Practilonga del Centro playlist, 11/18/2013

This time Del Centro hosted an afterparty for Salt Lake's first mini-festival, Wasatch Tango Exchange, and both the length and the format of the event were supposed to be special: 3.5 hours of music and no class. And something else special in the air - in addition to a post-fest sweet vibe, there must have been a palpable element of physical exhaustion among the sleep-deprived organizers and volunteers. The more excited we were to greet and hug those of us who came to dance on this beautiful full Moon Monday night!
01. Osvaldo Fresedo - Roberto Ray  "Araca la cana" 1933 2:26
02. Osvaldo Fresedo - Roberto Ray  "El Once (A divertirse)" 1935 2:40
03. Osvaldo Fresedo - Instrumental  "Tigre viejo" 1934 3:01
The warm-up quality early Fresedos in the still-empty loft didn't get any feet on the floor, and it was still really cold in the room, so I'm like, how about something more drastic for a warm-up? Thanks Juianne for smiling it through with me :)
04. Enrique Rodrieques - Armando Moreno  "Se ve el tren"  3:11
05. Victor Tsoy  "Spokoynaya Noch' (cortina)"  0:49
06. Ricardo Tanturi - Enrique Campos  "Una emocion" 1943-11-17 2:37
07. Ricardo Tanturi  "Que Nunca Me Falte"  2:42
08. Ricardo Tanturi - Enrique Campos / Oigo Tu Voz 3:07
09. Victor Tsoy  "Gruppa Krovi (cortina)"  0:36
10. Rodolfo Biagi - Teófilo Ibáñez  "La loca de amor" 1938 2:12
11. Rodolfo Biagi - Jorge Ortiz  "Cuatro palabras" 1941 2:20
12. Rodolfo Biagi - Jorge Ortiz  "Tu melodía" 1945 2:51
13. Victor Tsoy  "Spokoynaya Noch' (cortina)"  0:49
Who needs D'Arienzo when there are Di Sarli's tracks of such rhythmic quality :) :)
14. Carlos Di Sarli "La Trilla" 1940 2:23
15. Carlos Di Sarli  "La Cachila"  2:46
16. Carlos Di Sarli Instumental "Nobleza de Arrabal" 2:07
17. Victor Tsoy  "Spokoynaya Noch' (cortina)"  0:49
18. Lomuto, Francisco  "Quiero verte una vez mas"  2:29
19. Lomuto, Francisco  "Nostalgias"  3:05
20. Lomuto, Francisco  "A la gran muñeca"  3:01
21. Victor Tsoy  "Gruppa Krovi (cortina)"  0:36
One can hardly make a full milonga tanda of either OTV's or Pellejero's records, but I think that the two orchestras go really nicely together!
22. "Orquesta Tipica Victor - Milonga De Los Fortines - Mariano Balcarce" 1937, 1937 2:52
23. Orquesta Tipica Victor  "Cacareando"  2:45
24. "Emilio Pellejero - Mi Vieja Linda - Enalmar De Maria - 1941" 1941, 1941 2:26
25. VictorTsoy Victor Tsoy "V staryh kvartirakh (cortina)"  0:44
26. Juan D'Arienzo - Héctor Mauré  "Ya lo ves" 1941 2:39
27. Juan D'Arienzo - Alberto Reynal  "Almanaque de ilusión (2)" 1941 2:55
28.  Juan D'Arienzo "Dime mi amor"  2:40
29. Victor Tsoy  "Spokoynaya Noch' (cortina)"  0:49
30. Miguel Caló - Raúl Berón  "Jamás retornarás" 1942 2:31
31. Miguel Caló - Raúl Berón  "Al compás del corazón" 1942 2:48
32. Miguel Caló - Raúl Berón  "Corazón no le hagas caso" 1942 3:00
33. Victor Tsoy  "Gruppa Krovi (cortina)"  0:36
34. Alfredo de Angelis - Carlos Dante, Julio Martel  "Soñar y nada más" 1944 3:08
35. Alfredo de Angelis - Carlos Dante, Julio Martel  "A Magaldi" 1947 2:50
36. Alfredo de Angelis  "Pobre flor" 2:42
37. Victor Tsoy  "Spokoynaya Noch' (cortina)"  0:49
