Gotan Project: Bid for Blab

I mean, Ned - what the hell do you serve up with Muslimgauze?

as to tango and dub being surprising, Grace Jones "Libertango"

Good album though, even if it does get a bit too much over the course of 40 minutes.

the album's been rereleased recently, now including 3 extra live tracks

listeneing to the album later on wasn't quite as fascinating, must admit.

Oh, right -- well, just hide the sleeve and be vague when someone asks about the music. Take the Erik Satie approach and make it music to be ignored.

I mean, Ned - what the hell do you serve up with Muslimgauze?

Throw on Zul'm, get a good rice dish going, some lavash, dates for dessert maybe...

I was fortunate enough to catch them at Le Fest de Jazz de Montréal and honestly expected little more than the primary trio armed with decks, effects (i.e. a laptop), & a bandoneon (i.e. the squeezebox resembing an accordion in sound and appearance, except square, not rectangular).

What I witnessed instead was bombastic. Honestly Bjork's was the the last live show to gave me such goosebumps.

Gotan Project tours with: a guitarist, a violinist, a live vocalist, a percussionist plus the expected decks, laptop, and bandoneon. For the first 75% of the show they ran various tango scenes (some bits from their video(s)) on a large translucent screen through which the audience could watch GP perform, while naturally the tango images remained at the forefront. Although the images weren’t exactly in sync with the music, they were damn close enough.

The Gotan Project was exceptionally well rehearsed - never missing a beat or dropping a note and the audience reaction was noticeably appreciative. The Gotan Project simply couldn't leave the stage - well, not until three encores were finished.

So while it might ring true that, as previously stated, the Gotan Project might be well-suited for dinner music given the proper conditions. But if you allow their sound, their entire disc, to envelope you, there's much more to be had.

PS, Ironically, according to my expectations and the witnessed results, The Gotan Project opened for The Cinematic Orchestra by which I was again disappointed. Their live vocalist took unnecessary liberties and worse yet, their bassist didn't play an upright. And the energy? Maybe the crowd was exhausted after the Gotan Project’s set, but they easily and handily rocked CO off the stage. This too was captured in the audience's reaction (with many leaving not even midway through CO’s set). I didn’t. I stuck it out until a little past halfway through CO’s set. In retrospect I should have left immediately following the Gotan Project…Less tarnish on the memory, you know?

new album "Lunatico" on the way v.soon.

I do not consider describing something as "dinner party music" to be dismissive!

No way is the first 'wallpaper'! There's very few records I've played quite as much as that one this decade.