Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Queremos Paz
2. Epoca
3. Chunga's Revenge
4. Triptico
5. Santa Maria (Del Buen Ayre)
6. Una Musica Brutal
7. El Capitalismo Foraneo
8. Last Tango In Paris
9. La Del Ruso
10. Vuelvo Al Sur

Disc 2:

1. Triptico (Peter Kruder Mix)
2. Santa Maria (Tom Middleton's Cosmos Mix)
3. El Capitalismo Foraneo (Antipop Consortium Mix)
4. Santa Maria (Pepe Braddock Mix)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #725 in Music
• Released on: 2003-04-08
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Enhanced, Extra tracks

Album Description
The debut by this Paris based trio is a relaxed blend of tango dance rhythms and Argentinean instrumentation. The group was brought together by their passion to combine sound with image and to marry electronic and acoustic music. They built on their house, dub, and hip-hop influenced productions by adding two of Argentina's finest tango musicians, the musical result being supremely distinctive, incorporating bandonion (a form of accordion), violin, and vocals. This release includes 2000's most memorable jazz-house hit, "Triptico", which has already sold over 400,000 copies worldwide. The US version features the original ten tracks from the European release, along with a special bonus disc of the "Santa Maria" video plus four audio tracks.

Amazon.com
Released in Europe in 2001, La Revancha Del Tango’s sexy combination of chillout programming and authentic tango music became a lounge favorite and led to massive sales. Lightning struck twice when it was released two years later in the States--the domestic debut attracted the attention of electronic music hipsters, tango freaks, and world music geeks. And rightfully so. The Gotan trio of Philippe Cohen Solal, Christoph H. Müller, and Eduardo Makaroff write the album's strongest material themselves, but their imaginative incorporation of Frank Zappa's "Chunga's Revenge," Gato Barbieri's theme from the movie Last Tango In Paris and, not surprisingly, Astor Piazzolla's "Vuelvo Al Sur" into the Gotan world shows just how broad and inclusive their tastes really are. Naysayers may complain that this album can be heard in every hip restaurant and clothing boutique from Paris to Los Angeles, but sometimes the cream does rise to the top and gain mass acceptance, as it has here. Also includes a bonus disc of four remixes. --Tad Hendrickson

From URB Magazine
(XL/Beggars Banquet) In the constant hunt for the Next Big Thing and the nourishment of their creative souls, a growing number of adventurous DJs are developing their craft through the prisms of culture and tradition. Last year's URB Next 100 alumni Gotan Project shrewdly combines tango rhythms and Astor Piazzolla with dub and downtempo, producing old-world atmospheres, hot-blooded romance and undeniably tasty chill music. The French collective's use of tango flows naturally from that particularly Parisian emphasis on glamour that the dance has come to exemplify, despite its seedy origins in the brothels of late-19th-century Argentina. Familiar pieces of melody, like the theme from "Last Tango In Paris" and a reggae version of Frank Zappa's "Chunga's Revenge," float to the surface like hot and ghostly dreams. Everything sounds at once familiar and foreign, like all your past lives gathered around a turntable and having at it.

Matthew Cooke

Customer Reviews

Chill out Tango!!
I was introduced to this CD by my cousin Chike (who is aware that I love experimenting musically), and I love it! The Gotan Project (Gotan is a reversal of the syllables in the word Tango) comprises a multinational trio, and their style is Jazzy Electro Tango (well, that's how I describe it), largely instrumental, with a few vocals usually spoken and in Spanish.

However, an understanding of Spanish isn't necesary to appreciate this calming, beautiful music. Yes, it does sound like what you'd hear in the background at some swanky lounge or bar (like the Amazon review mentions), but it's one that would have you asking the waiter "Who plays that?".

My favourites are "Una musica brutal" (with lovely female vocals), the piano driven beauty "Last tango in Paris", "La del ruso", and the eerie sounding horn sprinkled "Chunga's revenge" (with male spoken vocals), apparently a remake of a Frank Zappa song.

Very classy Chill Out music. Thank you Chike!

Shhh...close your eyes.....
....and you're dancing close to the most amazing partner...bodies one...breathing in unison...sliding your leg along your sexy partner's leg.... There isn't anything about this music that is short of sensual and erotic...you can almost feel their hand sliding gently down your neck.......

Reality now hits...urban, gently pulsing, sophisticated, character, soulful, reminiscent, erotic, and sensual are all words to describe this album....

I first heard Santa Maria a few years ago and finally found the artist and album...it does not disappoint!

Great house/dance CD
Although this CD is more house music than I expected, I still liked it. Lunatico was more what I was looking for, and I prefered that one. However, both are great!