Welcome to Madam Music's second monthly 'mmm' edition, where we make a jump from last month's 'crunk', to a latin gem with a difference.  'Gotan Project', who have just released their latest single Mi Confesion, from their electro-tango album 'Lunatico', have enticed Madam Music and Summer back to the dance floor.

Lunatico the album, the creation of pioneers Philippe Cohen Solai, Christoph Muller and Eduardo Makaroff, is an electronic fusion of tango, street and latin-american folk music.

Inspired by tango legend Carlos Gardel's racehorse, 'Gotan Project' engaged a full time quartet, vocalist Cristina Villalonga, pianist and musical director Gustavo Beytelman and even a spoken word performance by Jimi Santos, to create this extraordinary piece of work.

The album has a mix of mellow lilting tracks such as 'Amor Porteno' and 'Notas', as well as upbeat favorites such as 'Diferente' and 'Mi Confesion'. Diferente is a strong club track with beautiful piano touches building us up to a layer of strings and stronger dance beats. It prepares us for the attention grabbing 'Mi Confesion', a non-traditional rap tune with a plethora of string and pulsing bandoneon sounds.

'La Viguela' is another montage of eclectic sounds, breakbeats, electronic vocals and sensitive guitar weaved through, while 'Criminal', a dramatic and chaotic sounding track, plays with the listeners emotions, almost to the point of torment. Thankfully, we are left feeling at peace by the hypnotic acoustic guitar, piano and soft drumming of the last track 'Paris, Texas'.

The album is an adventurous melange of dub, downtempo and subtle forms of electronica, appealing to a wider audience through it's exploration of new boundaries in the world of tango.

You don't need to be a latin dance expert or even like tango to get your dance shoes on ready to party to these tunes .  Have a listen and join us for a chat in the world.

photography credit: second gotan project photo by pablo carrera oser - tango photo