Customer Reviews

Narcotango 2

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I was in Buenos Aires when this CD came out, when Carlos brought his tracks - fresh out of the studio - to a practica at Villa Malcolm and later when the whole band presented the new album at Club Niceto... This really is electronic tango for tangueros.
For me, Narcotango never was as good of an ambience/lounge project as GoTan - it sounds a little rougher, less pleasant, a little less melodic.
BUT - on the dancefloor of a milonga it is unrivaled - the rhythms, changes, the melodic lines, all lend themselves perfectly to dancing. It took me some time to get used to vol. 2, but I'd say by now I prefer it to vol. 1 - although it probably lacks a super-memorable track like "Vi luz y subí", the whole feel of the album is better, more consistent, and you can just dance through it.

Narcotango2 is an excellent CD. Tracks 1-4, 7 and 10 are particularly good. It improves on the original by having more melody orientated tracks and stronger motivic integrity. Most reviews say that Narcotango2 is not as good as Narcotango - they are very similar and some of the harmonic progressions are identical but if you listen to them in isolation (i.e. if you hadn't bought Narcotango first!)then you would probably see more readily that the follow up album is significantly more polished than the first. Highly recommended. Not for traditionalists who like their dirge unchallenging...

It's a good compilation but rather boring - can't listen to it more than once, to my opinion

Not as great as the first cd in the series, but still, it grows on you every time you listen! Good service, prompt mailing from Amazon, as always.

Narcotango 2 cumple con el estándar del tango electrónico. Aunque a ratos se puede pensar que su sonido está cada día más cercano a Piazzolla que a Gotan project.

Y es precisamente eso lo que hace de él un serio candidato para continuar dignamente cuando pase esta moda de ponerle tanta tecnología al ritmo porteño.