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Astor Piazzolla: Remixed/Unmixed

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BIG F*NG NOTE PEOPLE~~ this is just an astor piazzolla INFLUENCED acid jazz album; not an astor piazzolla REMIXED album. the only songs I like are #2(...bossa nova sounding and repetitive) & 4(... not really tango; more dub/strings/trip hop). A remix album should have at least 50% original material with accents...this just contains 6 second loops of original Piazzolla material used as a sort of "spine" to build up the rest of the meager songs. Track 8 is so lame all the guy says is "said I wanna be dancin witcha baby"...freakin' annoying! But I guess if your into elevator music this is a good album.

This album contains "Piazolla-Remixes". Some of the artists are well-known in the electronic/techno/trip-hop -world, their sounds and beats are very cool. But those people have no idea what tango is. So the mixes are neither real tango nor piazzolla, but there are some tracks you can actually dance tango to.
I gave it four stars because it's one of the best electrotango-cds concerning the "electro" and not the "tango" part.
Chicho "Mariano" Frumboli e.g, the famous inventor of a new tango dance style, uses this Cd often in his workshops - and this guy understands a lot about music..

This is tango tourism at its most commercial - the producer asked twenty electronic bands to make some tracks incorporating tango themes. Nobody involved with the project from start to finish had a single idea about tango except that they could use it to sell a few records. Relentlessly boring.
If you want to hear some good electronic tango music start with Gotan (ASIN: B00008NRL8) & Carlos Libedinsky's "Narcotango" (ASIN: B0001WPSBS). "Bajo Fondo Tango Club" (ASIN: B00007M5CO) is also interesting.
If you want to hear a good Piazzolla album: "Tango Oblivion" on the European label Music Club MCCD165 (ASIN: B0000072WS) was the best but it's no longer available. Try "The Essential Tangos" on Manteca (ASIN: B0000AVSXG) instead.

I really liked the Astor Piazzolla Remixed album and to be able to get both together is a really great thing. You can hear the originals and then the electronic take on them. Really great idea.

I love the music of Astor Piazzolla in it's original form and when I first heard of the Gotan Project I was first to jump at getting there CD Revancha Del Tango and listening to their excellent album as they had incorporated alot of elements of tango music and even Astor Piazzolla's music into their own release. It was only right for a remixed set of Astor Piazzolla's music to get released and what an awesome release it is. It's got some great remixes! The track Vuelvo Al Sur remixed by Koop is amazing and sounds so relaxing and beautiful. Another great remix on here is Prelude Fugue VMM by Zeb. It's sexy with lot's of accordion samples and a downbeat groove to turn out to be perfection! El Viaje is another perfect remix by 4 Hero. It kick starts with the beats and then becomes this moody downbeat track like it's the soundtrack to a film. Just plain terrific! Other great tracks included here are Luna (Full Moon Remix) by Alexxkid, Verano Porteno by Nuspirit Helsinki and Tanguedia by Nickodemus and Osiris. Overall an excellent release worth owning if you are at all into world beat, chill out/downtempo, electronica and or remixes.

SJ
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Other than Carlos Gardel, Astor Piazzolla is probably one of the best known tango writers and musicians. I purchased this CD because some selections were contained in Aubade's "Lecons de Tango." I liked Aubade's "Lecons de Tango," but I do not like this CD much.

This is not tango music, it is more along the lines of electronica / club music that is inspired by Piazzolla. It has what I consider to be almost a totally European flavor. I do not mean to disparage European music. I lived in Europe for 17 months and had a lot of fun dancing, but the music was not tango or neo-tango. This CD lacks the strong tango dance rhythms. But if you like European-style club music, you may like this CD.

To my mind, the best selections on this disk are Hi Perspective's "El Tango", Alexkid's "Luna," Koop's "Vuelvo al Sur." Those pieces are not, in and of themselves, good reasons for buying this CD. From now on, I will rely on recommendations from Sharna Fabiano's Neo-tango DJ list or Jackie Wong's Neo-tango zone.

The Gotan Project brought tango into the modern world (in a huge way), so it only makes sense to go back to one of the foremost practitioners, Astor Piazzolla, who merged the tango with classical techniques. Here, Piazzolla gets remixed from a bevy of nu-jazz luminaries. Swedish duo Koop take us to a swinging day at the beach with their version of "Vuelvo al Sur." Hi Perspective add some sultry Castillian female vocals to "El Tango" -- nothing's sexier than a woman whispering, "It's the living death... in the tango!" (though Osunlade adding vocals to "Milonga" doesn't add quite the same touch.) Zeb applies a soothing dub touch to "Prelude Fugut VMM," while those searching for deep and mellow can turn to 2 Banks of 4 with "Milonga del Angel" or Nuspirit Helsinki's haunting take of "Verano Porteno." Hip-hop and tango don't sit together comfortably, however, as Nickodemus & Osiris do their best with "Tanguedia III" (it didn't work with the hip-hop mixes of the Gotan Project either). But a house rhythm suits Fantasista's mix of "Resurreccion del Angel" perfectly -- the layering at the start sounds almost baroque. Piazzolla himself would have been proud.

I know it has nothing to do with Piazzolla's tango, but since its melodies remain there, it's nice to listen. I mean, instead of listening to some poor composed pseudo electronic tango, let's listen to remixes of real "El Troesma" compositions...

Yes, really dessapointed me.

Where is Piazzolla ?, only in his voice.

Hi Perspective, is fine.

Compare with Madredeus Electronico, that one is a gem.

More Hi-Perpective you can listen on the great Aubade Lecons de Tango CD. Another gem.