La Revancha Del Tango

It's like high quality phone hold music.

I didn't mind this as sort of interesting background music, but it does seem an odd choice for this list. I think you could die without having heard it.

Linen suits, eyes crouched behind smoked glass, a cappuccino on the terrazzo. The evening wears on, out comes the cognac, the fine Bolivian, lithe Polish escorts with cat eyes and cruel mouths. A dance that happens every weekend, every night in this corner of the Old World. All played out to the deadly, sclerotic beat of a music that never knew it was ever alive.

Nice for a little, just (as my main complaint with most of the albums on here), it's pretty dang long. Nice ambient music. Cool concept, as well. Favorite tracks: "Queremos Paz", "Vuelvo Al Sur"

I enjoyed this a lot more than I expected to. The sounds are so smooth and calming. I'll keep this in my back pocket for studying/relaxing music.

Not a good sign when you’re two thirds of the way through an album and you have to check to see if the album had finished and started replaying from the beginning. Otherwise, a fine record.

I have a weak spot for southamerican music, for trippy beats and for electronic. This fusion totally hooked me from the first minute. I *think* that CD was big in Switzerland, at least I remember that cover art, but never heard of. Thanks to 1001 albums I finally got around listening to it. Will definitively listen to it more, especially for coding / concentration work.

La Revancha del Tango is the debut album by Gotan Project, originally released in 2001. I'm not well versed in electronic music, so I'll keep this review short and sweet. The music is unique enough. They've got a kinda trip-hop vibe going on. There are some cool Latin influences in the guitar playing and I dig the Spanish vocals. They keep it French tho, adding accordion over the songs. They mix the accordion with a delay pedal a lot which adds to a cool psychedelic effect. Overall there wasn't enough variety between the songs for me. A bit too dull.

Lo siento amigos. No puedo con esto. Esos beats downtempo son tan desesperantes, mejor hubieran incluido un disco de, no sé, TANGOOO. Esto es una mierda para vender el género a gringos genéricos.

DVD menu music. It's a no from me.

Something different, always good to see. Fresh and different - jazzy but modern. Great vibes, love finding stuff I've never heard of before. Maybe it's background-y, but very enjoyable. 5*

It's like 70% of the time there's an artist I've never heard of in this book, the album is pretty forgettable. 20% of the time, it's just bad. And 10% of the time it's a cool discovery like the TPAB of electrotango. This was cool. 3.5/5

I like how they blend electronic music with tango. This made my workday enjoyable.

intriguing

That was actually pretty cool. Some Tango music mixed with electronica? Yes please! I wouldn’t have thought this record to be this chilled but still refreshing at the same time.

A bit long, but quite enjoyable jazzy electronica.

Different, and not bad, but I think it's kind of odd.

Why? When should this album be listened to? It makes no sense and sparks no joy.

This feels like the kind of music Weird Al Yankovic fucks to. Meaning it's not terrible, just not for me.

1.5. This is the kind of music that plays in hotel pools and lobbies when they’re trying to duck song licensing fees and just loop royalty free music. Not a compelling listen whatsoever.

By listening to this, we have deprived an elevator somewhere of its music

I found this to be droning. If you want to hear a good album in this genre try Lovage:Music to Make Love To Your Old Lady By

The first track felt like an intro to something potentially promising. Unfortunately, it wasn't. It's just very basic, boring electronica with some splashes of tango and french cabaret music. I was hoping the Zappa cover would be interesting (I do adore Frank Zappa). But again, it wasn't. I skipped the last three tracks.

Absolute banger, this was the album that put tango music on the map for me back in the day (as well as helping me get into downtempo while it was at it). Queremos Paz, Época, Santa Maria (del Buen Aire), Una Música Brutal, and El Capitalismo Foráneo are all very much 5 star songs for me, have them on lots of playlists and listen to them regularly. The rest might drag it down to a 4.5 overall, still very much worth the round up IMHO.

Constantly catchy and interesting, kept me hooked and grooving start to finish

Brilliant balance of simplicity and complexity. Just really enjoyed vibing to this album

Love it.