At this point there was a really nice crowd on the floor, and it properly cleared the space during the cortinas, but I couldn't help thinking that the floors fills up to slowly at the beginning of each next tanda. Maybe it's a Monday night, with chatting friends and beer and food; or maybe the running tradition of Del Centro is cortina-less. Anyway from this tanda on, I'm doing away with the "special format" and with the cortinas planned for it. La vida es corta; just keep dancing, my friends!
38. Osvaldo Fresedo Roberto Ray "Isla de Capri" 1935 3:16
39. Osvaldo Fresedo Roberto Ray "Vida mia" 1933 3:23
40. Osvaldo Fresedo Roberto Ray "Nieblas del riachuelo" 1937 2:25
And indeed, hardly anyone stopped dancing when the lyrical Fresedo transitioned into Biagi :)
41. Rodolfo Biagi - Alberto Amor  "Tus labios me dirán" 1945 3:11
42. Rodolfo Biagi - Carlos Saavedra  "Esta noche me emborracho" 1946 2:50
43. Rodolfo Biagi "Todo te nombra" 1940 3:33
44. Carlos Di Sarli Roberto Rufino "La Mulateada"  2:22
45. Carlos Di Sarli Alberto Podestá "Entre Pitada Y Pitada"  2:33
46. Carlos Di Sarli Roberto Rufino "Pena Mulata"  2:27
47. Pedro Laurenz Alberto Podestá "Recien"  2:41
48. Pedro Laurenz Alberto Podestá "Todo"  2:35
49. Pedro Laurenz Alberto Podestá "Garua"  3:12
50. Francisco Canaro Roberto Maida "Ciego"  2:57
51. Francisco Canaro Roberto Maida "Condena (S.O.S.)" 1937 2:39
52. Francisco Canaro Roberto Maida "Invierno" 1937 3:26
53. Miguel Caló - Raúl Berón  "El vals soñador" 1942 3:32
54. Alberto Podestá  "Bajo un cielo de estrellas"  2:35
55. Miguel Calo - Alberto Podesta  "Pedacito de cielo (vals)" 1942 2:21
56. Victor Tsoy  "Spokoynaya Noch' (cortina)"  0:49
57. Carlos Di Sarli Alberto Podesta "No esta"  2:45
58. Carlos Di Sarli Alberto Podesta "Junto a tu corazon"  3:00
59. Carlos Di Sarli Alberto Podesta "Tu!...El cielo y tu!"  2:59
60. Alfredo de Angelis - Carlos Dante "Fumando Espero"  3:27
61. Alfredo De Angelis - Carlos Dante  "Alfredo de Angelis - Carrillon de la Merced"  2:50
With Pavadita playing, don't you already know what shall be coming your way?
62. Alfredo De Angelis  "Pavadita"  2:55
63. Otros Aires dos  "Los Vino"  2:41
64. Otros Aires  "Rotos en el Raval" 2005 3:53
65. Otros Aires  "Un Baile De Beneficio" 2010 3:42
66. Osvaldo Pugliese "Rondando Tu Esquina" 1945 2:49
67. Osvaldo Pugliese  "Gallo Ciego"  3:34
68. Pugliese, Osvaldo Osvaldo Pugliese "Malandraca" 1949 2:52
(We have a few minuted more than I counted on! Aha, so tonight maybe a night to add a second, crowning Pugliese tanda :) )
69. Donato, Edgardo  "El Adios" 1938 3:09
70. Donato, Edgardo  "Sinfonía De Arrabal" 1940 3:07
71. Edgardo Donato - Lita Morales - Romeo Gavio  "Mi Serenata" 1940 3:02
And the format shall be "P-D-P": Pugliese - Donato - Pugliese. I'm adding a couple early Pugliese tracks, but it's about the end of the practilonga so we are going to jump a quarter of a century towards the end of the tanda:
72. Osváldo Pugliese Osvaldo Pugliese "Remembranzas" 1943 3:41
73. Pugliese, Osvaldo Various Artists "La Abandone Y No Sabia" 1944 3:12
74. Osvaldo Pugliese - Instrumental  "A Evaristo Carriego" 1969 3:52
"Everybody" is out there dancing yet it almost time for us to leave. How about not just one but two Bregovic tracks, then ;) (and I'm joining you)? 
75. Kayah & Bregovic  "To Nie Ptak [Not a Bird]" 1999 4:40
76. Goran Bregovic  "This Is A Film (feat. Iggy Pop)" 2003 4:18
77. Various  "Juan D'Arienzo  La Cumparsita"  3:45

