Astillero: Tango de Ruptura
New Tango Music Arndt Büssing
Astillero: Tango de Ruptura
With their album Tango de Ruptura, the septet Astillero attracts our attention with modern, avant garde, tango with all its different and appealing facets: accentuated-dynamic arrangements, some clustered or other strange harmonies here and there, intermixed with elegiac melodies of violin and bandoneon. All songs were written by the Astillero musicians. Six songs were written by Julian Peralta, four by Patricio Bonfiglio, and one by Mariano González Calo.
There are all of the different sides of this genre which makes it so attractive. There is the slow and cautious Marfil, the dynamic Alas por la Mitad and Villagrán, and the fiery and energetic Motobronco. Moreover, you will find the perturbing Capataz with its shouting background choir in the chorus with Peyo Campoliete as a highly emotional singer. The artists on the album are Osiris Rodriguez( violin), Pablo Milrud( cello), Patricio Bonfiglio( bandoneón), Mariano Gonzalez Calo( bandoneón), Felix Arcangeli( contrabass), Julian Peralta( piano) and Peyo Campoliete( vocals).
They have all of the trump cardss needed to impress an audience. This ensemble surely will find its place somewhere between the tango nuevo scene and the typical tango orchestras. They are unique enough to be an essential part of the modern tango scene, and take the steps beyond to expand the limits. I definitely would like to hear more from this fascinating ensemble.
Overall Scoring ***** Dancer ´ s pleasure > Listener ´ s pleasure Duration: 35 min. Artist ´ s website: http:// www. astillerotango. com. ar /
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