Re: gotan project and london

From: Owen Carroll (owenc1@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Oct 26 2001 - 19:06:30 CEST

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    Thanks for the info.
    As a matter of interest, have you seen Ozomatli play live ?
    How do they compare ? Is the music anything like Manu Chao (or, more likely
    from your description, Mano Negra) ?

    cheers,

    OwenC

    >From: "Dr. Axel Barcelo Aspeitia -- Investigador"
    ><abarcelo@minerva.filosoficas.unam.mx>
    >To: Owen Carroll <owenc1@hotmail.com>
    >CC: acid-jazz@ucsd.edu
    >Subject: Re: gotan project and london
    >Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2001 10:13:27 -0600 (CST)
    >
    > > Also, a band called Los de Abajo are playing at Ronnie Scotts on Sunday
    > > (apparently, signed to Luaka Bop label). Does anyone know what they're
    >like
    > > ?
    >Yesp, I have know them since they started as a living room band back in
    >the late eighties, here in Mexico City. Actually, a lot of their first
    >(and, as far as I know only) album dates as back as those days. They were
    >part of a huge wave of political bands that mixed punkish ska with Mexican
    >music in those days. They were not by far the best of the movement, but
    >they hold their own and have somehow managed to survive this far. They may
    >be a little limited on their musical abilities (no virtuosos here), but
    >they have a great live show. I saw them a few times during their US tour
    >last year and they rocked everywhere they played, to a dominantly white
    >anglo audience, which probably missed the whole political element, but
    >danced and pogoed like I had never seen them in that part of the world.
    >They start their show very latin and finish very punkish. Nice people,
    >too.
    >
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    >On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Owen Carroll wrote:
    >
    > > Did anyone catch the Gotan Project on Worldwide last night ?
    > >
    > > La Revancha Del Tango sounds like a fantastic album, and, as Gilles
    >said, a
    > > fusion that actually works.
    > > Really brought back some fond memories of Summer 2000, some of which I
    >spent
    > > in Buenos Aires (which has a fantastic club life, by the way).
    > > BTW, believe that the word play mentioned last night, and used to form
    >the
    > > group's name (Gotan) is known as lunfardo. Can any portenos/portenas out
    > > there confirm this ?
    > >
    > > Looking forward to seeing them if/when they come to London.
    > > Speaking of which, looks like a fantastic week ahead, gig wise.
    > > Coldcut and DJ Food at Cargo tonight, Oneness of JuJu at Jazz Cafe
    >tomorrow
    > > night, DJ Shadow on Sunday at the Scala, and Ozomatli on Thursday at the
    > > Astoria.
    > > Am going to try to get to Coldcut/DJ Food tonight (depends on my resolve
    >and
    > > the queue length), and Ozomatli on Thursday.
    >
    > >
    > > cheers,
    > >
    > > OwenC
    > >
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