La Revancha Del Tango

Elevator music, not for me

I was really enjoying the first half of this album - sort of c*nty Proffesor Layton music - I was really here for it - then I was less enthused by the end but HEY - mostly a nice mellow listen

It's pretty good, quite interesting. Not really what I'm into but fine enough.

If you're going to listen to tango music, there's much better out there.

If whoever is going to the trouble of writing the Wikipedia entry for this album can't come up with a sentence about what the heck it is, I don't know how I'm supposed to.

Ok, apart from the fact that it runs a bit too long, this is very interesting and different. I love trip hop, and I would have never thought to combine it with tango. This is new and a bit weird for me but I enjoyed it hell of a lot more than the same old 60s folk farts on this list. At least it's something unique, and kinda fun actually. I give it a 3 just because it's too long.

3.5

Kombiniert auf geniale Weise dir Genres Tango und Downtempo/Trip-Hop. Das sind alles Genres, für die ich schon lange eine Vorliebe habe, aber noch nie dazu gekommen bin, mich wirklich reinzuhören. Das Album scheint also wie gemacht für mich. Tolle Tango-Melodien auf vielfältigen Instrumenten und hinterlegt mit interessanten Beats. Macht richtig Spaß! Da die zweite Hälfte (wie leider so oft) von der Qualität etwas (nur wenig!) abnimmt, reicht es nicht zum absoluten Klassiker. Nichtsdestotrotz, tolles innovatives Album! 4/5 - exzellent

It's more interesting than likeable, I cant tell by the way the novelty wares off. The effect of mixing "latin" music and electronic works with the first listen, but even as you pay through the record it is less and less grabbing me, and the songs are quite long. It didn't make me feel a lot of things, but it is quite well made and I was ok with it

It does run a wee bit too long, but I really dug every single one of these tracks. So chill, and I'm glad to finally see some solid electronic music.

A favorite. Nice to give it another listen. Won't be the last time.... 5 "happy day" stars.

Another okay, mostly instrumental album with overly long songs. Is this the only type of album this platform promotes? At least it was one I hadn't heard or heard of before. Although I don't really care for Latin music. And while it wasn't very traditional (a plus), the other, previously stated downsides made it a no.

First two tracks, very enjoyable. Época...what ad was this in?! Killing me. The style is South America instrumentation and melodies with trip hop beats. It's way too long for what is similar enough style from track to track but there's nothing terrible here, would throw this on while reading or cooking as ambient music no bother. Poolside bar abroad with a drink in hand would be the ideal for this. 6/10

An alright electronica album that mixes Spanish samba and tango music with very traditional and stereotypical French music (mostly the accordion). It was a bit bland, but inoffensive to the ears. A couple cool beats, but most of the songs were slow, chill, and borderline lo-fi. Overall, it was perfectly average. 3/5

chill french beats to study to

I'm on a good streak with these albums and Latin America hits it out of the park again. Great vibe album that's just consistently strong throughout, I can see this becoming a favourite with the lo-fi electronic rock style.

Never heard of this before and so far I really like it. I’m hearing elements of Mexican, Latin and South American music mixed with a techno trance sort of thing. Almost Latin/cuban mixed with the prodigy? This gets more and more fun as it goes. Not only was this a good album, but the autoplay is suggesting great songs. I really enjoyed this album as a whole.

Enjoyed this, nice easy listening background music, but not sure I will remember it to come back and listen again.

Blending tango music with electronic music is certainly a unique idea, but I'm not sure if there was enough on the bone to justify the near hour runtime. I don't think the smattering of vocals added anything to the music. This was pleasant enough background music. I rather enjoyed "Triptico" as I found the repeative rhythms to be quite hypnotic once those trip-hop flavoured drums kick in. I'd advise listening to that and then decide if you want to commit an hour for the full album.

I can't say I've heard of Gotan Project until now. Apparently, they're a multinational collective of composers and producers based in Paris, consisting of Eduardo Makaroff, Christoph H. Müller, and Philippe Cohen Solal. The kind of music they make can be described as a fusion of tango and electronic music, which seemed to be a trend predominantly from Argentina in the early 2000s. That style is very apparent on their debut record, La Revencha del Tango. The combination of sharp string arrangements, brittle acoustic guitar, prominent low-end bass, blocky beats, and accordion flourishes, with trace elements of trip hop and the occasional guest singer, occurs throughout the runtime. It's the type of slow-burn dance music that invokes a sense of eloquence, even when the group is going out of their way to cover Frank Zappa of all people with "Chunga's Revenge". It certainly made for a pleasing listen, no doubt. Though if I am being honest with myself, my interest in this fusion started to wane towards the end. There are definitely a few tracks that overstay their length, like "Tríptico" and "El Capitalismo Foráneo". It would be nice to trim this album down a smidge. Still, I can't deny that La Revancha del Tango was an intriguing listen. It certainly helped define a trendy fusion of two genres that I can understand the appeal of.

Was it Adiba who played this all the time? Or was it one of the French girls in that houseshare in Walworth? Maybe it was everyone. This was ubiquitous, maybe the most bar-successful of this list’s subgenre of “end of history” lounge music - I see this came out a month after 9/11, but its roots are in the complacent post-Cold War interregnum. I was prepared to rate this higher, but while it’s never hard to listen to it does bore, suffering from being what Cher in “Clueless” would call a Monet, “ From far away, it's OK, but up close, it's a big old mess”

There's too much background music on this list. Give me some Van der Graaf Generator or some Merzbow that I'm forced to pay attention to (at the very least), rather than yet another vaguely-cool vaguely-Latinic ambient bore some Brit wanker thought was trendy 20 years ago, please.

some groovy tunes

Fluctuates wildly between legitimately cool Latin Jazz and "soundtrack from a shitty early 2000s PlayStation game that you remember 20 years later and think "that game had no right to such a cool soundtrack"".

Atmospheric tango music. Does get very samey after a while. But all I can think listening to it is J-Lo and Richard Gere being "this alive." 3/5

interesting background music It’s strength is its weakness it’s “interesting background music”

Gran disco

fine

Pleasantly surprising

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This one I really liked. Another win for the list; I would probably never of found this group without it. I've really been enjoying more electronic music lately and I like the fusion with tango they achieved here. It also helps I'm not a big lyrics guy so I don't mind the Spanish singing and honestly it may help my enjoyment to not know what they're singing about.

Interesting, but most of the songs sound the same.

I'm tiring of some of these albums

Needed more vocals to catch my interest.

