[TANGO-L] tango fusion

["Linda~" <tangaux02 @YAHOO.COM>]

As one who LOVES musical hybrids, I find Carlos Amok s question

interesting: is it possible to fuse tango with other music forms that are not

American?



And I guess that theoretically, yes, you could.  Pugliese includes elements

of Japanese music in the tango  Buenos Aires-Tokio.   I ve been listening to

Narcotango lately, and I find glimpses of tabla drums in one track.  One of

my best friends and I wondered whether it was possible to find a fusion of

Middle Eastern music and tango (she does belly dance).  I m still looking. I

haven t had the pleasure of hearing Turkish tangos, but I imagine there might

be something both dances can use.



But back to the question: can tango be mixed with other (western or non-western)elements of music? And if so, how well does that fusion work?  Is the spirit of tango

still intact? Also, how much fusion can you do before it ceases to be tango?



It s all very well to conduct musical experiments, mixing this with that, but in

the end, the music has to touch a chord within.  If the resulting music doesn t

move you somehow, it won t work, no matter how good the idea looked on paper.

On the other hand, making mistakes is part of the discovery process.  One hopes

to keep trying until something works.



Alberto Gesualdi, whose opinions are always valuable to the list, has given us

some idea.  I think it s great that David Byrne, who did a lot for introducing

Americans to Brazilian music, is now interested in working with El Arranque.



Tango and samba?  Tango and raga?  Tango and klezmer?  Who knows?

Abrazos, Linda


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