Artist:Bajofondo Tango Club
Song:Mi Corazon
Album:Bajofondo Tango Club
Bajofondo Tango Club started out as a studio project. But when they started to have success internationally, Argentinian producer Gustavo Santaolalla decided to turn it into a band and shorten the name to Bajofondo. It is a mix of tango and electronica. Santaolalla's big influence was the popular trip hop group Portishead. He was working on other projects with Uruguayan producer Juan "Campo" Campodonico when they they started on what became Bajofondo Tango Club. Bajofondo is the river that separates Argentina and Uruguay. Mi Corazon was written and produced by Campodonico. He records as Campo but this is not on any of his albums. The song samples the 1956 song La ultima Curda by tango artist Anibal Troilo. Campodonico wrote half of the songs and Santaolalla wrote the other half. And there were also a couple of guest artists. The album was released on Santaolalla's label Surco with Universal distribution in 2003. When the album was positively received, they produced a remix album and then turned Bajofondo into a band so they could tour. The band is Santaolalla, Campodonico, Luciano Superveille on piano, Javier Casalla on violin, Martin Ferres on bandonleon, Gabriel Casacuberta on bass and Adrian Nicolas Sosa on drums. They released a DVD in 2006 which is where this performance video is from. You will see a woman behind a keyboard. Veronica Losa is producing the visual on the screen. Bajofondo continues to tour occasionally as Santaolalla and Campodonico work individually on other projects. Santaollalla moved his label to Sony and the latest Bajofondo album was released in 2019. Here's Bajofondo performing Mi Corazon 2006.
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