My travels around Europe in September and October of this year covered Northern / Western Europe. The tango part of my trip consisted of Berlin, Bregenz (Tango en Punta Festival), Paris, Brussels, Nijmegen (El Corte) and Amsterdam. I am yet to explore tango in Southern or Eastern Europe. Based on this itinerary my favourite Djs were the Netherlands based Tango DJ Duo Age and Sebastian - Age Akkerman and Sebastián Coli Bazzini. Age (l) Sebastian (r) source: http://tangodjduo.nl I had the great fortune to stumble across these dazzling DJs at Los Locos' 4th Birthday Milonga in Amsterdam (Oct 7). It was sadly my last Milonga in Europe for that trip and what a grand finale it was! What I love about Age and Sebastian's dj'ing is firstly -they do great arrangements (the most important factor!). Secondly, I love the way they team DJ so seamlessly and harmoniously. Thirdly, I love the way they project their song details on to to a wall at the milonga. This means that they project their playlist details (previous and current song title and orchestra, singer and next tanda) with a beamer on to a prominent wall in the milonga. Would be great to see this practice take off at milongas in Sydney (hint, hint). This talented duo instead generously reveal all the necessary song details to help dancers better understand better the songs to which they are dancing, and to decide who to invite for the next tanda. By so doing they help, in a very significant way, to raise the standard of musical knowledge in the tango community and the quality of the dancing experience as a whole. Full kudos to them. I look forward to dancing to their music one day. Perhaps they will be invited to DJ at a festival in NZ or Australia. Wouldn't that be great!
|
Blog > Miscellanea >