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Chicho's interesting observation on the lost years of Tango.


I haven't heard anything new yet which reflects what a real tango can make you feel. The dance of today has adapted itself to that kind of music referred to as electronic tango, and it doesn't fall into the same category as a Pugliese or a Troilo.

The tango was hidden for almost 30 years and that is the emptiness which is present today in the tango. There are people who have 60 or 70 years of age, and now there are those who are 30 years old, which is saying that there is a 20 year gap within the tango, because there aren't really that many people in their 40's and 50's in the milongas.

I believe that that same thing occurred in the music, there was Piazzola and then there was a jump to Gotan Project, directly to Narcotango, and there hasn't been a musical process that has accompanied the dance through its evolution. The music hasn't evolved, it jumped and skipped a very important of the creativity that is happening in the dance, which continues to grow and evolve creatively.