Gotan Project is a musical group based in
Paris
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(France), consisting of musicians
Eduardo Makaroff (Argentina),
Philippe Cohen Solal (French) and
Christoph H. Müller (Swiss), a former member of
Touch El Arab.
[Madlen Albrecht ''Le développement du Tango à partir de 1983'' 2009Page 9 "3.3.4 « Gotan Project » Ce groupe a été fondé par trois hommes à Paris en 1998. Deux d'entre eux sont ... Il s'agit du Français Philippe Cohen Solal et du Suisse Christophe H. Mueller. ... Ils ont alors travaillé avec le guitariste Eduardo Makaroff en mélangeant des beats électroniques, des instruments en direct et de la voix."]
History
Gotan Project formed in 1999. Their first release was "Vuelvo Al Sur/El Capitalismo Foráneo" in 2000, followed by the album ''
La Revancha del Tango'' in 2001. Their music is based on Argentine
tango, but also uses elements such as
samples, beats, and breaks.
Live material was broadcast on
Gilles Peterson's
world music
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show Worldwide on
BBC Radio 1
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in May 2004. The band has also released a DJ set: ''Inspiración Espiración - A Gotan Project DJ Set Selected & Mixed by Philippe Cohen Solal'' (2004). This album is a compilation of classic tangos from the likes of
Aníbal Troilo,
Ástor Piazzolla and Gotan Project remixes. The album also includes a bonus CD with the track "La Cruz del Sur"which was meant to be included on ''La Revancha del Tango'', but did not make the cut in 2001.
In 2006 they released a second studio album, ''
Lunático'', and in 2010 ''
Tango 3.0'', their last studio album to date.
Band name
The name of the trio is the word "tango" with the order of its syllables reversed. Reversing syllables in this way is a form of
word play
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called "al
vesre" that is common in
Lunfardo
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, an
argot
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of
Rioplatense Spanish
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.
Discography
* ''
La Revancha del Tango'' (2001)
* ''
Lunático'' (2006)
* ''
Tango 3.0'' (2010)
Commercial use
The song "Santa Maria (del Buen Ayre)" was used in the films ''
The Bourne Identity'' (2002), ''
Shall We Dance?'' (2004), and ''
Knight and Day'' (2010).
References
External links
*
Facebook official
Tango music groups
Musical groups from Paris
French musical groups
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