Track Listing

1. VI Luz y Subí
2. Plano Secuencia
3. Otra Luna
4. Paso Más Allá
5. Toma y Daca
6. Mi Buenes Aires Queri...
7. Mejor Asi
8. Tropilla de La Zurda
9. Trancetango
10. Doble O Nada
11. Que Onda?
12. Humo

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #38656 in Music
• Released on: 2006-06-20
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Dimensions: .19 pounds

Album Description
A deep embrace between Tango and the electronic music atmosphere of our time. "At the hour when there are only a few couples left on the dancing floor, magic sneaks into the Milonga, and I watch people experimenting a new kind of Tango dance, when the bodies are exhausted from dancing for hours and we don't want the night to end, at that hour Narcotango was born. It was then that I could imagine this music, at that moment, the narcotic power of tango takes over and confirms, once again, that I have entered a universe inside of me that is hard to leave, because tango generates a sensual and powerfull addiction." --Carlos Libedinsky.

Customer Reviews

Newest Wave in Tango
Once thought by many to be a dying art form, tango shows remarkable resilience as its newest banner is being unfurled by young Argentines who have discovered and embraced the music as their own. Some diehards may find it hard to accept, but the only way that tango can survive as a focal point of Argentine culture is through continuous evolution. If one accepts tango only as it used to be, then it becomes reduced to a mere curiosity and tourist attraction. Innovative,once controversial but now beloved artists like Astor Piazzolla, Osvaldo Berlingieri, and Roberto Goyeneche led the vanguard of a new way of tango expression in the decades following the Golden Era; today artists like Carlos Libedinsky and American Glover Gill take up where they left off.
I first experienced Narcotango when a friend brought me a CD back from a dancing trip to Buenos Aires. When I first played it my first reaction was that the group did quite a good job melding the traditional with the new. I like tango in general, whether it be guardia vieja, orchestral, or nuevo tango. So I had no trouble accepting Libedinsky's marriage of tango and electronic dance club elements.
My favorites here are the slow and sultry Vi Luz y Subi', the trance-inducing Plano Secuencia, the melancholy of the guitar and violin based Otra Luna, the driving and jazzy Un Paso Mas Alla', the unusual take on Gardel's classic Mi Buenos Aires Queri..., the touch of Piazzolla in Trancetango, and the slow-burning Humo that closes tha CD.
I'm going to check out the Gotan Project and the Bajofondo Tango Club mentioned by some reviewers, but in the meantime Narcotango will get lots of play. If you like modern Argentine tango and haven't heard this CD yet, then I recommend that you try it out. I'm certainly glad that I was turned on to it!

Easily the best of the new Tango
This album is amazing. It's more sophisticated than Gotan Project or Bajofondo Tango Club, and deserves more recognition. It is also far better for dancing, and it makes you dance better, than do those albums. When I say 'dance' of course I mean Argentine Tango!

I'm a big fan of the tough and sweet old Tango masters: Di Sarli, D'Arienzo, De Angelis, Donato, Rodriguez, Canaro etc. ... and Carlos Libedinsky obviously likes them too! His compositions are thoughtful, emotional, playful, not repetitive, and yet ultra-modern. Recommended to anyone, of any generation, without hesitation.

Por favor, see them live in Buenos Aires
Yes, the album gets a little depressing toward the end and the samba/salsa/tango mix of Mi Buenos Aires is a little on the 'if', but do not despair. If you're a tango dancer into unconventional movement, this will be fun for the dance floor LATE into the night (that's why the album was created anyway) or at those melancholic milongas when not enough follows arrive early.

Summer of '04, I had the opportunity to hear the group live in Buenos Aires during the 2nd world tango championships, and let me tell you, the dancers really brought every agonizing nuance to life. Like I said, as far as dancing, the album's best if your a hardcore nuevo addict, someone tettering along those lines, or even a seasoned milonguero looking to broaden those horizons. Of course, I HIGHLY recommend Bajofondo Tango Club as well as some of the greats such as Osvaldo Pugliese, Alfredo De Angelis, and Juan D'Arienzo. Besitos y sigue bailando!