Lunático

Lunático
Studio album by Gotan Project
Released	April 10, 2006 (UK) April 11, 2006 (US)
Recorded	March 2006
Genre	Electronica, Tango
Length	55:40
Label	XL Recordings / ¡Ya Basta! records
Producer	Philippe Cohen Solal, Chistoph H. Müller and Eduardo Makaroff
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Gotan Project chronology
Inspiración Espiración (2004) Lunático (2006)

Lunático is the third album by Gotan Project. It was released in 2006 by the Paris-based ¡Ya Basta! records, run by Philippe Cohen Solal. The album is named Lunático after the racehorse of legendary tango master Carlos Gardel.

The album features a collaboration with the American band Calexico recorded in Tucson, Arizona, and a cover of the Ry Cooder song Paris, Texas. Recordings for the remainder of the album took place in Paris and Buenos Aires.

The first single off the album was "Diferente", the second single was "Mi Confesión". The third single was "La Vigüela".

Track listing

1. "Amor Porteño" – 5:08
2. "Notas" – 4:21
3. "Diferente" – 5:23
4. "Celos" – 5:31
5. "Lunático" – 3:00
6. "Mi Confesión" – 4:20
7. "Tango Canción" – 4:23
8. "La Vigüela" – 5:00
9. "Criminal" – 3:35
10. "Arrabal" – 3:58
11. "Domingo" – 4:14
12. "Paris, Texas" – 6:46

Personnel

Gotan Project:

• Philippe Cohen Solal - bass, keyboards, sounds & dub fx.
• Eduardo Makaroff - acoustic guitar.
• Christoph H. Müller - programming, bass, keyboards, speech synth & fx.

Produced by: Christoph H. Müller, Eduardo Makaroff, Philippe Cohen. Mastering by Mandy Parnell @ Electric mastering, London. Editing by Lionel Nicod @ Translab, Paris.

Paris recording sessions:

Recorded @ Substudiox by Christoph H. Muller. Mixed @ Substudiox by Gotan Project. Drums (4,5,7) recorded @ EGP by Georges Petilliot.

• Gustavo Beytelmann - piano
• Patrice Caratini - upright bass
• Nini Flores - Bandoneon
• Line Kruse - violin

• Nestor Marconi - Bandoneon (2)
• Juan Carlos Caceres - spoken word (2)
• Minine Garay - percussion (12)
• Cyril Atef - drums (4, 5, 7)

- Tango quartet arranged by Gustavo Beytelmann.

• Gustavo Beytelmann - piano
• Juanjo Mosalini - Bandoneon
• Roberto Tormo - upright bass
• Victor Villena - Bandoneon

Buenos Aires recording sessions:

Recorded @ Studio ION (March 2005). Sound engineer: Jorge da Silva. Sound assistant: Ariel Lavigna. ProTools engineer: Javier Mazzarol

• Koxmoz (Apolo Novax & Chili Parket) - rap (6)
• Jimi Santos - spoken word (11)

- Cafe Tortoni sounds (4) recorded by Emmanuell Honorin.

- Strings arranged and conducted by Gustavo Beytelmann.

• Pablo Agri - violin solo
• Elías Khayat - 1st violin
• Leonardo Ferreyra, Lulja Denuir, Lázaro Becker, Pablo Borzani, Pablo Sangiorgio, Raúl di Renzo, Roberto Calomarde - violin
• Alexandre Jakovlev, Benjamín Bru Pesce, Eduardo-Felix Peroni - viola
• Jorge Pérez Tedesco, María Eugenia Castro - Cello
• Daniel Falasca - double bass
• Facundo Guevara - percussion
• Henry Richard Gray - trombone

Calexico recording sessions (1):

• Joe Burnes - vibes, upright bass, electric bass, electric guitar
• John Covertino - drums