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Lunatico

Lunático
Gotan Project - Lunático - album cover.jpg
Studio album by Gotan Project
Released 10 April 2006 (UK)
11 April 2006 (US)
Recorded 2004-2005
Genre Electronic, tango
Length 55:40
Label XL Recordings / ¡Ya Basta! records
Producer Philippe Cohen Solal, Chistoph H. Müller and Eduardo Makaroff
Gotan Project chronology
Inspiración Espiración
(2004)
Lunático
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars
BBC Collective 4/5 stars
Entertainment Weekly (B)
The Guardian 3/5 stars
musicOMH 4/5 stars
NOW (NNN)
The Observer 4/5 stars
Popmatters (8/10)

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".

Gotan Project:

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 and mixed @ Substudioz by Christoph H. Müller, Eduardo Makaroff and Philippe Cohen Solal

Recorded @ Studio EGP by Georges Petillot

– Tango quartet arranged by Gustavo Beytelmann.

Recorded @ Studio Acousti by Manu Payet

Buenos Aires recording sessions:

– Strings arranged and conducted by Gustavo Beytelmann.

Recorded @ Studio ION in March 2005. Sound engineer: Jorge da Silva Sound assistant: Ariel Lavigna Protools engineer: Javier Mazzarol

- Cafe Tortoni sounds on 'Celos' recorded by Emmanuelle Honorin

Calexico recording sessions (on Amor Porteño):

Recorded @ Wavelab Studio, Tucson, Arizona by Chris Schultz

Music composed by: Philippe Cohen Solal, Eduardo Makaroff and Christoph H. Müller except track 2 composed by Philippe Cohen Solal and Christoph H. Müller and track 12 composed by Ry Cooder

Lyrics by: Eduardo Makaroff on tracks 1-4. 7 and 10, Lucas Lapalma and Diego Gaston Ponce on track 6, Gotan Project on track 11

*sales figures based on certification alone


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