Erskine Maytorena. From Qtango website

I totally fell in love with Erskine and QTango band when we visited Albuquerque two weeks ago; I feel that these great musicians and teachers of tango music have finally provided the ABQ festival, this "Costco of tango events" known for its great price and great quantity but little personality, with the soul and the special quality! Can't stop listening to you, guys! And yet, the following super-slow dreamy milonga was intended to be a final curtain and the furniture-moving track rather than a dancing song ... yet so many people continued dancing to it, I had to throw in a additional, totally non-tango record to help us leave the floor nd move the chairs and the tables :)
78. Erskine Maytorena y su orquesta  "Milonga Triste"  4:17
79. Victor Tsoy, Kino.  "Gruppa krovi"  4:46
(79 total)

Nice, sweet night, all! Thank you so much for coming, many many thanks to Julianne for hosting, and please do not forget about our special Milonga Sin Nombre on Saturday!

Practica del Centro playlist, 9/31/13

Great turnout, so wonderful to see old friends and new faces in this beautiful downtown loft!
The music for the night begins from a few tracks for an informal class, and just keeps rolling from there, the energy of the floor has built up fairly quickly!
01. Carlos di Sarli - Instrumental  "Viviani" 1956-12-19 3:01
02. Carlos di Sarli - Instrumental  "Una fija (Glorias de ayer)" 1958-11 2:51
03. Carlos di Sarli - Instrumental Carlos Di Sarli "El amanecer" 1951 2:30
04. Juan D'Arienzo - Alberto Echagüe  "Mandria" 1939-08-09 2:26
05. Juan D'Arienzo - Alberto Echagüe  "Ansiedad" 1938-11-09 2:38
06. D'Arienzo, Juan Juan d'Arienzo "Que Importa" 1939 2:08
07. Anibal Troilo - Alberto Marino/Floreal Ruiz  "Palomita Blanca (Vals)"  3:22
08. Anibal Troilo Floreal Ruiz "Flor De Lino"  2:55
09. Anibal Troilo Floreal Ruiz "Romance De Barrio"  2:38
10. Rodolfo Biagi - Jorge Ortiz  "Quiero verte una vez más" 1940-07-16 3:00
11. Rodolfo Biagi - Andres Falgas  "Queja indiana" 1939 2:24
12. Biagi, Rodolfo Rodolfo Biagi "Todo te nombra" 1940 3:33
13. Pedro Laurenz Alberto Podestá "Todo"  2:35
14. Pedro Laurenz Alberto Podestá "Garua"  3:12
15. Pedro Laurenz Alberto Podestá "Alma de Bohemio"  2:45

