Modern Tango World N° 6 (Montreal, Quebec) | Page 42

New Tango Music

Arndt Büssing

San Telmo Lounge: Doble Imperfecto
San Telmo Lounge is is one of the
few contemporary tango ensembles that have found a unique trade
mark sound. They clearly have established themselves among the hot
spots of the creative modern tango
scene. Composer and mastermind
Martin Delgado brought in his
music preferences from Rock, JazzRock, Modern and Classic Tango. It
is quite clear that San Telmo Lounge
has more to offer than several other,
rather tango conservative ensembles.
Started as as a one-man project,
it became a quartet, and they are
today a septet with Martin Delgado (guitars), Ariel Aguilar (bandoneon), Lucas Polichiso (piano and
keyboards), Maximiliano Natalutti
(violin), Tutu Rufus (bass guitar), Sebastian Mamet (drums) and Laura
Cardini (vocals).Their tonal scope is
much richer than before, but not principally different. If you like the music of their 2010 album Al
filo with its mild progressive jazz-rock influences, you will like this new one, too.
Doble Imperfecto is meant as a double album with two different sides: 10 vocal tracks on the A
side with 10 instrumentals on the B side. However, these two different facets of the ensemble
are placed on a single CD. A disadvantage of modernity. With the engagement of Laura Cardini
as their regular singer, San Telmo Lounge has been able to follow their intention of combining a
Piazzolaesc esthetic with influences of British pop and rock music as Martin Delgado explains.
The arrangements are simple and straightforward, but nevertheless graceful. Laura Cardini has a
gentle and airy voice that fits perfect with the likeable songs anf their beautiful melodies. . Since
several years I salute Martin Delgado for writing songs, such as Vida Partida, with intelligent melodies that find their way to the listener´s heart. But, I am not sure which side I like best – the A or
B? The good news is, you can have them both for one
Overall Scoring (1-5 stars): ****
Dancer´s pleasure < Listener´s pleasure
Duration: 65 min.
Artist´s website: http://www.santelmolounge.com.ar/

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