Pretty good for background music.2.5

This was amazing! I saved this one and I knew a few tracks from it from somewhere

Great. Tango and Latin. Some recognized from Putomayo

not for me

I must admit, as a middle aged, slightly over weight male, I'm feeling quite sexy right now.

One of the more unique albums I’ve encountered on here. Lo fi latin jazz. Easy to enjoy. Hard to feel anything especially specific about it.

Listened

Fun little find.

Good driving music, but a lot of it blended together for me.

This is the kind of album that wouldn’t show up in my day to day listening. I’m not even sure if recommendation engines would think to suggest an album like this. But I liked it. It was a weird and atmospheric album, with strange emphasis on certain instruments and drum loops. It’s not the best album for focusing on, but it’s a nice one to hear once and then have to put onto a background music playlist.

We didn’t need to bring the accordion into the 21st century and definitely not to be paired with European coffee shop music.

Alright I suppose. Moody.

Elevator / hotel lobby fodder. Thats not to say i didnt enjoy some of it....

Not really my thing, but as background music to work to - pretty harmless

Sort of thing I’d imagine they would play on the main menu of a come dine with me dvd box set. I can imagine vibes where this would work well as background music, but as an album? Meh

Feels like the precursor to electro-swing and I mean that in the most derogatory way possible. Can’t believe this bullshit is an hour and a half long.

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. 2.5⭐️

i liked this more than what i had expected

It’s like Spanish lofi, so boring after three tracks

Music for marketing executives or restaurants that serve cocktails in jam jars. With no disrespect meant to the creators but this does not belong in this list. A complete nothing album. Horrifically dull. 1/5

Trying to freshen up some traditional music genres by putting them over a foundation of very similar-sounding programmed beats and keyboards was en vogue for a bit. This actually has some characterful singing, but has it stood the test of time? Much like the other similar attempts at updating traditional genres: Nope.

There were some high highs on this record, though few. The non-high records were kind of mid. Favourite Track(s): Queremos paz, Triptico, La del raso Least Favourite Track(s): Santa Maria (del Buen Ayre)

Not usually my type of thing. I thought I was really into it at one point, but then i realized it was a track that started playing from another audience afterwards. 2/5

This is not the hold music you were searching for.

I enjoyed this more than I expected to

This was great! I’d never heard of Gotan Project at all before. A suave mix of chill Latin electronica, good music for working & concentrating as well as a candlelit dinner. I will keep these guys within reach in the future.

Kinda fun, always appreciate spanish influences on stuff like this. That said it doesn't really escape chill beats to study by level...

сначала очень клёво но быстро надоедает

a little mundane

A hour of French tango music should have been awful - but in fact I quite enjoyed it. Surprising.

The Good: We get to listen to tango! The Bad: Not the kind of tango I had singed up for… The Ugly: Electronic tango… should be forbidden, just like certain books are forbidden… Never heard of this before in my life. Now I know why… This is what shit music sounds like… it is electronically boring, it has little to nothing to do with tango, and truth be told, I don’t understand why fuckhead Dimery hasn’t been capable of adding an actual tango album to this fucking list… 1*

got some nice vibes

no es mi estilo, nada mal pero me

Wow ok this scratched something in the deep recesses of my brain. These songs were either in Mr. and Mrs. Smith or So You Think You Can Dance or both but I have absolutely listened to them before.

Epoca >>>>>>>>>> vibes are strong!!

This might’ve been the hardest instrumental album I’ve ever heard!

I think this is sort of a platonic ideal of background music. Occasionally interesting, but never distracting. This one is particularly French. And sometimes it gets its Franceness all over the place.

Better than most things that have come out of France.

2.5

I'm not surprised I'm the only one who really like this in the group. I kind of dig Electronica when it's more infused and other styles and I think this really mixes kind of Brazilian and Jazz textures really well with Electronica most of it works exceedingly well for me I think it goes on a little bit long and there are some tracks that do test my patience a little (7.8) ★★★½

A mixture of electronic and tango. Too long and too smooth, but not bad. 3 stars

I think there's a ceiling for me on this electronica infused world jazz. We've had a few of these types of albums. Some it was cool, but at other times it kind of feels like background music at a trendy cafe. The Zappa cover was probably the highlight here. 3 stars.

Like Sabres Of Paradise if it had been tango’d and was half-decent. Some very cool bassy, bandoneony background grooves. I’m pretty sure the 2nd track has been used on Come Dine With Me and most other daytime tv shows for that matter. A bit boring as a whole album though.

I did enjoy most of it, though it definitely overstays its welcome with the hour and a half runtime. Much of its ideas are already out there by the first few songs, then it gets repetitive fast. I’d rate it higher if it was either half the songs or the songs were half their lengths.

#1005. This sounds like soundtrack music for a movie that most people have forgotten about. 3/5: fine

Crazy eerie vibes

This is some dentist's-office-ass music. I thought I hated the people of Brazil but it turns out these guys are French so I just hate Brazilian Culture.

It was quite nice background music. I know that I have been tango’s

Meh

Toujours été grand fan de cet album, c’est un petit bonbon pour les oreilles. Quelques chansons vraiment marquantes, et d’autres qui meublent, mais de manière remarquable. Playlist pick : Santa María (del Buen Ayre)

I liked chungas revenge

Es un buen album pero podría morir sin escucharlo, pasa sin pena ni gloria

Electronic tango and downtempo built from bandoneón, elegant strings, subtle beats, and sparse vocals feels like wandering through dimly lit streets after midnight where every doorway promises mystery but most lead to another stylish lounge—seductive, sophisticated, and for me more atmospheric than captivating. The album creates a distinctive mood, though its cool restraint and repetitive pacing kept it from fully drawing me in.

Some familiar tunes on here which I enjoyed. Very repetitive but not unpleasant.

Great

época

Zar nije tango malo življi i zanimljiviji?

On paper, I would hate this, but this one came out of nowhere. I am really digging it the atmospheric electronic elements.

Pretty fun although I have no idea what they’re saying

This was definitely movie background musics it’s fine, but it isn’t much to pay attention to

I think I could listen to this whenever.

A nice pleasant listen. Vibey

In the 2000s, before hipsters were called hipsters and before beer had craft in front of it and adjuncts, like grapefruit and yuzu, were a thing, Gotan Project were the band hipsters and people who like adjuncts in the their craft IPA listened to to show they were a cut above the riff raff. Of course, there were also several adverts that Época featured in as well to take the music to the philistinic masses. I was bored listening to this. Every song effectively is the same, with the annoying instrument that belongs in sea shanties. It’s music that Dom Jolly didn’t use in Trigger Happy TV because it was too dull (side note: he clearly thought Grandaddy was less dull).

