Sharing ideas and ressources about Tango-DJing
Sanju Chiba of ELP Japan, who builds the famous laser turntable for analog records, comments on analog music: “For me, listening to analog music makes me peaceful and relaxed. […] We cannot say which music is better, digital or analog. Like a tiger and a lion, which is stronger? They are different. Digital music has…
Christian Xell from Tangotunes.com asked me a couple of months ago to write a small article about Juan D’Arienzo’s second studio contract during the years 1935-1939. Here is an excerpt: On 24th June 1935, Carlos Gardel, the most popular tango star at that time, died tragically. Such was Gardel’s prominence in Tango music that his…
In the elder days of the tango, but also in other genres of the time, the singer’s role has been considered to be no more than that of another instrument. Estonishingly the early singers somehow camouflage into the line of the other instruments of the orchestra. This has been the fashion during the 1920’s and…
[París 1925] Al año de hallarse Pettorossi actuando en la orquesta de Bianco-Bachicha, realizó con el segundo de ellos un negocio no muy recomendable para los autores. El joven guitarrista era un inspirado autor de tangos y una madrugada cuando ya se habían retirado los habitués y el “Palermo” comenzaba a levantar las mesas y…
On the 3rd of July 1936 the Juan D’Arienzo orchestra recorded the tango Don Esteban. Most reeditions, especially from the RCA Víctor company, for which the tango has been recorded in 1936, contain a different version as the one which can be found on the japanese CD-collection CTA (Club Tango Argentino), Juan D’Arienzo Vol. 2…