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Two tours, two albums, one new tango, all in one new, two CD set, featuring exclusive new live recordings from Gotan Project's La Revancha del Tango and Lunático tours.

For those who, ten years ago, predicted that Gotan Project's success would be limited to coffee tables and catwalks, this live set comes with an elegant sting. The group have passed the test of time by proving that acoustic instrumentation and electronic programming can come together in total harmony while remaining faithful to the original dance imperative of the tango amateurs of the days of la Guardia Vieja. It seems that the more Tango asserts itself as traditionalist, the more it opens itself up to the changes of modernity, from Carlos Gardel to Anibal Troilo, from Astor Piazzola to Gotan Project.

Philippe Cohen Solal, Eduardo Makaroff and Christoph H. Müller—the international trio that make up Gotan—come from just about everywhere, and have understood for a long time that the best way to stay faithful to their roots is to use their feet; to advance, to travel or to dance. That's why their tango, while undeniably new, makes a clean sweep of the past. And because like all cultivated musicians, they know that sometimes the term "revolution" means nothing more than simply returning 'round to the place you started from.

They also know that the history of tango is inseparable from that of cinema, which has accompanied it from the beginning, and that beautiful images can only enhance beautiful music. Their live performance plays with sight and sound to express their art's gift: memory
and anticipation interlaced. Between today and tomorrow, this performance makes
no choices - because desire, just like tango, is but the regret of the future.

Box Set:

Handle with care – Gotan Object contains some psychotropic substances, this box set knows nothing of moderation. Beneath the tar-stained casing lies a double live CD of both the
"La Revancha del Tango" and "Lunático" tours, 152 pages of photography, "Carnet de viajes", accompanied by the DVD Visiones - image-maker Prisca Lobjoy's live visuals which where projected during the concerts and the photos that she gathered throughout the tour, plus an exclusive poster.

And lest we forget, there's the 7" vinyl EP that resulted from Gotan Project's return to their roots: their two greatest successes, the singles "Santa María (del Buen Ayre)" and "Diferente", done like they did it in the golden age; both tracks have been recreated entirely acoustically and in keeping with the original, traditional tango of 1950s Argentina. Coming full circle, the pioneers of electro-tango are aspiring to leave their imprint on the future of Argentinian music, and they know just what they owe to the history which precedes them.