»You read it as a secret code from the southern hemisphere, you listen to it in the nights of passion, and you dance to it… oh, you dance until the very first haze of an autumn dawn in Ljubljana.«
Mar del Plata, published by Dallas Records, is the debut album of The Astorpia Quintet, which saw the light of the day in December of 2006. Not only that it represents the charms of Tango Nuevo, but also features colorful variety of Slovene and foreign composers.
In recent times, Slovene musicians have been busy proving that they can successfully test themselves against virtually any style of music, traditional or classical. For several years now, tango has been a part of everyday life here, and its popularity keeps on growing. This new, tight and well-honed ensemble- most of whose members have classical music training- can undoubtedly contribute greatly to increasing the popularity of tango in Slovenia still further, but they also offer much more than just reinterpretations of the old Argentinian standards. Since the name Astorpia itself alludes to one of the most important *new tango* artists, Astor Piazzolla it should come as no surprise that we find five of his compositions on their first album MAR DEL PLATA, among them Libertango and Invierno Porteno, which have already become classics and make up part of a cycle dedicated to the four seasons. In addition to these pieces, which Astorpia manage to imbue with renewed vigour and freshness, their repertoire includes compositions by a number of other artists. They are not averse to playing wittily with the established rhythms of tango, not even to placing them in a Balkan context, in a similar way to composer Milos Simic. In one of their songs, the group take a different direction entirely with a fiery Czardas. Viva el Tango!!!
Greetings from the Garage in deepest sunniest Salford! Hope all is good with you and your life and your love of music! (Hopefully the Sheedyfrost variety!.........though yours ain't bad either!)) Peace! Paul and Vincent!
Thanks so much for the Add–and your friendship. We enjoyed your music very much. Thanks for sharing it with all of us. It's a pleasure having you among our friends!
We've just added two new blogs about Umano, plus four more new compositions, making ten on our space. We hope you and your friends visit us and enjoy our music, too.
We wake up every morning and play the music of the new MySpace friends who have arrived at our site during the night. It occurred to us that these friends (you are among them) are almost universally positive, whether they be novices or legends, and without regard to their station in life or the country they occupy.
Although it's not an original thought, it also occurred to us that we couldn’t hold a verbal conversation with most of these friends, but we have bridged that gap by expressing our art honestly with each other.
We all have been filling the world with our music and art, in the hope that our messages of love and human understanding will have an impact on the world at large.
What a gift and what an opportunity we have received from this technology!
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Muito grato! Maravilha de som. A música faz com que as pessoas experimentem um pouquinho do mundo divino. Neste espaço, pude perceber que são habitados por anjos - e você é um deles - não importa sua legião. Penso que a música está acima do bem e do mal - Deus é mais - e espero que você esteja sempre envolvido por ela. Portanto desejo uma ótima existêcia e agradeço por existir na mesma época que você. Um beijo no coração!!!
<br />Paulo Djorge
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