Gotan Project

Gotan Project
Picture: http://www.gotanproject.com/

Wherever you are, I hope you are enjoying this very special time of year. I wish you and yours the very best of the season! However, the Jazz Essentials Spotlight is taking no holidays. 

This week we're going to listen to some Electrotango, its just like it sounds; tango music with a strong modern electronic influence. The group is based in Paris but its members come from all over the world, one member is from Argentina, another from Switzerland. Their name came from a reversal of syllables, reversing Tan-Go, you get Go-Tan ("Gotan Project", last.fm).

 Their music has been featured in several films and television shows. For instance, "Santa Maria" and "Diferente" were both heard in the movie Knight and Day which starred Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, "El Capitalismo Foraneo" was featured in Ocean's Twelve ("Gotan Project," Wikipedia).

LINKS:
"Santa Maria":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S98-BIpzZuk 
"Diferente": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W5S-JqQ5SQ
"Vuelvo Al Sur": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHcDIs8hwhU
"El Capitalismo Foraneo" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feMJx8ldhbQ

REFERENCES:  
"Gotan Project." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Retrieved from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotan_Project

"Gotan Project." last.fm Retrieved from: http://www.last.fm/music/Gotan+Project