Something a bit different, certainly has a dance feel about it. Generally interesting, but not something I would come back to

Pleasant but not that engaging. Nice to have something different.

I mean it was chill but boring enough for me to not finish it.

Hotel music for people who don't like hotel music.

Épocs geht gut.

Exotic and interesting use of effects. An alluring album with a draw that makes it feel addictive and secretive

Groovy. Started on a high note and didn't totally maintain it but fun stuff regardless.

877. 2001. 2 stars. Tedious and meandering background music for Spanish hipster bars. Interesting for the first couple of tracks, then evaporates into bland nothingness. And no-one needs multiple 5+ minute tracks, including several 8+ minute abominations.

Well, this was something else. What do you call an album that's equal parts tango heartache and club thump? Imagine tango music got lost, wandered into a rave, then stumbled out speaking fluent jazz. Spins: 1 Playlist Additions - Época - Tríptico - Santa María (del Buen Ayre) - Una Música Brutal

This album is nearly an hour long, and it really drags. It does have its moments, but not enough.

Was honestly going to give this a 2 because why did I have to listen to it before I die and why was it so long but I’m kinda in a good mood so I’ll throw it a 3

Eh? Didn't hate it

very cool snappy french sound. delightful at first because the other 1000 albums make it sound new, but by the end you've really had your fill. favorite song is Tríptico. solid 3

Rating: 5/10 Meh. I don't want to do tango for an hour straight. French electronic with a fusion of the mellowed out trip hop sound you would expect from its release date. Gave it a chill background vibe. Perhaps notable here for the inclusion of a highlight of a distinct genre, which I can respect more than the 100th addition in a US/UK genre we've all heard before or yet another album by the same usual bands. Favorite song was Santa Maria, I guess? Pretty sick there's a song called Chunga's Revenge that's awesome

Is that the fucking Come Dine With Me music hahahhahaha

Kind of a off rhythm Spanish album. It's like a Spanish Tycho.

Unspectacular but fairly enjoyable as low-investment, easy to process background music while cleaning, working on a project or going for a walk. The latin influences work very well with the electronic beats, and while the songs are measured in their presentation there's still enough going on for to be stimulating. It's a pleasant all be it unremarkable experience. Fine. 3/5

Not bad but nothing remarkable

I listen to it while riding my bike to work and then I listened to it again while going on a neon Riders Bike Rave ride in the evening. I'm definitely going to be checking out their other work

I kinda liked it, but not sure I would listen again.

This kind of thing really just does not do it for me

It's impossible for me to be impartial about this album since it's basically the soundtrack to one of the happiest summers of my life. Back in my own country after my first job abroad, I had three months to kill before I could leave again. Having no place of my own and nothing special to do, I ended up living in a borrowed apartment that had, by the end of summer, turned into a Bohemian community. Siblings, friends and half-strangers came and went, and day blurred into night as an apparently endless party went on and on. For some reason this album was one of the few discs left in the flat, and it was playing all the time. It's burnt into my memory, and it will forever be linked for me to that strange mix of weightlessness, excitement and mischief. Musically speaking, I know it's not very deep. It's simple background music that doesn't warrant attentive listening, and certainly gets a bit repetitive after a while. However, they really make it work in my opinion – it's dreamy and relaxing, sometimes mysterious and sensual, sounding both very old and very new at the same time. This kind of music was absolutely unheard of when it came out, and I believe Gotan Project truly caught lightning in a bottle with that album. It's not something I can come back to now - I've heard it too many times, and it's too far from my current tastes ; but it will always have a special place in my heart. A nostalgic 7/10.

A lot of Nostalgia with this trip hop album from the early 2000's. I remember also seeing them live in Beijing in the Chaoyang Park music Festival with lots of video effects too. Happy to see them here. Can we say they were innovative in bringing tango to electronic music? yes and it's a 4.

Nous avons en musique des belles mélodies et de la poésie (ce qui manque à beaucoup d’albums) mais aussi de l’innovation en apportant de l’électro au tango ! C’était novateur et cela a créé des tendances. Ok l’album ne vaut pas totalement 4 étoiles mais il les mérite !! Et si dans la sélection on pouvait avoir plus de poésie et d’originalité comme cet album cela sera apprécié :-)

What a nice surprise. A second French album, and honestly I’m a bit surprised to find it in this list. It’s original, genuinely enjoyable to listen to, and that tango-trip hop vibe mixed with some really creative songwriting works surprisingly well. It’s different from pretty much everything else we’ve had so far, and that’s part of its charm. I hadn’t listened to it in ages, and it was a pleasure to come back to it.

I don't really get this. The language barrier is obvious for me, but I don't see what it is about this music that supposedly makes it essential to hear before I die. There's not really anything WRONG with this. It just sounds like elevator music and I guess I need to read the book to find out why I needed to hear this before I die.

Enjoyable. Special, Not so sure. 3.5

Just kinda faded into the background for me.

Good for what it is.

I can dig this in the right setting. Tango mixed with beats n loops. Sure. Why not. Definitely made my evening walk a lot more interesting.

Not much to not like. Decent beats and good listen. But just kind of there and fades into the background. Maybe that’s what they’re going for? 2.75

I’m cool with the tango. This is good but didn’t blow me away. 3.25

Not for me

This is movie soundtrack at best. 12 monkeys comes to mind, but that was more interesting.

This is my first time hearing any electrotango, and I gotta say, I'm hooked! I'm an absolute fiend for anything with accordion or bandoneon, so tango was a natural interest for me anyway, and it pairs so nicely with the nu jazz and trip hop elements that are also incorporated. I love the oddball albums like this one!

Interesting choice. Not bad though. Good background music! I especially liked Tríptico

"Genres: Electronica, Jazz, World, Latin Styles: Trip Hop, Downtempo, Tango" It's gotta be the most beautiful genre list I've ever seen. Standouts: Queremos Paz • Época • Santa María (del Buen Ayre) • Una música brutal • La del ruso • Vuelvo al sur

Conflicted feelings on this one because the first four or five songs absolutely bang and then it feels like they started to run out of ideas. Very little variety in the bass and drums and this is an extremely long album at nearly an hour. Between the perfect first half and acceptable second half I land at a 4.

Très bon album avec de belles sonorités mais ça reste un album de musiques de fond.

Better. Than Coldplay

Some nice grooves on this album, but nothing really grabbed my attention. Fun experiment, not a lot of replay value.

