It's like high quality phone hold music.
La Revancha del Tango is the debut album by French musical group Gotan Project. It was released on 22 October 2001 on XL Recordings and ¡Ya Basta! Records. The album contains a cover of the title track from Frank Zappa's 1970 album Chunga's Revenge and a cover of Gato Barbieri's theme for the 1972 film Last Tango in Paris.
It's like high quality phone hold music.
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 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.
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.
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.
DVD menu music. It's a no from me.
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.
Beautiful latin music
love it
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.
I liked that album. It was good background music.
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
Wooow super nice Argentinian vibes
Exquisito, mucho sabor de tango con toques eclécticos y ambientales. De lo mejor el cover de Frank Zappa de "Chunga's revenge".
¿Hueles eso? Huele a... ¡Huele a pepino! ¡Madre de dios, qué pepino de álbum!
Fantastic, jam-worthy, underrated album! The beats on here are so unique! I love it!
Dig it
Chill, groovy, French electronic. Big fan.
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. :)
A wonderful album. A real treasure.
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.
Tango un tanto electrónico con melodías muy suaves y muy agradable de escuchar. Todo un descubrimiento
downtempo lazy saturday music appropriated by groundforce reveals but no less good as the dust has settled
So good
uma delícia
Love this!!
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
Great latino music with a lot of soul
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.
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.
Amazing find. Just the kind of album I like. Trip hop and tango, minimal vocals. Incredible.
Surprisingly great! And I only say surprisingly because this was completely foreign to me in every definition of the word. 5 stars!
I wish all projects were Gotan. The sexy parts of tango with a dash of future, hip-hop, and theater.
Stunning
Valeu demais para conhecer e querer escutar mais. Versões de tango bem desenvolvidas.
Good for the zone
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.
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!
Bop
This is a great album. lovely Mediterranean /South American/ambient vibe.
Perfect album to chill out to for an hour on my flight
Helt konge
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.
Great low, relaxing key background music. Really like the vocals in other languages
Latin with strings, mostly instrumental. Really good!
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.
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.
"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.
This was new to me but I really like this kind of latin-infused stuff.
Really liked them! Great album to cook to
Great Neo Tango music! Meanwhile the album is a milestone!
9/10 really really loved this but I wish I had more to say about it
Absolutely loved this slow vibe!
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.
Dreamy beats over Spanish revolution. More, please.
A revolución in its own time for traditional tango with an updated beat.
Não conhecia! Achei interessante incrível e já estou a procura em formato físico!
LOVED this album!!
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.
Lepposaa menoa vaikkakin välillä biisit ylipitkiä.
Great album, cool vibes a lot good tracks perfect for restaurant background music.
Very cool
WOW so fun!
Muy recomendable
j'ai acheté cet album a sa sortie beaucoup de classe bon musicien etun style que j'aime je voudrais danser le tango sur cela mais je suis meilleur a l'harmo
This is kind of a vibe
whoa, very good! tango meets breakbeat / electronic. 4.5/5
Good study music
Surprisingly good
No me esperaba a Gotan Project en esta lista, pero al mismo tiempo sí tiene sentido. Qué bonita forma de llevar el tango (o una fusión(?) de) a otras audiencias
Mood: both hip generic back drop music for a trendy restaurant and boppy, zone out and dance club hits. At risk of trying too hard this would be fun to throw on at a party to jam to.
Fantastic, groovy, a little clangy at times, reminds me of the "Frantic" soundtrack, a bit of north African trance with the tango.
Nice album, very good rhythms and beats!
Usually don't get as hooked for what would be "background" music otherwise but this was really well done. There were enough subtle flourishes and nuance between songs to keep it interesting and even the long songs didn't seem as long. Blatantly French, but that added an element. Also invoked Gran Turismo soundtrack vibes.
Questo disco erano anni che non lo ascoltavo. E' uno di quei dischi che ha qualcosa di sbagliato e scontato però alla fine a me un pò piace, è un pò come la pizza surgelata. Sarebbe un 3 e mezzo ma viva la vita.
very cool
It just kind of happened in my ears, and it happened well. I will listen to this again in the future when I'm looking to relax.
Tango electrónica resultona. Portishead latino. Aunque se me hizo un poco largo el álbum.
Chill Euro bar vibe.Easy to listen to when working.
Melodic Mexican calm motives.
// Favs: Queremos Paz / Epoca / Santa Maria Score: Decent 4
¿Tango electrónico? Bien, yo ya había escuchado música de Gotan Project, así que este disco no me resultó nada extraño, pero no había escuchado ninguna de estas canciones. Lo que sí me sorprendió fue que este grupo fuera francés. La primera vez que escuché algo así fue curiosamente en una clase de tango. Supongo que para los “puristas” de ese género escuchar esto es una aberración, pero a mi me pareció genial. Una visión “fresca” del género, y celebro que alguien se haya atrevido a intentarlo. Si bien el disco me agrada musicalmente, siento que el “comentario social” que tienen un par de canciones (ie El Capitalismo Foráneo) era innecesario. Siento que es más una estrategia mercadológica que un verdadero interés por los problemas sociales, pero quizá es algo de la época y lugar, ya que Manu Chao hace algo parecido (pero él se me hace más auténtico). Otra cosa interesante del disco es que las canciones que más me gustaron son las que menos parecen tango: Tríptico “me mamó”, como diría la chaviza, y también “La del Ruso” que parece música africana. Siento que 4 es demasiado, pero 3 muy poco, así que le pondría 3.5 si pudiera.
When I heard the first track I thought this album was on the list just as a nod to the whole Buddha Bar / St Germaine scene and associated compilations. When I recognized the second track, and the third, and on, I realized that this *was* that whole scene.
Interesting stuff. I had no idea what this was going into it. Very nice vibes.
Smoooooooth. Lovely Latin vibes and very chilled.
Genuinely banger orchestral tango whatever album with nice vocals. Memorable! Understated.
I like it, will definitely go back to it
Not at all what I expected. I liked the tango electrica. It was a great listen while getting some work done. Straight 4
Muuuuy bueno. Me encantó. Nunca había escuchado neotango y me fascinó.
This was pretty good and enjoyable, if a bit repetitive. Really more of a 3.5. Will check some of this group's other works for sure.
Mostly enjoyable. Seems like the one socialist rap song didn't fit the mood of the rest of the album. Very similar to Skeewiff
Yeah, OK. I can get down with this.
Interesting genre
Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Hanging tree,
the dylan album! it seems cool, i'll listen properly one day soon. maybe cool alongside juana molina
Jazzy trip-hop with a distinctly Parisian twist. Has not dated nearly as badly as other music of this era, moves along nicely, but it is too long.
Loved the lyrics in Spanish. Really like this kind of euro music
this is the most different and the most beautiful album we've listened thus far. what a shame--it looks like this album didn't even make a blip in the US! the album was wonderful as a whole, and i really can't wait to listen again. it was great to work to!
I.... am stunned. This album blew me away! Didn't know this band. I also don't quite know how to describe them. Tango? Jazz? All I know is I love it.