaro, D’Arienzo, or Piazzolla, die stylistic nuances are masterfully performed!

Tango Classics… is our exklusive Download-Series (in mp3 and FLAC), in which one of the largest European tango archives is refurbished and made available for you. Here we compile rarities and collector’s gems alongside well-known classics on download albums.
Al ogether 125 of these albums have been released until now… Until Now! ‘Cause now we’ve added a total of 42 new compilations! and these are absolutely worthwhile!

Off we go with 21 tracks from Alberto Gomez on 2 albums, followed by altogether 10 samplers with tracks from Mercedes Simone, one of the comparatively few female Singers and Composers in the male-dominated world of tango. Anibal Troilo too, is represented with a whole bunge of new downloads! So these add to a total of 13 compilations of his songs in our series… all of them a must-have
This holds as well for the 6 new albums of Alfredo Gobbi!
The largest part of our new releases constitutes the music of Julio De Caro: a whopping 135 songs! Now if that isn’t an invitation for browsing…

The last two samplers (for now) come from Agustín Magaldi, the “Voz Sentimental de Buenos Aires”.


Enjoy listening!

“Tango Sonorte and Harri Kaitila: “Un finlandés en Buenos Aires”
For some time now, the experienced opera singer Harri Kaitila and the band Tango Sonorte both have promoted Finnish Tango separately and contributed to its fame far beyond the Scandinavian peninsula. But now they’ve topped it all off by joining forces to create this superb album!

The musical references of the members of Tango Sonorte testify unbelievable creativity, expressivity and imrpovisation skills! The guitarist Antero Jakoila is one of the most prestigious artists in his field and his talent can be appreciated in various movies of the great Finnish film maker Kaurismäki. And this is just to name the probably best known musician of this ensemble!

Oh, I still remember how much I enjoyed “Tango 3.0”.
Especially awesome was “La gloria”! Somewhere between electro, breaks and tango… and I have hardly ever heard such a fat bass in e-tango. And if you’ve ever been to Argentina and listened to a football game on the radio you’ll have to smile big time about the wonderful idea of integrating this experience into a song!
“La panamericana” fascinated me, too. It’s got something very hypnotic and you instantly feel beamed into a truck which rushes in a split second through villages like mancora, on his endlessly long way down south…