4/5: Glad I discovered something completley new. I love the fusion of electornic music and classical tango music. The production on this record is amazing and I love the drum sounds. I love the Bandoneón, string, and piano solos. It makes the album sound very jazzy. I did start to get a little bored at the end because this album doesn't have much variation and some of the songs get a little repetitive. NOTE: It pisses me off that people call this music "elevator music" (same goes for bossa nova music and jazz). Sure this music might be chill and can get repetitive, but when people say it is elevator music, to me it sounds like they are writing it off because the music is not for them. I generally don't enjoy grunge and punk music because the song stucture, instrumenation, and chord progression are very basic, but I try to appreciate the music and understand why people like it. Queremos paz 4.25/5: production sounds really good, nice bass line and drum beat. Bandoneón (accordian like instrument) hook was really nice. I had to look up what the instrument was and glad I learned something new Epoca 4.5/5: Cool string sounds and it is interesing how the string cuts off, very classical sounding singing with modern production is cool. Chunga's Revenge 4.5/5: The drum sounds are so crisp! Nice bassline and cool affects being used on the Bandoneón. Nice violen solo and jazzy piano chords. Triptico 3.75/5: Cool synth sound in background, sounds like a house loop. This beat is not as captivating as the previous songs. 2:40 (the drums are very satsiyfing to listen to here). I like how the song picks up towards the middle and than takes is way down. Song felt a little too long for the amount of content it had Santa Maria (del Buen Ayre) 4/5: sounds like there is a cricket or bird incorporated in the beat which is cool. When the bass and drums all come in, the beat really me want to bob my head. Nice Bandoneón solo Una Musica Brutal 3.75/5: Feels upbeat and sad at the same time. The hook where multiple chords are played quickly on the Bandoneón is nice. El Capitalismo Foraneo 3.5/5: Is the dog barking capitalism because that is how I interpreted it lol. I like the use of delay in the song. Maybe it is because it is later in the album, but I was not intereseted in this song. Last Tango In Paris 4/5: Love the acoustic piano with very produced sounding bass and drums. Pretty melody La Del Ruso 3.75/5: Cool dissonant piano and pleasant guitar sound. At this point in the album I am ready to listen to something different tbh. I like the "wshh" sound. 4:30 like the change in rhytmn and piano solo. Vuevlo Al Sur: 3.5/5: Nice chill vibe to end the album

It’s not horrible. It’s just so, so boring. I wanted to be done three songs in, and I still had around an hour to go at that point.

# In-Depth Review: Gotan Project's *La Revancha del Tango* Released in 2001, *La Revancha del Tango* by the Franco-Argentine trio Gotan Project stands as a landmark album that reimagined traditional Argentine tango for the 21st century. Created by Eduardo Makaroff, Philippe Cohen Solal, and Christoph H. Müller, the album is more than a novelty fusion—it is a sophisticated conversation between the melancholic soul of the *bandoneón* and the rhythmic pulse of electronic music . ## Music and Production: A Cinematic Blend The core of the album's genius lies in its production, which treats tango's traditional instrumentation not as a relic, but as a living, malleable force. It masterfully juxtaposes the organic and the synthetic . A traditional ensemble—featuring the plaintive bandoneón of Nini Flores, the acoustic guitar of Makaroff, piano, violin, and double bass—is seamlessly overlaid with dub treatments, trip-hop beats, and "trancey" rhythms . The effect is an atmospheric, cinematic sound that evokes the shadowy, cobbled backstreets of Buenos Aires, but viewed through a modern, club-friendly lens . This approach allows the music to function on multiple levels: it is both rhythmically engaging enough for the dance floor and atmospheric enough for a late-night lounge . The album's consistent groove sustains a hypnotic, stylish mood from start to finish, creating a "dense mesh of interlocking elements" that never feels forced . ## Lyrics and Vocal Themes While the lyrics are not the primary focus, they contribute significantly to the album's sultry and melancholic ambiance. The vocals, provided by Cristina Vilallonga, are described as "smoky" and "essentially decorative," acting more as another layer of evocative texture than a vehicle for a specific narrative . The album closes with a cover of the legendary Astor Piazzolla's "Vuelvo al Sur," a song that speaks of returning to the south and the city of Buenos Aires . This choice is thematically perfect, as the album itself represents a sort of "return" or reclamation of tango's essence for a modern audience. The lyrics across the album trade in the genre's classic themes of melancholy, romance, and nostalgia, reinforcing the music's mood rather than directing a specific story . ## Themes and Influence: The "Revenge of the Tango" The album's title, which translates to "The Revenge of the Tango," is a mission statement. The project aimed to take tango "away from the ballroom, the floorshow and the heavy nostalgia" and reintroduce it to a new generation by placing it within the context of electronic music . The "revenge" is played out in a space that is not tango's own, geographically or stylistically, as it moves from the traditional dance halls to the global club scene . The influence of the album was immediate and significant. It sold in excess of a million copies worldwide, achieving a crossover appeal that most "world music" fusions rarely manage . It helped lay the groundwork for a new wave of electronic takes on traditional music, being cited in a lineage that connects to artists like Rosalía and her fusion of flamenco . It also played a role in the evolution of tango dance itself, becoming a favorite for dancers of *nuevo tango*, a style characterized by a more open embrace and a questioning of traditional gender roles . However, its impact was not without controversy. The album represents a notable moment of cultural crossover, where non-Argentine producers from Paris (Cohen Solal and Müller) recontextualized a deeply national art form. While their passion for the music is evident, the album was seen by some as an outsider's stylish but somewhat "non-committal" interpretation, more interested in tango's "suggestive qualities" than its deeper traditions . ## Pros and Cons ### **Pros:** * **Innovative Fusion:** Successfully marries traditional tango instrumentation with electronic music (dub, trip-hop) in a way that feels organic and natural, not gimmicky . * **Atmospheric & Cinematic:** Creates a distinct, sultry, and melancholic mood that is both evocative and engaging, perfect for attentive listening or as sophisticated background music . * **Cultural Gateway:** Serves as an accessible and stylish entry point for listeners unfamiliar with tango, sparking a global interest in the genre and its culture . ### **Cons:** * **Lack of Tango Depth:** For purists and tangueros, the album is considered "entry-level" tango that lacks the genre's core expressive depth and is "a bit too harmless and non-committal" . * **Decorative Vocals:** The vocals, while atmospheric, are considered "essentially decorative," adding to the mood but failing to deliver the powerful narrative punch of classic tango song . * **Potential for Monotony:** The consistent, level groove can sometimes "drift into a level, blasé series of variations," with some listeners finding the album soporific . The track "Last Tango in Paris" is noted as a weaker point where the album loses its way . * **Cultural Outsider View:** The project was created by two French producers and a Swiss-Argentine, leading to a perception that the album is an exploration of tango's aesthetic rather than an authentic contribution to its evolution . In conclusion, *La Revancha del Tango* is an achingly stylish and enduringly influential album. While it may not satisfy traditionalists seeking a continuation of Astor Piazzolla's legacy, it succeeded in its mission to revitalize tango for a new global audience . The album's true success lies in its ability to conjure a world—melancholic, romantic, and relentlessly cool—that continues to resonate with listeners decades after its release.

