Name: Gotan Project
Genre: Electronic
Day: Saturday

Wikipedia sez: “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.”

It would be a great idea to make tango music based on samples and breaks, but Gotan Project don’t make this.? What you do get is a piano & string based tango tune with some lovely singing and the odd sample thrown in too. While I can see this being popular with some, I can’t say that it appeals to my ear much, mainly because the tango music doesn’t blend well with the various breaks and beats. Not for me.

Likelyhood of Seeing at Coachella: Afraid not.

Read on to view Gotan Project live videos…

Gotan Project -? Live at Montreux 2006

Gotan Project - Santa Maria (Live at Webster Hall, New York City, NY)