Lunático


Lunático is the second 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:
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:
  • Cristina Vilallonga – vocals
  • Gustavo Beytelmann – piano
  • Patrice Caratini – upright bass
  • Nini Flores – bandoneon
  • Line Kruse – violin
  • Rudi Flores – acoustic guitar
  • Nestor Marconi – bandoneon
  • Juan Carlos Cáceres – spoken word
  • Minine Garay – percussion
Recorded and mixed @ Substudioz by Christoph H. Müller, Eduardo Makaroff and Philippe Cohen Solal
  • Cyril Atef – drums
Recorded @ Studio EGP by Georges Petillot
– Tango quartet arranged by Gustavo Beytelmann.
  • Gustavo Beytelmann – piano
  • JuanJo Mosalini – bandoneon
  • Roberto Tormo – upright bass
  • Victor Villena – bandoneon
Recorded @ Studio Acousti by Manu Payet
Buenos Aires recording sessions:
  • Featuring rap performed by Koxmoz
  • Spoken word performed by Jimi Santos
– Strings arranged and conducted by Gustavo Beytelmann.
  • Pablo Agri – violin soloist
  • Elías Khayat – 1st violin
  • Leonardo Ferreyra, Lázaro Beker, 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 Bay – trombone
Recorded @ Studio ION in March 2005.
Sound engineer: Jorge da Silva
Sound assistant: Ariel Lavigna
Pro Tools engineer: Javier Mazzarol
- Cafe Tortoni sounds on 'Celos' recorded by Emmanuelle Honorin
Calexico recording sessions :
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