Look I'm so happy for everyone who heard something from this but to me it was just more white noise 😭

No idea what this is. It seems to be late 90s/early 2000s electronica background music. Second song has a Latin flair and is a surprise banger of a song. I guess I’ll see how the rest of the album goes. There’s a real jazzy energy to some of this. Triptico is a straight modern dance jazz fusion song. Some of this is interesting and good. I think my favorite sound is on the songs with the French woman singing. Overall, a lot of it keeps your interest, but definitely more in the background kind of way. Might be hard to focus on as much on these songs solely. And the album is way too long. Some songs seem to drag on a little. This didn’t do enough to get a 3, so right now I’m at a 2, but an interesting 2. It just drags on in places and sometimes feels repetitive after some variety early in the album.

For real? It's alright, but it's such a weird gimmick to have tango music behind electronics. I guess they didn't think it was just a gimmick because it never stopped

They gussied up hold music in the first half, dove into a Disney movie action scene, then took us to a back room prohibition era establishment known for their lack of ventilation and excellent cheese platters.

I wasn't sure what to expect. The French make it WORK on this. It's smooth as silk and I'm sure there is half a generation of kids that were made to this album. It's also got a sexy montage vibe to it so I'm sure tracks have been in movies. Good album. Well worth a listen.

A very different and well produced album compared what has been on this list so far.

Finally one of the more interesting albums on this list by a French-based jazz trio. A nice, cool blend of Argentine tango with some more modern electronic flair. You've heard a lot of these songs in high end commercials or airports lounges. Unsurprisingly, there is a political edge to some of these songs, such as Queremos Paz and Vuelvo al Sur, which should come as no surprise to those familiar with Argentina politics and the rather large emigre community that exists in France. Great listen, and stays consistent throughout.

Something completely new to me. The music is good, though I wouldn't listen to it on my own volition. Also, the second song sounds like the Goosebumps theme tune,

This so not for me.

Interesting album and could be fun at times, but in general its more suited as background music than an album.

The band name is vaguely familiar but I've never listened tot hem to the best of my knowledge. I'm also not a fan of music in other languages, I know, I know, but I like understanding the words~! It's got a cool electronica vibe, and it fits in with 2001, but the songs go on too long without any significant changes, meaning they get boring. Nothing ground breaking, no hits, but an impressive listener count on tracks like "Epoca" & "Santa Maria" which are both over 40M, not sure exactly why but kudos. Highlight for me was "Last Tango In Paris". It's background music, nothing more. I can see it being used in a movie. I can see no reason why this is a must-hear Top 1001 album in any way, shape or form. 3 stars, entertaining but not mesmerizing.

Who doesn’t love a bit of Latin?

I really like this one! I will check out the rest of their repertoire!

Music for a Lawrence Welk-themed disco/tapas bar? Interesting in spots, but overall too samey-same to really hold my attention over the length of the album.

Interesting mix of genres, had fun listening to it.

This was a delight! Loved it. Thought it was consistent and wonderfully easy to listen to. It’s getting into the mix. 4 Boolean:True

I really enjoyed this!

Elevator muzak lowkey chill

The Frenchness is a bit much for me.

Totally fine. Good dishwasher detergent and music.

New one on me. Great album. Something completely different

If one of my friends told me this was an album I needed to hear before I died and I rushed out and bought it, I would be very disappointed and need to have a long talk with said friend. Pretty standard hotel elevator/lobby/bar fare. Bland and inoffensive.

Really enjoyed this album. The grooves, the accordion and the flamenco. The first track was my favorite.

One of the best albums of all time. Truly, truly, unbelievably good.

It’s a mood. Very nostalgic and can hear the musicianship but not for me. Reminds me of music my uncle liked at a particular time in his life.

Neįtikėtina

Very cool, very interesting style that grew on me as I listened further

Mall music!

Tango gentrification, sad. Fascism sampled, icky.

This sounds like the mp3 that would have come with my sound card in 1999

Oh look, an obscure European electronic album. You know what that means? I'm not huge on this. This is La Revancha del Tango, a 2001 electrotango album from the French music group Gotan Project. As the phrase "electrotango" suggests, the music of this album is a blend between electronic music and tango. That... is certainly an interesting concept. Is the music itself interesting? Umm... it is for a little bit, but the album loses its novelty fairly quickly, especially with the album's long runtime. The production is solid. The album sounds nice, but the music is definitely on the more repetitive side. There aren't very many lyrics, but the few that are there aren't bad. There's some fun accordion stuff, I think. I don't know. This really isn't the kind of thing that interests me a ton. I respect the effort, but the experience of listening to this album is a bit too much of a drag for me to be much of a fan of Gotan Project. Neat idea, kinda boring execution. Light 3/5.

Honestly, this was a little too repetitive for me. Almost to the point where it irked me.

Pretty relaxing

Spanish electronic music. Okay.

The French made Emilia Perez, so I’m not surprised they made this too.

Pleasant enough, but not really my thing.

***a good, easy listening album

6/3/26. Have heard one track on this before. Although a different sound than what I’m familiar with, the tracks go nowhere and ends up being a bore. Can be nice to listen to passively but was left wanting more.

From Lizzy to this...!! It's not terrible, just not my thing. Some have described it as lift music but there is slightly more to it than that.

Memorably unmemorable, i.e., these French, Swiss, & Argentines give you vague moods & modes but no true-to-life experience. There's something luxuriant 'bout the record, something that brings to mind penthouses w/ a whole lotta bad (abstract) art on the wall, but the dinner is good enuf to be sufficiently distracted & therefore content. I think the seventh track has it right: this is 'foreign capitalism' ('el capitalismo foráneo'), which means it feigns difference but is really just more of the same. Mostly, it's a lethargic affair, & gets more sluggish as the beat goes on, but at least there's a beat, & the strings do add a nineteenth-century flavor that I dig. If reality be the thing, don't come here. If it be luxury, come on, but expect a faux helping.

