The music of Argentina includes a variety of traditional, classical and popular genres. One of the country's most significant cultural contributions is the tango, which originated in Buenos Aires and its surroundings during the end of the 19th century and underwent profound changes throughout the 20th century. Folk music was particularly popular during the 20th century, experiencing a "boom" in popularity during the 1950s and 1960s thanks to artists such as Atahualpa Yupanqui and Mercedes Sosa, prominent figures of the Nuevo cancionero movement. In the mid-to-late 1960s, the countercultural scene of Buenos Aires originated Argentine rock, considered the earliest incarnation of Spanish-language rock for having an autochthonous identity that differed from that of England or the United States. It was widely embraced by the youth and since then has become part of the country's musical identity as much as traditional music. According to the Harvard Dictionary of Music, Argentina also "has one of the richest art music traditions and perhaps the most active contemporary musical life.
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The culture of Argentina is as varied as the country's geography and is composed of a mix of ethnic groups. Modern Argentine culture has been influenced largely by Italian, Spanish, and other European immigration, while there is still a lesser degree of elements of the Amerindians of Argentina, particularly in the fields of music and art. Buenos Aires, its cultural capital, is largely characterized by both the prevalence of people of Southern European descent, and of European styles in architecture. Museums, cinemas, and galleries are abundant in all of the large urban centers, as well as traditional establishments such as literary bars, or bars offering live music of a variety of music genres.
Gotan Project is a musical group based in Paris (France), consisting of musicians Eduardo Makaroff (Argentine), Philippe Cohen Solal (French) and Christoph H. Müller (Swiss), a former member of Touch El Arab.
The following is an alphabetical list of topics related to the Argentina.
La Revancha del Tango is the debut album by French musical group Gotan Project. It was released on 22 October 2001 on XL Recordings and ¡Ya Basta! Records.
Inspiración Espiración is Gotan Project's remix album, released in 2004.
Lunático is the second album by Gotan Project. It was released in 2006 by the Paris-based ¡Ya Basta! records, run by Philippe Cohen Solal. The album is named Lunático after the racehorse of legendary tango master Carlos Gardel.
Samuel Castriota was an Argentinian pianist, guitarist and composer. He is the composer of the tango Mi noche triste, among other works.
Laura Ana "Tita" Merello was an Argentine film actress, tango dancer and singer of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema (1940–1960). In her 6 decades in Argentine entertainment, at the time of her death, she had filmed over thirty movies, premiered twenty plays, had nine television appearances, completed three radio series and had had countless appearances in print media. She was one of the singers who emerged in the 1920s along with Azucena Maizani, Libertad Lamarque, Ada Falcón, and Rosita Quiroga, who created the female voices of tango. She was primarily remembered for the songs "Se dice de mí" and "La milonga y yo".
Catherine Ringer is a French singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, dancer, choreographer, actress, and co-founder of the pop rock group Les Rita Mitsouko. She is the daughter of French artist Sam Ringer. She is also the lead vocalist for Plaza Francia Orchestra where she performs with Eduardo Makaroff and Christoph H. Müller, formerly of Gotan Project.
Gotan Object is a box set by electro/nuevo tango-band Gotan Project. This box set is in essence an expanded version of the double live album Gotan Project Live released simultaneously. The box set consists of:
- Double CD Gotan Project Live
- Unreleased 7" vinyl
- DVD Visiones
- 152-page photo book titled Carnet de Viajes
- Puzzle poster
Ricardo Roberto Francia was an Argentinian musician, cellist, and music arranger,
Tango 3.0 is the third album by the electronic band Gotan Project. It was released in 2010 on ¡Ya Basta! Records under license from XL Recordings for the UK and US market, and Universal Music in the rest of the world.
Atilio Stampone was an Argentine pianist, composer, and arranger prominent in the Tango genre.
Sebastian Volco is an Argentine composer, musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is recognized as a multi-instrumentalist since he is a pianist, bassist, keyboardist, guitarist. He formed La Orquesta Metafísica, a rock supergroup that puts together influences from rock, tango, jazz, classical music and traditional Argentine rhythms plus the duo Volco & Gignoli with bandoneon player Pablo Gignoli.
Plaza Francia Orchestra is an international musical project of a trio of famous musicians made up of Argentine Eduardo Makaroff and Swiss Christoph H. Müller both from Gotan Project as well as Catherine Ringer as main vocalist.
Christoph H. Müller is a Swiss musician, composer, producer and audio engineer. He is best known as a co-founder of the electronica/neotango band Gotan Project. He is currently a founding and active member of Plaza Francia Orchestra & Müller & Makaroff, both with long time collaborator Eduardo Makaroff.
This is the discography for French electronic music ensemble Gotan Project.
Eduardo Armani was an Argentine violinist and conductor.
