Gotan Project
Inspiración–Espiración

Sometimes, to fully enjoy and appreciate an album, you need to listen to it at the right moment, otherwise you risk not letting it take root in your musical garden... and this happened to me when listening to "La Revancha del Tango," the first album by Gotan.
Initially struck by its originality, I listened to it for a few days... but soon I deemed it repetitive, and it remained to wither between a case and a poorly mastered CD... months later, I listened to it again and re-evaluated it... bringing new colors to my musical greenhouse.

The main feature of the first album is tango, an intense and melancholic Argentinian music, skillfully blended with electronics without diminishing its original essence. This premise is necessary, as the new "Inspiracion Espiracion" mirrors, at least in the first part, the old album; the Argentinian atmosphere is prominent in the first four tracks (especially Astor Piazzolla), only in Round About Midnight is it tinged with hints of jazz, then we move on to the only unreleased track, a Gotan Project original, Confianzas, where in the finale, the warm voice of a hostess announces our departure from Buenos Aires, and it's from here that the album gradually leaves behind its Argentinian inspiration.
It moves to cold tribal percussion in Percussion pt.1, returns more decisively to jazz in the new version of Le Del Ruso, delivers a punch to the stomach with El Capitalismo Foraneo and its deeply rap, hip hop version found mixed with scratch, piano, and tango in M.a.t.h.
As if to remind us that we're still listening to a Gotan Project album, the track Tres y Dos calls us back to order, gifting us with atmospheres reminiscent of old black-and-white films; the album closes with two remixes by Kruder and Bradock where the delicate (in Triptico) and rough (in Santa Maria) hand of electronics prevails over the original Gotan imprint.

An album that is not an album, as it is a DJ set realized by the sole keyboardist of Gotan, Philippe Cohen Solal, featuring remixes of "La Revancha del Tango," reinterpretations, collaborations, and a single unreleased track. A work where tango is no longer dominant, but a journey that starts from tango and takes us through various contamination... those expecting the classic Gotan will be partially disappointed, those who can appreciate thematic variations will find a little corner of their garden where they can let this album flourish.