LYRIC pls

the daft punk of tango

Sure this is elevator music. But it’s like elevator music that you would hear in one of those hipster hotels where they have vinyl records in the lobby and the rooms aren’t that expensive but you still feel like you’re overpaying because everything in the building seems like it is made of cardboard and toothpaste.

So very almost a 5, I really enjoyed this.

God this one has aged badly! Love a bit of Trip Hop, but with Tango? I'm sure that this felt very clever and sophisticated at the turn of the millennium, but it just feels a bit naff now.

Really enjoyed listening to this whilst in work. Easy to see why some of the tracks have been used in a few well known films

Sort of Ok-ish. Musically it didn't really do much and I got bored with each track usually about half way through. Was it terrible? No - but it wasn't that good either. Sort of middle of the road and non-descript. Good Muzak for a swanky hotel lift.

Not a bad album, but I don't like it that much for a 3/5.

Good background music and I mean that positively.

Priem

I really enjoyed this for background work music. I probably wouldn’t give it quite a four but it’s close enough.

3/5. I usually listen to my daily album in the morning as I go about my waking-up routine. And this album was honestly a very good morning album if that makes any sense, was very pleasant and easy on the ears. it asks the question “what if trip-hop had some sick accordion parts?” And it answers that question with a pretty solid album. I don’t think it lands among my favorite trip-hop/trip-hop adjacent albums but it’s a good time all around.

I really struggled though this hour and a half - took nearly four days. I just can't stand it. Spaced out trippy tango. No thank you

Liked this more than I thought I would, really nice, atmospheric music

Snooze... DNF

Das Gotan Project – ein franco-schweizerisch-argentinisches Trio bestehend aus Philippe Cohen Solal, Christoph H. Müller und Eduardo Makaroff – entstand 1999 in Paris und brachte 2001 mit seinem Debütalbum eine der stilbildendsten Synthesen aus elektronischer Clubkultur und argentinischem Tango hervor. Die Aufnahmen entstanden in Paris, wo das Ensemble gemeinsam mit dem unabhängigen Label ¡Ya Basta! und dem britischen Vertriebspartner XL Recordings eine Klangwelt entwickelte, die traditionelle Tangofarben – Bandoneón, Streicher, melancholischer Gesang – mit Downtempo-Beats, Dub-Effekten und elektronischen Texturen verwob. Das Ergebnis war ein Genreentwurf, der sich schwerelos zwischen Tanzclub und Konzertsal bewegte. Die Trackliste liefert mehrere Höhepunkte: „Tríptico" ist ein achtminütiges Meisterstück atmosphärischer Spannungsbögen, „Santa María (del Buen Ayre)" verbindet urbane Eleganz mit ruraler Wehmut, und das Finale „Vuelvo al Sur" – eine Hommage an Astor Piazzolla und Fernando E. Solanas – entlässt den Hörer in ein stilles, nach innen gerichtetes Nachleuchten. Dass das Album darüber hinaus Frank Zappas „Chunga's Revenge" und Gato Barbieris Thema zu Last Tango in Paris als Coverversionen integriert, verrät sowohl Spielfreude als auch stilistisches Selbstbewusstsein. Was La Revancha del Tango von vergleichbaren World-Electronic-Projekten der Nullerjahre unterscheidet, ist seine Konsequenz: Kein Track wirkt wie ein Experiment, jeder klingt wie eine Destillation. Die Produktionsweise – scheinbar kühl, tatsächlich hochgradig emotional – macht das Album zu einem der raren Fälle, in denen ein Debüt zugleich als Meilenstein und als vollständig ausformuliertes Statement erscheint. La Revancha del Tango ist eine Wiedergeburt des Tango als Großstadtpoesie – zeitlos genug, um auch zwanzig Jahre später nichts von seiner Sogwirkung eingebüßt zu haben.

A pretty chill/downtempo trip-hoppy electronica album (light on the electronic aspect tho), with a tango feel to it. Admittedly a unique combo. The aspect I particularly enjoyed was the dub influence - deep simple but fitting basslines, and melodic melodica as the primary instrument with heavy reverb and echo effects. Nice drum patterns throughout. Overall just a pleasant, relaxed listen - it’s not changing the world, but it’s nice for a casual chill sesh.

I got married about 20 years ago and for our honeymoon we stayed in a really stylish hotel and all the music they played sounded a bit like this. It’s not life changing and you’ll never meet someone who says this is their favourite album but the cool beats and tango rhythm are enjoyable enough and it’s a great soundtrack to a British heatwave

Gorgeous stunning Tango jazz lounge one of the top

Tämä oli tälläistä letkeää sunnuntai-aamun chiliä muzakkia. Ihan ok, mutta eipä jäänyt mitään konkreettista tästä käteen.

the concept and combination of instruments is interesting, but it takes waaaaaay too long to present an idea

Great driving music that makes you feel like you’re up to something lightheartedly illegal.

> the Beatles I enjoyed this way more than expected

Love this for background music at work. Upbeat but chill.

La Revancha Del Tango es un trabajo audaz que representa un hito en la música de fusión del nuevo milenio. El gran valor de este álbum radica en que entiendo la rebeldía y la revolución en el mundo del tango y celebro la mezcla con la electrónica y el hip-hop; este cruce de géneros trajo una bocanada de aire fresco a una tradición centenaria, demostrando una genialidad audaz para romper con el purismo. La producción es una mezcla maestra de texturas donde el bandoneón y las cajas de ritmos se acoplan para evocar tanto el pavimento de Buenos Aires como la vanguardia de los clubes europeos. El álbum se estructura de forma irregular pero fascinante: tiene canciones icónicas que definieron una época —como las hipnóticas "Santa María (Del Buen Ayre)" o "Época"—, piezas monumentales donde se entretejen muy bien la sensualidad orgánica del tango y la precisión sintética de la electrónica. No obstante, el experimento pierde un poco de inercia hacia la mitad, haciendo que otras canciones no brillen tanto y queden a la sombra de los grandes cortes. A pesar de esos valles, el disco posee una gran claridad conceptual, entregando una atmósfera densa, súper bailable y elegante que ha envejecido bien como un manifiesto de audacia sonora.

Weird

Electrotango. Fun fusion/experimental

Absolutely no one needs to hear this before they die. That being said this isn't bad, I can't see myself ever purposely playing this but I'm also not rushing to turn it off if it's playing in the background. This feels like a throw in with the "bet you Yanks haven't heard this before" vibe. I can’t 2.5 this so I’ll go 3 , 2 would imply this is bad.

