Gotan Project

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Gotan Project
Philippe Cohen Solal
Websitewww.gotanproject.com

Gotan Project is a musical group based in

Philippe Cohen Solal (French) and Christoph H. Müller (Swiss), a former member of Touch El Arab.[1]

History

Gotan Project formed in 1999. Their first release was "Vuelvo Al Sur/El Capitalismo Foráneo" in 2000, followed by the album

tango, but also uses elements such as samples
, beats, and breaks.

Live material was broadcast on

Ástor Piazzolla
and Gotan Project remixes. The album also includes a bonus CD with the track "La Cruz del Sur" – which was meant to be included on La Revancha del Tango, but did not make the cut in 2001.

In 2006 they released a second studio album, Lunático, and in 2010 Tango 3.0, their last studio album to date.

Band name

The name of the trio is the word "tango" with the order of its syllables reversed.[

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Discography

Commercial use

The song "Santa Maria (del Buen Ayre)" was used in the films The Bourne Identity (2002) and Shall We Dance? (2004).

References

  1. ^ Madlen Albrecht Le développement du Tango à partir de 1983 2009 – Page 9 "3.3.4 « Gotan Project » Ce groupe a été fondé par trois hommes à Paris en 1998. Deux d'entre eux sont ... Il s'agit du Français Philippe Cohen Solal et du Suisse Christophe H. Mueller. ... Ils ont alors travaillé avec le guitariste Eduardo Makaroff en mélangeant des beats électroniques, des instruments en direct et de la voix."

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