New Tango Music
Plaza Francia: A New Tango Song Book
Arndt Büssing
Plaza Francia can be seen as the legitimate successors of Gotan Project, with Argentine Eduardo Makaroff (guitars) and Swiss-born Christoph H. Müller (piano, synthesizer & programming) as composers and producers, and French actress-singer Catherine Ringer of the avantgard-rock-pop project Les Rita Mitsouko as the interpreter of their songs.
Gotan Project (with Katalan singer Cristina Vilallonga) left a deep
impression with their influential
release, La Revancha del Tango.
When they split it up, it was difficult to fill this gap. In 2014, Müller
& Makaroff published their new
songs. a beautiful mélange of tango, French pop songs and other
ingredients. Surprisingly, they are
still highly relevant for the contemporary tango music scene.
Their music is fascinating and
grooving, with good progressions
and catchy melodies.
The trio is supported by musicians, such as Gilberto Pereyra
& Facundo Torres (bandoneon),
Romain Lécuyer (double bass),
Gustavo Beytelmann (piano), Earl
Harvin (drums), and others.They
have clearly left their former electro tango approach. Their new
tracks are contemporary tangochansons with elegant acoustic arrangements.
Catherine Ringer sings with her characteristic low re