If Bad Bunny performed at a Parisian Cafe and was a prick.

I’m sure this is for someone, and I’m sure that “someone” finds this album to be magnificent, but this, for me, falls into the category of “nice, but that’s about it”.

Fun and easy listening. Nothing amazing stands out but not bad. 3/5

прик, вайбово.

This was alright. It had some nice grooves and I was humming along to the chord changes/basslines. But I didn't love it and had no interest in listening again at the end. Three stars.

It’s probably ok background music, I guess, but I’m not sure why it’s here. But I guess I ask that anytime something electronic crops up. This is probably one of the more interesting selections from this genre, but I’m still not enjoying myself at all. 3/10

Baaaardzo ciekawe. Podbało mi się, było inne od wszystkiego czego słuchałam dodatkowy plus za hiszpański. Ale nie jestem pewna czy bym słuchała tego na codzien

Fine for background music. I do feel like I’m listening to music while on hold.

FINALLY SOME GOOD FUCKING FOOD!!

Smooth, nice beat, got tired of it before the end of the album

good for revising

Not much to say about this, its alright I think the part that really held this record back was the inconsistentency, like some of the songs felt half finished, there's no conclusion or anything like that I guess. Something that I noticed is that the songs with vocals were so much better like those vocals added an entirely new layer to the songs and really enhanced them. This whole album felt like kind of sexy and smokey, and I liked that, I just wish they were a bit better. 6/10

Unfamiliar with this artist, but quite liked it. Not sure I need to listen to it or any of their other albums, but a pleasant surprise. It had a surround sound mix on Apple Music that was only fair.

French carnival trip hop

Gotan Project – La Revancha Del Tango (2001) On Day 140, I found an album that is strictly for the vibes. It’s a background-focused project that blends Latino elements with trip-hop and electronica immaculately, but it doesn't necessarily grab your attention or force you to decrypt an artistic vision. While it’s not groundbreaking in a way that makes the tracks stick in my head, I get why it’s on the list for its cinematic atmosphere. It’s decent for when you need something to allow you to think without being one-note. I did save "Santa María," which stood out as a highlight. A solid 3/5 for a mood-setting listen.

I have always adored this album!

Man this hit me just right today

Great discovery. Easily replayable.

Me gusta la fusión entre la electrónica y el tango creo que es un proyecto bastante interesante se antoja una mate mientras uno lo escucha

did not need to be 90 minutes, would have settled for 20

This mixture of tango and trip hop is like ear candy to me, but the album still manages to overstay its welcome and it basically repeats itself throughout its entire second half. I would definitely love to expand on this kind of sound, though. This really had the potential to be better than it actually is, but I'm still glad I heard it. Favourite track: Queremos Paz

An enjoyable album with music that would fit in movies from the 80s or 90s is the impression I got as a whole. Its not everyday listening music or even something I would have on in the background. It creates a feeling and emotions in a great way but if I'm not somewhere and doing something that fits the feeling the album creates its just out of place.

Nope

Starts off proper groovy, head bopping Epoca has definitely been sampled by something Falls off after a couple of tunes, doesn't have that sticking power, becomes background music Pretty consistently decent all the way through, not offensive, but peaks with the first two songs. Better to listen to each song in isolation rather than as an album 3*

Has its moments.

My name is Weird Al Yankovic and this is the music I fuck to.

Loads of cool ideas on here and really well produced. I find it too engaging for background music not engaging enough for active listening.

cancion sampleada del chojin, Epoca. Son todo tangos, guay para poner de fondo con un buen mood relajado pero contento,

This is what people who have heard like 3 songs in their life think people with high brow tastes listen to

An hour of refined boredom, somewhere between jazz for elevators and Tango Nuevo clichés, with a touch of 1980s jazz-pop à la Matt Bianco – but the whole thing deadly dull. Even the cover versions of Frank Zappa’s “Chunga’s Revenge”, Gato Barbieri’s “Last Tango in Paris” and the inevitable Astor Piazzolla’s “Vuelvo al Sur” are of no use here. Muzak.

I don't like this type of approach to genres I like

It was interesting, and something I would have never heard without this list, but it seemed to drag on (I had to look to see if we had moved to a different artist or new record). Fine in general but definitely far from great.

Grew on me as it went on, but too long to be a 4

The only place that this music is acceptable is an outdoor marketplace somewhere in mainland Europe.

This is a fun weird little album. I’m a sucker for bossa nova and this updated take on it slaps.

Mid

I enjoyed this debut album from Gotan Project! I’d never heard of this album or artist so it was fun to listen to new music. I thought bits of this were repetitive but I thought the blend of techno and tango music went really well together. Overall, I had fun listening to this album and I would listen to it again in the future!

Loved it when it came out, but it's a lost a bit of shine over the years.

I was real nervous about this one. I thought it was going to be the type of thing that came off as cheesy or dated or just culturally baffling to me. But it was cool. Loved the groove and appreciated its more Dorfmeister and Kruder attributes. "El Capitalismo Foraneo" in particular captured that vibe.

Seeing an album that I assume is full of tango numbers and maybe the odd samba tune if I'm lucky - :D Starting the first song in confusion and reading "musical group based in Paris" on the internet - D: Hearing most of the tracks have a nice little break to em and groove a bit, turning out to be a sorta neat fusion of tango, some rumba clave mixed in, and chill electronic with sampling, great music for the occasion that I'm listening (sitting in an office, rainy day) - ツ

didn't expect to be transported to 2004 re-living Richard Gere's brilliant role in Shall We Dance

Tango

Good shit

Good background music

never heard of this album before, and it truly feels like a hidden gem. La Revancha del Tango blends tradition and innovation with such elegance that every track surprises me. It’s a masterpiece that redefines tango for a modern audience while keeping its soul intact

Cool but put a tango album instead ngl

This was a slow grower. My first reaction was, OK, Latin, vaguely tango-y, nothing exciting. But more and more in turns into Tango-flavored downtempo, and there are a lot of interesting textures.

Kinda like a cosmic gumbo. Seems like an obvious pairing of music genres in retrospect but this was pretty cool! "Queremos Paz" "Epoca" and "Santa Maria (del Buen Ayre)" were the faves on here

cooler mix von tango und electronica.

Schön, Tango!

I enjoyed this one. It’s full of catchy grooves that made the workday fly by, with plenty of head-bobbing moments. The mix of electronic beats and Latin flair works really well together, making it an easy listen.

