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Sunday, September 5, 2010

DominTanGo

When a style or genre of music is modified or "modernized", artists run a v big risk. Of it being total bollox. I think in the case of the track below it worked well. But Tango does have this quality, doesn't it? It can be poked & prodded and not perish.

Traditionalists will disagree, I'm sure, but then I find comfort in the way they treated Piazzolla and his subsequent influence. VictoriAstor.
Some genres were almost made to be in a state of perennial metamorphosis, like the continent it comes from, in this case.


For comparison's sake, here's a traditional track:


And a Nuevo Tango one -- Astor:


My fav is Piazzolla.

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