Alex Krebs playing bandoneon, from
Milagro blog

Never played Alex Krebs's milongas before ... let alone a whole set. His orquesta is wonderful to dance to when they play live, and over the years he's got several CDs (and now even a unique vinyl is just about to be released!) ... but you know how sometimes it takes hundreds of records of an ochestra before a DJ can start confidently making great tandas out of them, since styles change quicky over time, and quality may never be perfectly even either. But I fell for the first of these milongas, and felt that it justifies the other two. The inner energy of the beat is so Krebsian here! (Remember that in the Alex Krebs tango philosophy, the step isn't a "getting from point A to point B on time"; instead, the music and the intention impart different energetic quality on on the step's 3 parts, with projection, weight transfer, and collection each having their distinct dynamics)
16. The Alex Krebs Tango Sextet  "Largas las Penas" 2011 3:02
17. The Alex Krebs Tango Sextet  "Negrito" 2011 1:53
18. The Alex Krebs Tango Sextet  "Ella Es Asi" 2011 2:32
19. Francisco Canaro Instrumental "Pampa" 1938 2:49
20. Francisco Canaro  "Recuerdos De Paris - Roberto Maida - 1937" 1937, 1937 3:12
21. Francisco Canaro - Roberto Maida Francisco Canaro Roberto Maida "Invierno" 1937-08-19 3:26
22. Alfredo de Angelis - Instrumen  "Mi dolor" 1957 2:51
23. Alfredo de Angelis - Instrumen  "El Tango Club" 1957 2:40
24. Alfredo De Angelis  "Pavadita 1958" 1999 2:53
Quickly deleted Tengo Mil Novias and adde Los Piconeros after Chris walked in :)
25. Enrique Rodriguez - Roberto Flores  "Fru Fru"  2:57
26. Enrique Rodriguez  "En El Volga Yo Te Espero - Armando Moreno" 1943, 1943 2:40
27. Enrique Rodriguez "Los piconeros-Roberto Flores-1939(Bulerias)" 2:43
28. Edgardo Donato - Lita Morales - Romeo Gavio  "Mi Serenata" 1940 3:02
29. Donato, Edgardo  "Sinfonía De Arrabal" 1940 3:07
30. Edgardo Donato - Horacio Lagos - Lita Morales "Sinsabor" 1939 2:53
31. Osvaldo Fresedo Roberto Ray "Cordobesita" 1933 2:32
32. Osvaldo Fresedo Roberto Ray "Vida mia" 1933 3:23
33. Osvaldo Fresedo Roberto Ray "Nieblas del riachuelo" 1937 2:25
34. Juan D'Arienzo - Instrumental  "Milonga vieja milonga" 1937-09-22 2:41
35. Juan D'Arienzo - Instrumental  "De pura cepa" 1935 2:41
36. Juan D'Arienzo - Instrumental  "El esquinazo" 1938-01-04 2:34
I first had doubts about Demare's Carablanca, and I don't have any anymore!!
37. Lucio Demare - Juan Carlos Miranda  "No te apures, Carablanca" 1942-10-09 3:34
38. Lucio Demare - Juan Carlos Mir  "Manana zarpa un barco" 1942 3:22
39. Demare, Lucio Rodolfo Biagi-Lucio Demare "Cómo se hace un tango - Raul Beron" 1943 3:14
40. Anibal Troilo Fiorentino "El Cuarteador"  2:49
41. Aníbal Troilo - Francisco Fiorentino  "Toda mi vida" 1941-03-04 2:57
42. Aníbal Troilo - Francisco Fiorentino  "Tinta roja" 1941-10-23 3:02
Couldn't get quite satisfactory Firpo (and especially OTV!) vals tandas before, I hope that this united set is a nicer fit!
43. Orquesta Tipica Victor - Lita  "Noches de invierno" 1937 2:47
44. Roberto Firpo Various Artists "El Aeroplano" 1999 2:14
45. Roberto Firpo  "Olga"  2:10
46. Biagi, Rodolfo  "Humiliacion" 1941 2:42
47. Rodolfo Biagi Jorge Ortíz "Zaraza"  2:42
48. Rodolfo Biag Jorge Ortíz "Indiferencia"  2:33
Time is starting to run short, and some sets are cut to just two's
49. Carlos Di Sarli Alberto Podesta "Junto a tu corazon"  3:00
50. Carlos Di Sarli - Oscar Serpa  "Verdemar" 2001 3:01
The slowest milonga ever? Mionga Triste runs full 20 seconds longer than Canaro's classic Sentimental. Sweet feeling.
51. Francisco Canaro - Ernesto Fam  "Milonga del 900" 1933 2:55
52. Francisco Canaro - Roberto Maida  "Milonga triste" 1937-08-10 3:33
53. Francisco Canaro Ernesto Fama y Angel Ramos "Milonga sentimental" 1933 3:12
54. Osvaldo Pugliese  "Gallo Ciego"  3:34
55. Osváldo Pugliese Osvaldo Pugliese "Remembranzas" 1943 3:41
56. Juan D'Arienzo - Instrumental  "La cumparsita" 1951 3:49
Thanks Halina for the oh-o-danceable curtain tune!
57. Eendo  "Eshgh e Aasemaani" 2011 3:31
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Automatic music identification - as simple as youtube

Forget Shazam. Youtube can instantly identify most tango music tracks, orchestra, vocalist, everything, at least as long as you have full track, beginning to end.

Upload you own video with the selected soundtrack, and Youtube will do its job in a peculiarly unwelcoming way: as soon as it's processed, you'll see a warning in your upload manager, "Matched 3rd party content". Click on the warning and see who claims to own your track and how they call it.

