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Gotan Project: Inspiración Espiración DJ Set

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Label: Ya Basta Records
Released: 2007.10.20
Time:
 61:15 / 5:35
Category: Electronica, Tango
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: ******... (6/10)
Media type: CD Double
Web address: www.gotanproject.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2007.12.24
Price in €: 1,99



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Mixed CD:
[1] La Cumparsita (Cerioti) - 0:32
[2] Cité Tango (Astor Piazzolla) - 3:54
[3] 'Round About Midnight (Gotan Project/Chet Baker) - 7:09
[4] Confianzas (Trad.) - 5:28
[5] The Man [el Hombre Remix] (Peace Orchestra) - 7:12
[6] Percusion, Pt. 1 (Domingo Cura) - 4:14
[7] La del Ruso [Calexico Version] (Trad.)  - 7:01
[8] El Capitalismo Foráneo [Antipop Consortium Remix] (Trad)  - 3:26
[9] Tres y Dos [Tango] (Anibal Troilo) - 2:52
[10] M.A.T.H. (Al-Shid) - 2:55
[11] Tríptico [Peter Kruder Trip de Luxe] (Trad.)  - 10:09
[12] Santa María (Del Buen Ayre) [Pepe Bradock Wider Remix] (Trad.)  - 6:17

Multimedia Bonus CD:
[1] La Cruz del Sur. (Trad.) - 4:12
[2] Sentimentale (Video Clip) - 9:43

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Philippe Cohen Solal - Liner Notes, Mixing, Selection
Joey Burns - Electric Guitar, Triangle, Mellotron, Vibraphone, Guiro, Upright Bass, Horn Arrangements
Jacob Valenzuela - Trumpet
Ben O'Shea - Trombone
John Convertino - Drums
Cecilia Roth - Narrator
Juan Gelman - Poetry

Pépé Bradock - Producer, Remixing
Calexico - Producer
Cerioti - Performer
Gotan Project - Producer, Remixing
High Priest - Remixing
Peter Kruder - Producer, Remixing
Jim Waters - Engineer, Mixing
 

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2007 CD Ya basta YAB019CD1

Initial pressings include a bonus enhanced disc with a video by Prisca Lobjoy.

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.



(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 - From URB Magazine



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 - Amazon.com



Phillippe Cohen Solal clearly enjoys pushing boundaries, having already shown the dance music universe just how flexible a tango rhythm can be on Gotan Project's 2001 release La Revancha Del Tango. Inspiracion-Espiracion doesn't do anything new, exactly, but this sprawling mix of new tracks, remixes, guest DJs, Astor Piazzolla, and poetry readings doesn't lack for audaciousness. With a soulful mixer like Solal at the wheel, it's a pretty smooth ride; a reinterpretation of Chet Baker's "Round About Midnight" segues into the beat-driven "Confianzas" like a darkening sky giving way to moonlight. Downtempo master Peter Kruder shows up as well, to weave a little football commentary into his remix of "Triptico," while Solal returns the favor (but without the football) on "The Man" (from Kruder's Peace Orchestra release). Last but not least, check out the bonus CD, featuring a previously unreleased GP track and a video from longtime visual collaborator Prisca Lobjoy.

Matthew Cooke - Amazon.com



Gotan Project sind einer der gefragtesten Musik-Exporte Frankreichs. Sie verknüpfen elegant Tradition und Moderne: Das grosse Erbe des Tango mit den Innovationen der elektronischen Musik. Die dreiköpfige Pariser Gruppe um Mastermind Philippe Cohen Solal verkaufte von ihrem 2001 erschienen Debüt "El Revancha Del Tango" weltweit über 900.000 Tonträger, ihre Musik ist auf unzähligen Compilations erschienen, und ihre Live-Show brachte sie in alle Ecken der Welt, von Tokyo über Rio de Janeiro bis San Fransisco und Sydney. Nun präsentieren Gotan Project mit ihrem neusten Werk "Inspiracion Espiracion" einen würdigen Nachfolger von "El Revancha Del Tango". Die CD ist ein DJ-Mix von Philippe Cohen Solal, in dem sowohl die zahlreichen musikalischen Einflüsse von Gotan Project zu hören sind (u.a. Stücke von Astor Piazzolla, Chet Baker, Domingo Cura) als auch bislang unveröffentlichte Stücke und Remixe von und für Gotan Project (u.a. Peter Kruder/ Kruder & Dorfmeister, Calexico oder Antipop Consortium).

