Tag: Albums Tango

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 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…

Just a few days ago I’ve written about an exciting cooperation of Leopoldo Federico with Roberto Grela in this place…
and I already got my hands on the next one, this time with Susana Rinaldi, one of THE Grandes Dames of tango.

A bandoneón and a voice, both matured through experience, who meet and have a lot to tell each other. And who are incredibly good in listening to each other, as it is the case between good friends.

Finally in our store!

The new CD from Sexteto Milonguero: “7”
And: “Dios mio!” what a staggering album – no: artwork!
More than one hour of vitality, “joie de vivre”, goosebumps, (sounds somehow as if I’d write about salsa ) and danceable melancholy!