I just love it, I find this fusion of styles very interesting and very well done. This project in particular is very, very good... but I also like Bajofondo and a few others who explore the same path! 5 stars, “porque me encanta!”

i was not expecting to be such a fan of this album dang

I listened to this multiple times today. Headphones and car stereo. I liked this. Driving through the countryside, autumn leaves falling. This had autumnal vibes.

Beautiful album

What a delightful discovery (althought apparently I'd listened to a couple tracks back in 2016). I didn't really know what to expect but I was hooked from the very first moment. Queremos Pax, Chunga's Revenge, Troptico, Una Misca Brutal are just some of my favourites from today but the whole album is a delight.

Big nostalgia bump on this one, played it a lot in the early noughts. Tango meets trip-hop? Entirely my bag! Fave tracks - "Queremos Paz" for kicking things off and setting the mood. Then, maybe, "Santa Maria (Del Buen Ayre)" and "La del Ruso". This is more of an album album, though - doesn't make too much sense to talk about individual tracks...

Amazing project! At the time it was released, it sounded like nothing else

First time I heard this lounge mix of tango at an argentinian restaurant it blew my mind. Find its a genius way to revive a local music culture genere and remaking it for speak easy and to find a new market with younger generations. I think its amazing and all songs flow perfectly not missong a beat makong this an exceptional well produced and arranged album. Songs may not work individually but as an album this is gold.

This is exceptional. It just smooth, but funky. The use of horns and smoky vocals layered over a stellar backbeat is *chef's kiss*. If you like Wax Taylor, RJD2, DJ Shadow, etc. you'll love this!

Oh man what a great blast from the college past! I remember when every fucking coffee shop and cool dude bar or restaurant around played this on repeat, and it still as great as ever!

YES! J’avais jamais écouté cet album de leur formation, mais Lunatico est un grand classique dans ma famille. On retrouve plusieurs similarités musicales entre les deux. Personnellement, je préfère Lunatico, mais leur son me rejoint tellement que La Revancha mérite un gros 5

BANGER

Was absolutely thrilled to get an album by a French group during the 2024 Paris Olympics. Not sure what the odds are of that but since this list seems to be heavy on the USA and UK artists I suspect low! As far as the actual album, I absolutely loved it. This is definitely my kind of thing. I like electro swing a lot and this is kind of like its tango cousin. A great fusion of electronica with tango music, and what I think is singing in French. It's something that can easily go on in the background and float in and out of and just kind of chill out to. I think for some people background music is kind of an insult but for me, when it's GOOD background music it can really help me focus or set the stage to relax. To me this is GOOD background music. I am pretty certain I have heard some of these tracks in movies before as well. If not, it's certainly cinematic enough for it. For me, I love it enough for it to be a 5 star!

Electrotango works a lot better than what I expected. I feel if you're not used to the album it will come along as very elevator music-ish, but for me it felt like a great spin to already a very underrated genre

Outstanding

At first glance, it could be mistaken for a obscure electronic album made by a Latin American outfit based on the album cover and title. Once one goes deeper into the album, one could be surprised to learn that, while this is a obscure electronic album, it was actually made by French musicians. Apart from that information, and the fact that there is a Zappa song cover and a cover of the title track to one of the more infamous films of the 1970s, there is very little to be gleaned from this collection. Which is probably for the best because any more info could potentially sully whatever hard earned vibe this album has going. More eyes and ears have to be set upon this, regardless of the intentional (?) misnomer.

LOVED this album!!

Não conhecia! Achei interessante incrível e já estou a procura em formato físico!

A revolución in its own time for traditional tango with an updated beat.

Dreamy beats over Spanish revolution. More, please.

Fun! a little too much for a work day but I can't fault a 5 star album, too bad they were one and done.

Absolutely loved this slow vibe!

9/10 really really loved this but I wish I had more to say about it

Great Neo Tango music! Meanwhile the album is a milestone!

