Bajofondo's Mar Dulce
Updated tango, with help from folks named Elvis and Nelly
By Richard Torres
Wednesday, July 16th 2008
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Gustavo Santaolalla's career has followed a number of distinct but equally rewarding paths. The native Argentinean is the premier rock en español producer, having overseen a number of works by artists like Juanes, Café Tacuba, Julieta Venegas, and the aptly named hip-hop group Molotov. For others, he's probably best known as the new millennium's Mancini, having provided (occasionally Oscar-winning) soundtracks for such films as 21 Grams, The Motorcycle Diaries, Babel, and Brokeback Mountain. But Santaolalla's most exciting work involves a collective of Argentine and Uruguayan musicians. Aided by gifted multi-hyphenates like Juan Campodonico and Luciano Supervielle, Bajofondo's 2002 maiden release, Bajofondo Tango Club, was an inspired blending of tango with electronica. (Let's put it this way: It wasn't your father's Piazzolla.) Three years later, Bajofondo Remixed, employing several DJs and friends, further deconstructed the genre.
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