GOTAN PROJECT

'Gotan Project' is a musical group based in Paris, consisting of musicians Philippe Cohen Solal (French), Eduardo Makaroff (Argentine) and Christoph H. Müller (Swiss, former member of Touch El Arab).
They formed in 1999. Their first release was ''Vuelvo Al Sur/El Capitalismo Foraneo'' in 2000, followed by the album ''La Revancha del Tango'' in 2001. Their music is clearly tango, but also uses electronic elements such as samples, beats and breaks.


Live material was also broadcast on Gilles Peterson's world music show Worldwide on BBC Radio 1 in May 2004. Philippe Cohen Solal 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 Anibal Troilo and 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 didn't make the cut in 2001.
Before Gotan Project Müller and Cohen Solal formed a duo called Boyz from Brazil.
The song "Santa Maria (del Buen Ayre)" from the ''La Revancha del Tango'' album was featured as the music for the main dance sequence in the 2004 movie ''Shall We Dance?'', with Jennifer Lopez and Richard Gere. It was also featured in the tango sequence of ''Take the Lead'' in 2006. Their music has been featured in American television shows ''Nip/Tuck'' and ''Sex and the City'', as well as the 2003 Swedish documentary on consumerism, ''Surplus''. In 2004, they recorded a little-known Piazzolla piece with Brigitte Fontaine: ''Rue Saint-louis-en-l'île.'' In late 2006 the track "Epoca" from the ''La Revancha del Tango'' album was featured in a UK television advertisement for Boots, directed by David LaChapelle.
The name of the trio comes from a form of wordplay very common in Rioplatense Spanish's argot named vesre. This wordplay involves the reversal of syllables. Thus, the word ''Tango'' becomes ''Gotan'', the name the trio have chosen for their ''project''.

Contents

Discography

Videography

Other electronic tango artists

External links

Discography

★ 2000 ''Vuelvo Al Sur/El Capitalismo Foraneo''.

★ 2001 ''La Revancha del Tango''.

★ 2004 ''Inspiración Espiración''.

★ 2006 ''Lunático''.

★ 2006 ''El Norte''.

Videography

★ 2005 La Revancha del Tango Live

Other electronic tango artists

★ Bajofondo Tango Club.

★ Tanghetto.

★ Otros Aires.

★ Carlos Libedinsky.

★ Fernando Montemurro.

★ San Telmo Lounge.

★ Ultratango.

★ Pedro Menendez.

★ Le Tango.

★ Kompadritoz.

External links

★ Official website

★ Mañana, the tango of tomorrow - Tango label founded by Eduardo Makaroff, that promotes artists such as Cáceres, Melingo, Di Giusto or Mosalini.

★ Video of the main dance scene of "Shall we dance?".