I think I was just on hold for an hour with my internet service provider. In all seriousness, it was not awful by any means, and is fine as background music. But does anyone sit and listen and engage with music like this? You can’t even really dance to it. Basically, I don’t think this was necessary to listen to before I die.

Meget stemningsfuldt, super cool.

Veel van hetzelfde,maar wel echt muzikaal!

There’s a version of this album that shouldn’t work at all. Tango rebuilt inside a loop-based, downtempo framework sounds like the sort of idea that collapses into pastiche or polite background mush. It doesn’t. It holds. The key is restraint. Everything is tightly controlled. Rhythms are locked, arrangements are measured, and nothing is allowed to overperform. Even when the music heats up, it never tips into urgency. It just runs a little hotter at the same speed. That’s a difficult balance to strike and it’s maintained throughout. What stands out is how it behaves in a room. It doesn’t demand attention, but it isn’t ignorable either. Given a bit of time, it starts to feel less like a record and more like part of the environment. Little details drift through. Background noise, distant horns, the sense of a world just beyond the speakers. None of it is foregrounded, but it softens the edges of what could otherwise feel too clean or too sealed. There’s something quietly innovative about the approach. Not in a “look at this clever fusion” sense, but in how the system has been solved. Tango is treated as material rather than performance, something that can be looped, contained and recontextualised without losing its weight. It’s closer to ambient in function than anything else. Ambient tango is about as accurate a description as you’re going to get. It also sits in an interesting place historically. Released late in 2001, it feels like a late arrival from a 1990s mindset. Cosmopolitan, design-led, comfortable with blending traditions without worrying too much about where they came from. It doesn’t react to the shift happening around it. It just exists, fully formed, as a piece of work built on slightly earlier assumptions. The tone is completely straight. There’s no wink, no sense of novelty. That’s probably why it avoids becoming silly. The mischief, if there is any, is structural. The juxtaposition of elements, the decision to submit something expressive and human to a system that keeps it contained. It shouldn’t quite work, but it does. It’s also more precise than it first appears. There’s a kind of European functionalism to it. Everything is in proportion, nothing excessive, nothing undercooked. It feels assembled rather than performed. Closer in spirit to something like Yello without the overt playfulness. The method without the mischief on the surface. The limitation is that it rarely forces a reaction. The emotional range is narrow and it doesn’t escalate into anything overwhelming. You’re unlikely to come away changed by it. But that’s partly the point. It’s not trying to do that job. What it does do is create a stable, inhabitable space. Music that can be paid attention to or not, without collapsing either way. It’s a tool as much as anything else, something you can reach for when you want the room to settle without going flat. As an example of how to build something that is clever without being demanding, it’s very well judged.

Not my cup of tea. It feels incredibly dated. The mid-90s and the early 2000s had many combinations of "Let's take some world music elements and make them modern and coooool", whether as singles or even albums. Most of them sucked. This one? It's tolerable, but if I think too long and hard about this kind of music I like it less and less...

Электронное acid jazz танго от французов.

Struck me as background music for any occasion (studying, reading, cooking, hanging in the backyard) but nothing more.

There is nothing displeasing about music like this, but something about it just turns me off. Maybe it just reminds me of hiphop I used to listen to (Jedi Mind Tricks, Immortal Technique). There's the dubby feel with the delay throws and jamming on one chord for a long time, and while some dub is very sick this just doesn't do it for me. Luckily it fades into the background pretty easily so it wasn't a particularly bad listen.

gran turismo menu ass music. I don’t hate it! it’s campy in a way I love all early 000s music though.

This one didn’t work for me. Very boring. 2 stars because it’s not egregious, just completely uninteresting to me

Pleasant loungey stuff. Odd that it should be keeping company with the most famous pop albums of all time, but I won't begrudge it. Listening to it calms me for an hour, and maybe that's enough.

great latin vibe for a dance club, but not an album for me

Pretty cool. There’s not much variety from track to track, but I do like the vibe. Definitely different Favorite track: Tríptico

I listened to this, forgot to rate it, started listening again, and remembered why I forgot about it. Pleasant but kinda boring.

I wanted to like this more, but it became tedious very quickly. This is one of those albums where I think of you cut 30 seconds to a minute off each song it would be so much better. Nothing is necessarily bad, but near the end I couldn’t wait for this to be over.

catchy but basic

5 sterne

ok

Me gusta la idea Pero siento que todos los temas me quedaron sabiendo a poco. Siento que le faltó una subida.

El mejor álbum nacional. Bien argento. Me transmiten tanto sus canciones.

When is this done? Is it done yet? Ugh,

Started good, then I couldn't understand anything and lost a lot of interest.

I found this album to be enjoyable.

french/Argentinean moby. weird but not bad, i don’t really like it that much though.

I really liked this a lot actually! I probably will listen to this again and to me this is the best part of this website, finding out new things I didn't know that I actually like, 4.5 easy

I fw it A few tracks overstay their welcome but I’m likely to come around on them. Queremos Paz Was prob my fav on this. That Ute Lemper album wishes it could be this suave.

2/5 https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/gotan-project/la-revancha-del-tango/ Absolutely not for me. I can appreciate some of the ideas Gotan Project tries on this, but at the same time I can’t really stand it. Granted, I really don’t care for tango, so that doesn’t help. The good thing it had going for it is that I listened to it in the background on a sunny day. O, yea, also too long, yet again. Why are so many albums so long?

Just fancy backround jingles

Tango meets electronic- I love it!

famisima

What is this?

Of course this is from 2001- this is like when Sydney Bristow would go on a mission in South America on Alias

General thoughts: Tango fusion with house/trance. The blend of instruments is nice, picked from different genres. And that's it. For me, the house roots are at fault. Songs are a beat and don't offer much more than that. Drums are lifeless, and the songs are emotionless in general. It can be hypnotic, but that's about it; five minutes go by fast, and the songs end with no highlights, perfect background noise. Particularly hated the vocal loops, sometimes they are so bad it's funny, like 'El capitalismo foraneo'. Manu Chao picked just the best parts of this genre/fusion and created something miles better. I mean, really, I've heard lower rated albums with more cultural significance, and those feel more backed to be on the list. Outstanding song(s): Epoca Weakest song(s): El Capitalismo Foráneo Cover: Nice and tango-ish Real rating: 2.55

Pretty good stuff.

Like it 3/5

boring

Tango. It's good for in the background, not bad, not my style.

I don't know why we talk about American cultural hegemony like it's always a bad thing.

I was powerhosing a patio listening to this. I have to say it was pretty good. Nice grooves throughout

Absolutely dreadful. Insipid.