Narcotango [Import]

Carlos Libedinsky | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 20, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Pata Music Arg.
• ASIN: B000E0VNPW
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #179,071 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. VI Luz y Subí

2. Plano Secuencia

3. Otra Luna

4. Un Paso Más Allá

5. Toma y Daca

6. Mi Buenes Aires Queri...

7. Mejor Asi

8. La Tropilla de La Zurda

9. Trancetango

10. Doble O Nada

11. Que Onda?

12. Humo

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Newest Wave in Tango, September 21, 2005

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Kurt Harding "bon vivant" (Boerne TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Narcotango (Arg) (Audio CD)

Once thought by many to be a dying art form, tango shows remarkable resilience as its newest banner is being unfurled by young Argentines who have discovered and embraced the music as their own. Some diehards may find it hard to accept, but the only way that tango can survive as a focal point of Argentine culture is through continuous evolution. If one accepts tango only as it used to be, then it becomes reduced to a mere curiosity and tourist attraction. Innovative,once controversial but now beloved artists like Astor Piazzolla, Osvaldo Berlingieri, and Roberto Goyeneche led the vanguard of a new way of tango expression in the decades following the Golden Era; today artists like Carlos Libedinsky and American Glover Gill take up where they left off.
I first experienced Narcotango when a friend brought me a CD back from a dancing trip to Buenos Aires. When I first played it my first reaction was that the group did quite a good job melding the traditional with the new. I like tango in general, whether it be guardia vieja, orchestral, or nuevo tango. So I had no trouble accepting Libedinsky's marriage of tango and electronic dance club elements.
My favorites here are the slow and sultry Vi Luz y Subi', the trance-inducing Plano Secuencia, the melancholy of the guitar and violin based Otra Luna, the driving and jazzy Un Paso Mas Alla', the unusual take on Gardel's classic Mi Buenos Aires Queri..., the touch of Piazzolla in Trancetango, and the slow-burning Humo that closes tha CD.
I'm going to check out the Gotan Project and the Bajofondo Tango Club mentioned by some reviewers, but in the meantime Narcotango will get lots of play. If you like modern Argentine tango and haven't heard this CD yet, then I recommend that you try it out. I'm certainly glad that I was turned on to it!

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Por favor, see them live in Buenos Aires, December 9, 2004

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P. Johnson "Chaeradys" (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Narcotango (Arg) (Audio CD)

Yes, the album gets a little depressing toward the end and the samba/salsa/tango mix of Mi Buenos Aires is a little on the 'if', but do not despair. If you're a tango dancer into unconventional movement, this will be fun for the dance floor LATE into the night (that's why the album was created anyway) or at those melancholic milongas when not enough follows arrive early.

Summer of '04, I had the opportunity to hear the group live in Buenos Aires during the 2nd world tango championships, and let me tell you, the dancers really brought every agonizing nuance to life. Like I said, as far as dancing, the album's best if your a hardcore nuevo addict, someone tettering along those lines, or even a seasoned milonguero looking to broaden those horizons. Of course, I HIGHLY recommend Bajofondo Tango Club as well as some of the greats such as Osvaldo Pugliese, Alfredo De Angelis, and Juan D'Arienzo. Besitos y sigue bailando!

23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easily the best of the new Tango, May 25, 2004

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This review is from: Narcotango (Arg) (Audio CD)

This album is amazing. It's more sophisticated than Gotan Project or Bajofondo Tango Club, and deserves more recognition. It is also far better for dancing, and it makes you dance better, than do those albums. When I say 'dance' of course I mean Argentine Tango!

I'm a big fan of the tough and sweet old Tango masters: Di Sarli, D'Arienzo, De Angelis, Donato, Rodriguez, Canaro etc. ... and Carlos Libedinsky obviously likes them too! His compositions are thoughtful, emotional, playful, not repetitive, and yet ultra-modern. Recommended to anyone, of any generation, without hesitation.