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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).

German Tango. Sceptic persons might say: “It cannot work”. But Patrick Stern manages very well to transmit the pain and melancholy but also the coquetry and wit of Tango lyrics into German. Patrick Stern has worked on this project for a long time, he travelled from the river Elbe in Hamburg to the Río de la Plata in Buenos Aires. There he found the musicians of the Orquesta Típica el Afronte and the Orquesta Típica Winco as well as the singer Karina Boerlegui. With these allies he produced a charming CD, which will also please an audience not speaking German.