Ya Basta Records



Die Avantgarde des Tango Argentino präsentiert eine inspirierte Melange mit neuen Bearbeitungen und bislang unveröffentlichten Remixes von Calexico, Kruder & Dorfmeister oder dem Antipop Consortium. Eine der wenigen wirklich innovativen Stilkreationen der letzten Zeit wurde in Paris ausgeheckt. Das Gotan Project überraschte die Musikwelt zur Jahrtausendwende mit einer absolut neuartigen Fusion aus Tango und Technotronic. Von ihrem sensationellen Debüt "La Revancha Del Tango" verkaufte das multinationale Trio mit Sitz in Paris bis heute weltweit fast eine Million Tonträger. Die mit Hilfe von echten Instrumenten, Turntables und Computern umgesetzten Tracks zielten nicht nur auf den Dancefloor und lieferten exzellentes DJ-Futter, das Trio um Mastermind Philippe Cohen Solal entpuppte sich auch als Live-Act erster Güte. Nach dem von der Kritik gefeierten Erstling präsentiert dieser nun mit "Inspiración Espiración" einen würdigen Nachfolger, der "La Revancha Del Tango" tatsächlich in Nichts nachsteht. Der inspirierte DJ-Mix zeigt diesmal nicht nur die Einflüsse auf, welche Cohen zu seiner bahnbrechenden Kreation aus Techno, Dub und House mit Elementen, Sounds und Rhythmen des klassischen Tango anregten. Das subtile DJ-Set integriert zugleich die Musik der Vorbilder - darunter Stücke von Astor Piazzolla, Chet Baker oder des argentinischen Percussionisten Domingo Cura - in einen größeren Gesamtzusammenhang, der neue Horizonte eröffnet. Da klingt das minimalistische und spannungsgeladene "The Man" von Peter Kruders Peace Orchestra wie eine vom Winde verwehte Melodie aus der argentinischen Steppe. Daran knüpft die himmlische Kooperation mit Calexico an, welche den Track "La Del Ruso" des Gotan Project in eine grandiose Breitwand-Kinolandschaft gießt. Überhaupt sind die Soundtrack-Qualitäten dieser atmosphärischen Kunst-Stücke nicht zu unterschätzen. Der Film im Kopf - er spult sich von ganz alleine ab. Vorgefertigte Bilder braucht es dazu eigentlich nicht. Dennoch rundet eine Bonus DVD das restlos gelungene DJ-Set auch visuell ab.

Wolfgang Zwack - Amazon.de



The French remix team behind the Gotan Project found much success, including a BBC World Music award, with their debut, La Revancha del Tango, which gave Argentina's signature dance an electronica makeover. The fusion was inevitable, as tango's avant-gardist tendencies and noir moods lend themselves well to this kind of update. If the "tango assassin," Astor Piazzolla, were alive and pursuing his mission to modernize the music, he'd doubtless be experimenting with bleeps and beats. The breadth of this ferment is felt on the Gotan's second full-length release, an album of remixes by the trio and from their admirers, including Thomas Kruder and the indie soundtracks band Calexico. They also pay homage to Piazzolla with a version of his "Cité Tango" and deconstruct a Chet Baker solo from "Round About Midnight." A bonus disc features a new song by the band and a 10-minute video by Prisca Lobjoy, a frequent collaborator. Unlike the sustained mood of their debut, the mix-tape feel of this collection delivers an intimate journey, away from the dance floor (at least some of the time) into the darkest quarters of the listener's mind.

Mark Schwartz - Barnes & Noble



For the Gotan Project, crossing borders is as easy as crossfading. These world music beat nuts bring a mixtape mentality (sans that guy yelling “EXCLUSIVE!”) to their most recent release, reaching across genres (and into the crates) to create a laid-back grab bag of dance grooves. From Astor Piazzolla’s Argentinian neuvo tangos to Al-Shid and J-Zone's BK boom bap, Inspiración - Espircación is an eclectic compilation of original recordings and Gotan remixes, all wrought with downtempo delicacies and South American soul.

CMJ.com
 

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