How much effort would it take me to identify a lesser-known Biagi vals?

"Rodolfo Biagi-Dejame amarte aunque sea un dia", sound recording administered by:

WMG

Practica del Centro playlist, 8/26/13

Great turnout, but why did almost everybody have to leave before the Cumparsita?
01. Carlos Di Sarli  Instrumental  "Bahia Blanca" 2:49
02. Carlos di Sarli - Instrumental  "Viviani" 1956 3:01
I chickened and replaced di Sarli's A la Gran Muneca at the last moment (a wink in Vita Markman's direction here; and as I said, I much prefer a vocal version of The Big Doll)
03. Carlos di Sarli - Instrumental  "El amanecer" 1942 2:24
04. Ángel D'Agostino - Ángel Vargas  "Adiós arrabal" 1941 3:07
05. Ángel D'Agostino - Ángel Vargas  "El Yacaré" 1941 3:06
06. Ángel D'Agostino - Ángel Vargas  "Ahora no me conocés" 1941 2:35
I haven't played my fav di Sarli's milonga for too long ... and thanks again, Raquel!
07. Carlos di Sarli - Alberto Podestá  "Entre pitada y pitada" 1942-03-30 2:33
08. Carlos di Sarli - Roberto Rufino  "Pena mulata" 1941-02-18 2:27
09. Carlos di Sarli - Roberto Rufino  "La mulateada" 1941-11-21 2:21
10. Osvaldo Fresedo Roberto Ray "Isla de Capri" 1935 3:16
11. Osvaldo Fresedo Roberto Ray "Sollosos" 1937 3:27
12. Osvaldo Fresedo - Instrumental  "Arrabalero" 1939 2:32
13. Biagi, Rodolfo  "Humiliacion" 1941 2:42
14. Rodolfo Biagi Jorge Ortíz "Zaraza"  2:42
15. Rodolfo Biagi - Teófilo Ibáñez  "Gólgota" 1938 2:33
16. Anibal Troilo - Alberto Marino/Floreal Ruiz  "Palomita Blanca (Vals)"  3:22
17. Aníbal Troilo - Floreal Ruiz  "Romance de barrio" 1947 2:36
18. Aníbal Troilo - Instrumental  "Un placer" 1942 2:19
Really wanted to put El Adios in Donato's tanda but then decided to play Canaro's version of Adios instead ... only to scrap the whole tanda of slow Canaro later. Next time!
19. Edgardo Donato - Horacio Lagos - Lita Morales Edgardo Donado - Horacio Lagos - Lita Morales "Sinsabor" 1939 2:53
20. Donato, Edgardo Various Artists "La Melodía Del Corazón" 1940 3:18
21. Edgardo Donato - Lita Morales - Romeo Gavio  "Mi Serenata" 1940 3:02
22. Pedro Laurenz Alberto Podestá "Recien"  2:41
23. Pedro Laurenz Alberto Podestá "Todo"  2:35
24. Pedro Laurenz Alberto Podestá "Garua"  3:12
Brian, how is this transition of milonga pace to you?
25. Francisco Canaro - Carlos Galan  "Negrito" 1934 2:46
26. Francisco Canaro - Ernesto Fama, Angel Ramos  "Milonga sentimental" 1933 3:10
27. Francisco Canaro - Ernesto Fama  "Milonga del 900" 1933 2:55
Where is Chris when we need him? Irina asked me to put a late-ish D'Arienzo tanda "sort of like Chris's" and it turned out to be really complicated....
28. D'Arienzo, Juan  "Yapeyu" 1951 2:26
29. Juan D'Arienzo - Instrumental  "Don Juan" 1950 2:32
30. Juan D'Arienzo  "Felicia - Instrumental - 1954" 1999 2:59
31. Lucio Demare - Juan Carlos Mir  "Din don" 1938 2:32
32. Lucio Demare - Horacio Quintan  "Igual que un bandoneon" 1945 3:02
33. Demare, Lucio Rodolfo Biagi-Lucio Demare "Cómo se hace un tango - Raul Beron" 1943 3:14
34. Alfredo de Angelis - Carlos Dante, Julio Martel  "Soñar y nada más" 1944 3:08
35. Alfredo de Angelis - Carlos Dante, Julio Martel  "A Magaldi" 1947 2:50
36. Alfredo de Angelis - Floreal Ruiz  "Mi novia de ayer" 1944 2:38
With just a few minutes left to go, and just 3 couples left on the floor, it's time to do away with complete sets and just finish it up with a flourish ... but alas, no Pugliese in the final list!
37. Goran Bregovic  "In The Deathcar (feat. Iggy Pop)" 2003 5:14
38. "Juan D'Arienzo  La Cumparsita"  3:45
39. Hindi Zahra  "Beautiful Tango" 2011 3:57
(39 total)

