Modern Tango World N° 4 (Bucharest, Romania) | Page 26
Miguel di Genova — Otros Aires
interview by
Marco Buso
Miguel Di Genova, architect and musician, is the founder of the famous audiovisual electrotango band Otros Aires, which includes Miguel Di Genova himself (vocals, guitars, sequencer), Diego Ramos (piano), Ernesto Chino Molina (bandoneón), Martin Bruhn and Martin Paladino (both on drums). The band has been on the tango scene for twelve years now
and has made four studio album and one live compilation. The good fortune of their production
among tanguero and non-tanguero people alike brought them to successfully tour Europe and
both Americas every year since 2006. I had the great pleasure to be able to speak with Miguel
live via a Skype call between Venice and Buenos Aires.
MTW: Miguel, first of all thank you for being here
and for talking with Modern Tango World about your
experience with the project Otros Aires.
Miguel Di Genova: Thanks to you Marco, it’s a
pleasure for me!
MTW: I would like to begin by asking you to tell
me a bit about your personal musical background.
Miguel Di Genova: Well, I started studying music as a teenager, taking private lessons, while I was
studying architecture. I studied guitar, singing and
sound engineering. Over the next years, I played in
many pop-rock bands, in which I already added a
bit of tango, mainly inspired by Astor Piazzolla. As a
matter of fact, I have been involved in tango and its
fusion with other musical styles since the very beginning of my musical journey.
MTW: How was Otros Aires born?
Miguel Di Genova: I began
Otros Aires as a solo project in
2003, while I was living in Barcelona. At that time, the musical scene
was very much interested in ethno-electronica, the fusion between
popular music and electronica. I
began playing solo in some local
bars. I didn’t really care about the
anglo audience, maybe because at
that time tango wasn’t so popular
in Spain. My largest audience was
when I got the chance to play at a
disco-club.
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