Really liked them! Great album to cook to

that cover ohmygod ohmygod WHY didn’t I listen to this when it was generated? I thought it sounded unique, listened to a piece, enjoyed it, BUT DIDN’T LISTEN TO THE ALBUM. I think this is as close as the list will get to art music. Excluding Indian classical music. About that, why is it on here when ANY sort of Western art isn’t?! I’m unaware what any of the lyrics mean, but as I always say, I view lyrics as less important than music, a perspective influenced by my love for classical music. This is a prime example of fantastic music with sparse lyricism (I think they’re mainly sampled). Like the antithesis to hip-hop: technical proficiency! Everybody here is complaining about ‘hold music’. Instrumental music isn’t immediately bad purely because it’s instrumental. The music isn’t insanely repetitive either; the pieces flow and move. How many albums can you name with a more unique feel? Electronic beats mixed with tango rhythm is a fabulous concept, especially for someone who enjoys all kinds of dance music — a unique ‘mix’ (pun intended). Throw in the fact it’s French (the band — I’m aware the lyrics are not) and a front cover with a man’s sternocleidomastoids and right collarbone (mmmmm)… Favourite pieces: ALL OF THEM I CAN’T CHOOSE (but probably ‘Época’)

This was new to me but I really like this kind of latin-infused stuff.

"Época" and "Santa Maria" are staples of my beloved 13-year-old Pandora channel, my having given them big thumbs up in the past, and even having downloaded "Época" years ago before I was on the streaming. I loved listening to this whole album. Not a surprise, as I love me some tango, and I love me this neotango electronica.

I haven’t even been able to get through the entire album yet today, but I am ready to give my rating. The album so far is great and I have full faith that the few tracks I have remaining as my bedtime lullaby will not disappoint.

I've had Gotan Project's cover of Whatever Lola Wants in my collection for a while. It's great to hear more. This was a wonderful hour of me doing the tango in my mind.

Latin with strings, mostly instrumental. Really good!

Great low, relaxing key background music. Really like the vocals in other languages

Discazo. En su época lo machaqué en el CD del auto. Me siguen gustando casi todas las canciones. En especial Vuelvo al sur, El capitalismo foráneo, Una música brutal, Santa María o Queremos paz. Imprescindible. En la edición aniversario está Diciembre 2001 que es otro bombazo de canción.

Helt konge

Perfect album to chill out to for an hour on my flight

This is a great album. lovely Mediterranean /South American/ambient vibe.

Bop

I've had this album on HEAVY rotation for the last 20 years. I'm absolutely tickled that it made the list. Hey, one fewer scottish new wave post punk boy album!

In de basis een dansplaat (tango), maar voor mij vooral een heerlijke luisterplaat. Prachtige combinatie van klassieke instrumenten en opzet (tango) en de moderne mogelijkheden en opzet (beats). Het zit ontzettend goed in elkaar. Lekker ongeforceerd. Meerdere lagen neerzetten als een eenvoudig geheel. Dat is een prestatie.

Good for the zone

Valeu demais para conhecer e querer escutar mais. Versões de tango bem desenvolvidas.

Stunning

I wish all projects were Gotan. The sexy parts of tango with a dash of future, hip-hop, and theater.

Surprisingly great! And I only say surprisingly because this was completely foreign to me in every definition of the word. 5 stars!

Amazing find. Just the kind of album I like. Trip hop and tango, minimal vocals. Incredible.

This album is slick. Hard to believe it's over 20 years old. It takes me to the bar at Hotel Costes and I’m sure Triptico was on one of CDs that bar’s DJ Stéphane Pompougnac released. I could listen to this stuff all night long.

I could listen to these chilled out tunes all day. The first thing I did upon finishing the album was start it straight back up again. A perfect blend of paired down electronica and instruments, with a great French feeling to the whole thing.