Practica del Centro playlist, 7/22/2013

So nice to be back & to see you all after a long break! And kudos to Julianne for the super duper new cable and the equalizer settings!
01. Carlos di Sarli - Instrumental  "Viviani" 1956 3:01
02. Di Sarli, Carlos  "Indio Manso" 1958 2:57
03. Carlos di Sarli - Instrumental  "Una fija (Glorias de ayer)" 1958-11 2:51
04. Ricardo Tanturi  "Que Nunca Me Falte"  2:42
05. Ricardo Tanturi - Canta Enrique Campos  "Oigo Tu Voz" 3:07
06. Ricardo Tanturi -  Alberto Castillo  "Así Se Baila El Tango"  2:34
07. Rodolfo Biagi  "Por la huella (Milonga)"  2:47
08. Rodolfo Biagi Teófilo Ibáñez "Campo Afuera " 2:08
09. Rodolfo Biagi - Alberto Amor  "Flor de montserrat" 2:16
10. Osvaldo Fresedo Roberto Ray "Vida mia" 1933 3:23
11. Osvaldo Fresedo Roberto Ray "Nieblas del riachuelo" 1937 2:25
12. Osvaldo Fresedo Roberto Ray "Cordobesita" 1933 2:32
The experimental Troilo tango didn't get traction, I shifted gears before the set was over
13. Aníbal Troilo - Alberto Marino  "Uno" 1943 3:31
14. Aníbal Troilo - Alberto Marino  "Cuando tallan los recuerdos" 1943 2:55
The usual nod in Chris's direction :) Yes I played - and talked about - two of these valses just a month ago. Remind me when I get boring please ;)
15. Enrique Rodriguez  "En El Volga Yo Te Espero - Armando Moreno" 1943, 1943 2:40
16. Enrique Rodrigues "Tengo mil novias-Roberto Flores-1939(Vals)" 3:06
17. Enrique Rodriguez - Roberto Flores  "Los Piconeros"  2:47
18.  Rodolfo Biaggi Hugo Duval "Caricias"  2:52
19. Rodolfo Biagi - Jorge Ortiz  "Quiro verte una vez más" 2:59
20. Biagi, Rodolfo Rodolfo Biagi "Todo te nombra" 1940 3:33
21. Carlos Di Sarli Alberto Podesta "No esta"  2:45
22. Carlos Di Sarli Alberto Podesta "Al compas del Corazon"  3:19
23. Carlos Di Sarli Alberto Podesta "Junto a tu corazon"  3:00
24. Juan D'Arienzo - Instrumental  "La puñalada" 1937 2:17
25. Juan D'Arienzo - Instrumental  "El esquinazo" 1938 2:34
26. Juan D'Arienzo - Instrumental  "De pura cepa" 1935 2:41
27. Miguel Caló - Raúl Berón  "Jamás retornarás" 1942 2:31
28. Miguel Caló - Raúl Berón  "Al compás del corazón" 1942 2:48
29. Miguel Caló - Raúl Berón  "Corazón no le hagas caso" 1942 3:00
30. Francisco Canaro - Roberto Maida  "Invierno" 1937 3:26
31. Francisco Canaro - Roberto Maida  "Condena (S.O.S.)" 1937 2:39
32. Francisco Canaro  "Recuerdos De Paris - Roberto Maida - 1937" 1937, 1937 3:12
33. Alfredo de Angelis - Carlos Dante, Julio Martel  "Soñar y nada más" 1944 3:08
34. Alfredo de Angelis - Carlos Dante, Julio Martel  "A Magaldi" 1947 2:50
35. Alfredo de Angelis  "Pobre flor" 2:42
And BTW Chris you are a breathtaking follower :)
36. Carlos Di Sarli Instrumental "Siete Palabras"  2:38
37. Carlos Di Sarli  "La Cachila"  2:46
38. Carlos Di Sarli "La Trilla" 1940 2:23
39. Osváldo Pugliese "Recuerdo" 1943 2:45
40. Pugliese, Osvaldo  "Rondando Tu Esquina" 1945 2:49
41. Osváldo Pugliese "Remembranzas" 1943 3:41
42. "Juan D'Arienzo  La Cumparsita"  3:45

