The sound of Astillero is forceful, vertiginous, breathtaking, raw yet sophisticated: a rollercoaster ride of throbbing accents modulating into earthshattering pianissimos and beyond. Yet this wild sound is entirely hand-made, free of any gimmicks, 100% acoustic: the sound of just wood and strings, brought to searing life by an acute sense for translating the experience of 21st century urban life into new music, built on a solid traditional foundation of Buenos Aires’ tango.
The orchestra, though featuring the typical instruments of a classic Tango ensemble (two bandoneons, violin, piano, cello, double bass) is a tango formation that has nothing to do with the ‘tango’ of our collective conciousness. Astillero proposes a completely new vision of tango, incisive and intense, rough and violent, refecting the times we live in.
From their all-original instrumental compositions, emerges a Tango that sounds as Buenos Aires sounds today. The way they play their music reflects the incongruities and madness of this urban jungle; it kicks, breaks, hurts, jumps.
Featuring:
Djessy van den Dries - violin
Ilein Bermudez - cello
Mariano Gonzales Calo - bandoneon
Diego Maniowicz - bandoneon
Federico Maiocchi - double bass
Julian Peralta - piano