Great latino music with a lot of soul

relaxing and stylish never heard anything like it. I've really been trying to get into music with no lyrics lately too and this is a perfect medium

Love this!!

uma delícia

So good

downtempo lazy saturday music appropriated by groundforce reveals but no less good as the dust has settled

Tango un tanto electrónico con melodías muy suaves y muy agradable de escuchar. Todo un descubrimiento

I really enjoy this album for it being relaxing but also not boring. There is also a distinct flavor to the sound of it overall, which is different from what I usually listen to and a pleasant change.

A wonderful album. A real treasure.

Muito lindo. Me faz pensar no sul do mundo como um centro de cultura único. O tango, a milonga e seus demais ritmos são patrimônios de rico valor para o povo argentino bem como uruguaio e por que não sul brasileiro? Gotan deu um jeito de contar as origens com um tom de futuro. Sempre parece uma boa ideia, mas nem sempre dá certo. Mas nesse caso felizmente deu. :)

Chill, groovy, French electronic. Big fan.

Dig it

Fantastic, jam-worthy, underrated album! The beats on here are so unique! I love it!

¿Hueles eso? Huele a... ¡Huele a pepino! ¡Madre de dios, qué pepino de álbum!

Exquisito, mucho sabor de tango con toques eclécticos y ambientales. De lo mejor el cover de Frank Zappa de "Chunga's revenge".

Wooow super nice Argentinian vibes

No ubicaba a Gotan Project, pero gran disco ambiental (?). Creo que logra muy bien su fusión de sonidos del tango con más géneros y se vuelve algo muy experimentalón. Lo disfruté mucho y creo que, de cierta forma, se siente su vibra noventera (aunque ya fuera un disco del nuevo milenio). "Queremos paz", "Chunga's Revenge" y "Una música brutal", mis favs. "Vuelvo al sur" tiene una que otra letra padre y como en realidad me gustó todo, aprecio igual sus "cortes" instrumentales, jaja. 10/10

I liked that album. It was good background music.

This was really good. Nice to listen to while working, but that doesn't mean that it's shallow. It is more of 4.5, but I will give it 5 to remember it later.

love it

Beautiful latin music

first listen this is really a cool blend of traditional and modern

I like the accordion in this album a lot. The album has a funky Latin vibe which is so good. Great underrated album on the list.

I enjoyed it. Something I usually wouldn’t go out of my way to listen to, but I definitely feel there is a time and a place where I will revisit this. El Capitalismo Foràneo is going onto several playlists in my regular rotation.

I have no idea why, but I really enjoyed this. I think it largely just being an instrumental album meant I could apply my own context.. which meant most of the time whilst I was listening, I was the protagonist in a quirky Parisian spy flick, street fighting with sharpened baguettes and dodging mini croissants some nasty moustachioed baddie was hurling at me like shurikens. This album is hands down the best example of alternative french jazz spy electronica I think I've ever listened to.. the only issue was the length of some of the music. Many of the songs didn't need to be 5/6 minutes plus.. without lyrical accompaniments they didn't develop enough to not feel a bit stale by the end, and it made the imaginary fight scenes in my head absolutely exhausting.

Opening track reminded me of Terry Gilliam's Twelve Monkeys theme. Would have preferred live drums rather than drum machine, which is something I thought throughout. Still sounded very full and atmospheric. I know Epoca from what I feel like is a thousand adverts. Listening in its entirety was truly magnificent. Frank Zappa covers…never thought I'd hear one on this list. Not bad either. Triptico is again familiar. Who knows why? Maybe it's from Parrappa The Rapper (it's not). Santa Maria was rousing, assertive, I learnt how to Tango during its nearly six minute soirée. Una Musica Brutal reminded me of the Mamushca from Addams Family, and also of Vic and Bob's remake of Randall and Hopkirk. That's not meant as a diss, top marks! El Capitalismo Foraneo had me thinking of Groove Armada and Morcheba and stuff in that vein. Last Tango In Paris was ok. I massaged some Herbal Essences into my scalp while this was playing, and then remembered I wasn't in the bath and/or shower. The next ones were fine. I'd ejaculated by this point so didn't make any more notes. By and large this album took me by surprise, from behind, and bought me flowers and a slap up dinner.