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 enlarge | Artist: Bajofondo
Label: Decca
Category: Music
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 8725
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.3
MPN: 001144302
UPC: 602517735828
EAN: 0602517735828
ASIN: B0019FOC54
Release Date: July 15, 2008
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 Tango Plugged In to XXI Century Buenos Aires (4.5 stars) September 14, 2008
Juan Mobili (Valley Cottage, NY USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
For those who are not familiar with traditional Tango nor heard any of the current representatives of its electro-forms, it worth knowing that Gustavo Santaolalla's production and leadership as well as Daniel Melingo's voice in a couple of tracks, makes this album something you ought to explore immediately.
Just like it happened with Astor Piazzolla--I'm comparing reactions to new versions of a traditional musical form, not suggesting that these guys are as revolutionary nor seminal as the great Piazzolla--any innovations performed on a genre as beloved like Tango will breed as many critics as new worshippers. I think this is equal parts respect for its traditonal forms as the unwillingness of some to accept the evolution of a powerful musical form.
That said, Bajofondo--along with Gotan Project--is a band to listen to if you are thinking of immersing yourself in the archetypal Argentine music' state of affairs. This particular album, to me, has built on their first and famous album, and taking it to a new level of depth. This is not an experiment, it is good music.
Besides Melingo's vocal contributions, there's a number of powerful tracks here, whether instrumental like Cristal, Zitarrosa or Borges y Paraguay, or thanks to some dead-on choices for vocals such as Elvis Costello in Fairly Right, Juan Subira--the song of the album--in Hoy , and Mala Rodriguez and Gustavo Ceratti's turns at the mike.
Santaolalla, as committed to Tango's classic composers as he is to exploring its outer edges, manages to keep things faithful to the mood of Buenos Aires without compromising the proverbial "pushing of the envelope." Whether you find winning two Oscars a respectable feat or not, it should say something about Santaolalla's capacity to create impressive soundscapes. As far as I'm concerned, he's the Rick Rubin of Latin America, more for his talent in recognizing the true sound of an artist than a comparison of career' successes.
All in all, if you are hooked on dancing Tango, go to Anibal Troilo, Horacio Salgan or Osvaldo Pugliese--all gods of the original form--because Bajofondo will disappoint you there. But if you were stung just as deeply by Buenos Aires and like to listen to the intricate evolution of a genre, this is a place to visit.
 Pa' Bailar (Con Ryota Kumatsu) - Bajofondo - Mar Dulce - 2007 October 10, 2008
C. Braga (Shawano, Wisconsin United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
As if the tango rhythm wasn't pleaseant enough, mixing it with eletronic made this song so delicious to listen and to dance to!!!!!...Veronica (Cesar's wife)...:)
Una mezcla estupenda del tango del S.XXI March 11, 2008
Juan Antonio Escarpa Zarzalejos (Madrid, SPAIN)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Una mezcla estupenda entre las raices del tango de siempre y el del siglo XXI con unas colaboraciones tan dispares como originales que se acoplan perfectamente a la filosofia de bajofondo. Muy recomendable
OTRA JOYA DE BAJOFONDO April 7, 2008
Carlos Del Campo Munoz (ESPANA)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Aunque se notan los cambios en el proyecto bajafondo, la union de los musicos presenta un trabajo mas compacto y mas heterogeneo a la vez que nos lleva por los diversos estilos de sus composiciones, ritmo y calor para un tarde de lluvia que culmina con Para Bailar, la fiesta argentina en estado puro
 disappointing September 29, 2008
David Hersrud
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Very disappointed. Album got great reviews but unfortunately this isn't one of them. Too disco for my tastes. Would have preferred that they follow the lead of groups like the Gotan Project.
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