Modern Tango World N° 6 (Montreal, Quebec) | Page 43

El Cachivache Quinteto: Tango Punk, Vol. 1
The El Cachivache Quinteto, founded in 2008, steamroll us with nine historical tango
tracks full of overflowing vitality and temperament. Yet, you should avoid to look at their
promotional photos or to take the album title ‘tango punk’ too literally. They play definitely
danceable songs with a vital root in the tango tradition, and don´t vandalize the heart of
tango as one might otherwise expect. They love these old songs – and also have their own
milonga where they often play as musicians or where they DJ.
Founders, musical directors and
arrangers Vito Venturino (guitar and bass) and Pablo Montanelli (piano) invited Negro de
La Fuente (bandoneon), Pacha
Mendes (upright bass) and Nico
Franco (violin) to join the team.
Now that their album Tango Punk
Vol. 1 is out, it is definitely worth
it. You seldom hear compositions
from Rafael Iriarte, Carlos di
Sarloi, Edgardo Donato, Mario
Canaro etc. performed with such
a vivid enthusiasm. Maybe this is
what is meant by the punk approach – Don´t care about the
expectations, have fun, enjoy the
present moment, and wow the
audience.The applause is on your
side. Well, done.

Overall Scoring *****
Dancer´s pleasure > Listener´s pleasure
Duration : 26 min.
Artist´s website: http://www.elcachivache.info/

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