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The popular tango orchestra El Arranque has released a new CD which is dedicated to contemporary compositions, some of them by the band’s musicians themselves. Thus, the album is aptly termed “Nuevos”. Some of the composers are Sonia Possetti, Andrés Linetzky, Abel Rogantini, Ramiro Gallo and Juan Quinteroson.

The Japanese singer Anna Saeki discovered her love for Argentinian tango many years ago. Together with the orchestras of Raúl Garello and Nicolás Ledesma as well as with the Alejandro Schwartz Trio she has recorded two CDs with her favourite tango titles. The first CD is dedicated to the tango clásico, the second one to the tango moderno. Songs like “Malena”, “La cumparsita” and “Chiquilín de bachín” receive a special charm by the subtle interpretations of Saeki, or like Horacio Ferrer puts it: “La voz de Anna Saeki es como si fuera un perfume!” (Anna Saeki’s voice is like a perfume). There is a Spanish as well as a Japanese version of “El día que me quieras”.

Daniel Almada and Martin Iannaccone are “Tango Crash”. And they truly break with typical tango conventios. Jazz and electronic sounds leave their marks. Still, after their debut album called “Tango Crash” (2003) and “Otra Sanata” (2005) this album is more danceable. In any case, it is a listening experience for friends of experimental tango.

The tango electronics from Buenos Aires are back with a new CD containing 12 titles. Their previous productions “Emigrante” and “Hybrid Tango” (both were nominated for the Latin Grammy) made them one of the most popular Electrotango bands. The new album “El Miedo a la Libertad” presents titles like “Media Persona”, a fusion between tango and bossa nova, and cover versions of “Englishman in New York” (Sting), where tango, jazz and reggae melt, “Sweet Dreams (are made of this)” (Eurhythmics) and “Cantaloupe Island” (written by Herbie Hancock and recorded for the first time in 1964).