Lunático Explained

Lunático
Type:	Album
Artist:	Gotan Project
Cover:	Gotan Project - Lunático - album cover.jpg
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, Christoph H. Müller and Eduardo Makaroff
Prev Title:	Inspiración Espiración
Prev Year:	2004
Next Title:	Tango 3.0
Next Year:	2010

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:

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

• Cristina Vilallonga – vocals
• Gustavo Beytelmann – piano
• Patrice Caratini – upright bass
• Nini Flores – bandoneon
• Line Kruse – violin
• Rudi Flores – acoustic guitar
• Nestor Marconi – bandoneon (track 2)
• Juan Carlos Cáceres – spoken word (track 2)
• Minine Garay – percussion (track 12)

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

• Cyril Atef – drums (on tracks 4, 5 and 7)

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 (Apolo Novax and Chili Parker) (track 6)
• Spoken word performed by Jimi Santos (track 11)

– 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 SilvaSound assistant: Ariel LavignaPro Tools engineer: Javier Mazzarol

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

Calexico recording sessions (on "Amor Porteño"):

• Joey Burnes – vibes, upright bass, electric bass, electric guitar
• John Convertino – drums

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

Chart positions

Weekly

Chart (2006-2007)	Peak position
Belgian Alternative Albums (Ultratop Flanders)	2
Belgian Mid-price Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)	7
Dutch Alternative Albums (Mega Alternative Top 30)^[1]	2

Year-end

Chart (2006)	Position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[2]	55
Belgian Alternative Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[3]	32
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[4]	85
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[5]	63
US World Albums (Billboard)^[6]	4

Notes and References

1. http://dutchcharts.nl/weekchart.asp?cat=aa&year=2006&date=20060429 Alternative Top 30 : 29/04/2006
2. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2006&cat=a JAAROVERZICHTEN 2006 : Albums
3. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2006&cat=a JAAROVERZICHTEN 2006 : Alternative albums
4. http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2006&cat=a RAPPORTS ANNUELS 2006 : Albums
5. http://hitparade.ch/year.asp?key=2006 Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2006
6. http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-world-albums World Albums: 2006 Year-end