http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.60133&rws=%2Fgotan-project%2Fdiscography.rssIn the techno age, setting tango to electronic beats should have been an obvious project --but it wasn't. It took a couple of French beatmakers, Philippe Cohen-Solal and Christoph Mueller, and a handful of Argentinean expats to finally make the connection in 2001. And what an excellent connection it was. The Gotan Project -- named after the Buenos Aires slang for tango -- have quite possibly rescued the genre from those twin ghettos of musical obscurity: classical and world music. The project takes trip-hop's trademark cool and tango's visceral excitement and makes them...well...dance together. The sound is hip and slightly tense, and that's its beauty. Singer Christina Vilallonga's voice is a thrilling, guttural instrument, and the marriage of electronics and live instrumentation is a testament to the skill of the musicians involved. Overused words like "seamless" and "organic" were made for this project. Gotan are not just for 21st century hipsters; we'd wager that any Buenos Aires resident circa 1930 would hear the band and simply <i>get</i> it. - Sarah BardeenTrip-Hopen720Thu, 10 Dec 2009 18:29:01 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.60133&rws=%2Fgotan-project%2Fdiscography.rss In the techno age, setting tango to electronic beats should have been an obvious project --but it wasn't. It took a couple of French beatmakers, Philippe Cohen-Solal and Christoph Mueller, and a handful of Argentinean expats to finally make the connection in 2001. And what an excellent connection it was. The Gotan Project -- named after the Buenos Aires slang for tango -- have quite possibly rescued the genre from those twin ghettos of musical obscurity: classical and world music. The project takes trip-hop's trademark cool and tango's visceral excitement and makes them...well...dance together. The sound is hip and slightly tense, and that's its beauty. Singer Christina Vilallonga's voice is a thrilling, guttural instrument, and the marriage of electronics and live instrumentation is a testament to the skill of the musicians involved. Overused words like "seamless" and "organic" were made for this project. Gotan are not just for 21st century hipsters; we'd wager that any Buenos Aires resident circa 1930 would hear the band and simply <i>get</i> it. - Sarah Bardeen http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.23066918&variant=play&rws=%2Fgotan-project%2Fdiscography.rss Trip-Hop Mon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Gotan Project Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.23066918 alb.23066918 Gotan Project art.60133 18.99 Gotan Project Live alb.23066918 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/3/3/0/1400331_170x170.jpg 2008-10-20 00:00:00.0 2008-10-20 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.23066918&variant=play&rws=%2Fgotan-project%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.23066918&variant=data&rws=%2Fgotan-project%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.12091627&variant=play&rws=%2Fgotan-project%2Fdiscography.rss Trip-Hop Mon, 6 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0800 Gotan Project Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.12091627 alb.12091627 Gotan Project art.60133 2.99 Mi Confesion alb.12091627 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/7/0/9/2/922907_170x170.jpg 2006-11-06 00:00:00.0 2006-11-06 00:00:00.0 true false single http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.12091627&variant=play&rws=%2Fgotan-project%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.12091627&variant=data&rws=%2Fgotan-project%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.9638302&variant=play&rws=%2Fgotan-project%2Fdiscography.rss Trip-Hop Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0700 Gotan Project Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.9638302 alb.9638302 Gotan Project art.60133 9.99 Lunatico alb.9638302 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/6/5/2/802566_170x170.jpg 2006-04-11 00:00:00.0 2006-04-05 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.9638302&variant=play&rws=%2Fgotan-project%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.9638302&variant=data&rws=%2Fgotan-project%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.271943&rws=%2Fgotan-project%2Fdiscography.rss Trip-Hop Tue, 8 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Gotan Project Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.271943 alb.271943 Gotan Project art.60133 0.0 La Revancha del Tango [Bonus Disc] alb.271943 2003-04-08 00:00:00.0 2003-04-08 00:00:00.0 false false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.271943&rws=%2Fgotan-project%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.271943&variant=data&rws=%2Fgotan-project%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.270724&variant=play&rws=%2Fgotan-project%2Fdiscography.rss Trip-Hop Tue, 8 Apr 2003 00:00:00 -0700 Gotan Project Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.270724 alb.270724 Gotan Project art.60133 9.99 La Revancha Del Tango alb.270724 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/8/5/3/663585_170x170.jpg 2003-04-08 00:00:00.0 2003-04-08 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.270724&variant=play&rws=%2Fgotan-project%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.270724&variant=data&rws=%2Fgotan-project%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.29029772&variant=play&rws=%2Fgotan-project%2Fdiscography.rss Trip-Hop Mon, 29 Oct 2001 00:00:00 -0800 Gotan Project Discography on Rhapsody Online alb.29029772 alb.29029772 Gotan Project art.60133 9.99 La Revancha Del Tango alb.29029772 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/1/4/0/1730419_170x170.jpg 2001-10-29 00:00:00.0 2001-10-29 00:00:00.0 true false main-release http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.29029772&variant=play&rws=%2Fgotan-project%2Fdiscography.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=alb.29029772&variant=data&rws=%2Fgotan-project%2Fdiscography.rss