La Revancha Del Tango

"For years chill-out artists have been mixing elements of jazz and dance together. Now with this debut offering from French group The Gotan Project, these factors are given a good shakeup incorporating Argentinean Tango styled rhythms.

One of the main instruments they bring to their sound is the accordion. This combined with lush downbeat keyboard accompaniment, and dubbed-out beats provide for some great late night listening.

Three of the songs on 'La Revancha Del Tango' are cover versions. More important are the choices Gotan Project has selected for these tracks. "Last Tango in Paris", "Vuelvo Al Sur" (Astor Piazzolla), and "Chunga's Revenge" (Frank Zappa) are all given outstanding interpretations. Album track "Triptico" is a great mix of jazz and house elements. Throughout the song accordion, guitar, keyboards and sublime percussion combines brilliantly.

People fond of Tosca (Richard Dorfmeister), 'The Buddha Bar' series or world music fans alike, do yourself a favour and check out The Gotan Project, you know your ears want to!"
- PAUL

'Awesome'
- MUZIK

'Wonderful dance music. The Gotan project are on it'
- STRAIGHT NO CHASER

'The Gotan project have proved that accordions have a place in dance music with 'Triptico", a beautiful, misleadingly uptempo track that scores as highly in the bedroom as on the dancefloor.'
- JOCKEY SLUT

Responsible for one of 2000's most memorable jazz-house hits with 'Triptico', Paris based Gotan project have at last come round to the release of their debut album.

Outside the impressive range of compilations that Gotan Project have been featured on (including Gilles Peterson's Worldwide, Glücklich and Buddha Bar), this will be the first time that their relaxed blend of tango dance rhythms and Argentinean instrumentation is available on CD.

Over the course of three 10" releases for their own iYa Basta! Records, Gotan Project collected some outstanding press clippings, as well as a list of supporters that includes names like Mr Scruff, Basement Jaxx, Herbert and Peter Kruder. The album collects together the 6 tracks from these 10"s, and adds 4 new tracks to make one of the most eagerly anticipated albums of the year.

As many DJs will tell you, dropping 'Triptico' into a set ensures many more faces than the usual trainspotters will crowd the decks. And with radio DJs getting used to the regular calls that follow a Gotan spin, the album is a great adventure into the worlds of jazz, chillout, dance and tango.