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Karsten Troyke: Dus Gezang Fin Mayn Harts
“Tango oyf Yiddish” is the subtitle of this CD. The Oriente label is a specialist for extraordinary productions, which are far from “mainstream” tango. Karsten Troyke and the Trio Scho (violin, accordion, double bass, 5 titles with additional clarinet) manage to bewitch their listeners. Enchantingly they take us to the 1920s and 1930s and to the area of Yiddish “Schlager” songs in the 1950s.

This new release is a live recording from 2006. It is a wonderful mix of Tango (for example “Cambalache”), Tango Milonga (for example “Taquito Militar”) and Tango Vals (for example “Romance de Barrio”), but there is also room for Tango Nuevo with “Oblivion” and “Libertango” by Astor Piazzolla. This mixture makes the CD very entertaining for dancers and listeners. The ensemble “Tango Fuego” uses the instrumentation bandoneon, violin, piano and contrabass. The singer is Laura d’Onofrio. Let yourself be enchanted.

Finally, the new CD by Otros Aires has arrived! “Dos” is an electronic feeling of the neighbourhood, the milongas, of the dance and the beat, and of the classical tangos. Once again Otros Aires shares their uniquely ‘porteño’ vision of 21st century sonic art.”

Otros Aires is one of the best Electrotango bands and it belongs to the same category as Carlos Libedinsky and Gotan Project. This is a perfect combination of delight in experimentation and danceability.

Highly recommendable!

Dear Danza y Movimiento friends!

This is finally the mail regarding “Downloads – Rescue out of the Music Crisis?” I’ve wanted to write for quite a while now. The problem is that we have not a lot of fact but a lot of meanings and several different predictions. All predictions I know are based on meanings. I change my mind regarding downloads all the time and I am trying to watch the market like a hawk.