I hope to talk more about Puszta (which is to Hungary what Pampa is to Argentina) and about this tune (which, in Enrique Rodriguez remix as "Amor en Budapest", was the title and the closing song of Budapest Marathon where it complete the two sweetest tandas in my tango life). Puszta Fox was written for an operetta celebrating Gypsy music heritage of Szeged and its legendary songwriter, Danko (1858-1903), and the lyrics by Hans Bussmann lifted whole lines from Danko's "Dorozsmai Windmill" about the mill which froze still when the beloved gypsy girl went with another guy. 
43. Barnabas Von Geczy  "Puszta - Fox" 2:55

"How to NOT get invited", and more on surviving tango festivals (a translation)

Sage advice from a Russian LJ. (And I'm, like, why write my own Tango Survival Guide when I can cite the classic authors instead ;) )

In front of a movie screen?
Moscow, Milonga Me Gusta (2012) (etango image)

Don't sit in the dark corners. Or in front of a movie screen, or wherever you're lit from behind.

Why? In the darkness, they won't see you. In the faraway corners, they won't find you. If the light illuminates you from behind, then the direction of your gaze won't be visible, and your cabeceo will fall flat. And if everyone is looking at a movie screen behind you, then you'd have hard time telling if anybody is looking at you rather than at the screen! 

(DP's comment: Back rows of tables NEVER work. Also it's also amazing how at outdoor milongas, people don't get it that sunglasses make their gaze invisible, too. Lastly, if you're nearsighted, then don't you think that glasses may help A LOT? )

Wanna dance? Then go & stand where all the like-minded, eager dancers gather!

(DP's comment: entry points to the dance floor, especially the ones closest to the dance hall entrance; spots near the water cooler,  bar or, yes, restroom. In the grand old Norse Hall of Portland, the storied "best fishing spot" is near the trash can ... probably not because the trash can attracts the most eager dancers, but because it guards the passageway to the bar & lounge)

The topic of your conversation may be absolutely breathtaking, but it's still recommended that you pause your conversation during cortina (and at the beginning of the next tanda)

Why? Because you don't want to make an impression that you have much more pressing interests than dancing. Ditto heading to the bar / drinking coffee / eating / reading books / meditating with you fav gadgets.

(DP's comment: it's time to look around; perk up, don't look down)

Don't sit in street clothes, and, especially, without your dance shoes. (Do take the dancing shoes off you want to make a break!) "Display your determination and readiness"

DP's comment: in America's air-conditioned halls, a warm shawl over your shoulders doesn't mean that you aren't ready. A slumped posture usually does. BTW sometimes it's hard to tell if a tanguera is "ready" because the body language may be ambiguous, and so you try checking what kind of shoes she wears, but alas, her feet are tucked under a table :)

Also some festival-specific sage advice from the previous installment of the series (more questionable IMHO, but still interesting. I will leave it mostly without specific comments since I think that the advice below won't work equally well for everyone)

"At the best fishing spot"
FRWL Marathon, Moscow, 2015. Etango image

Be communicative; if you know more people, you'll dance more. You like somebody's way of dancing? Compliment them. You like DJs? Thumbs-up them. You like how it is organized? Tell it the organizers.

You don't know something about the place? How are things done? How to get there? Ask around; once people know that you're new to this festival, they won't just help you - they'll get you dances too.

You're too shy? Tango should help you overcome it.

Don't be too idiosyncratic with your clothing, keep an eye on the others' style. If your clothes are soaking wet, or rumpled, then it may be taken as a sign of disrespect. Use different shoes; once your feet get tired in one pair of shoes, they may be rescued by switching to another pair. There is a lot of "black magic" for the tired feet (creams and sprays, ice buckets, reiki, whatnot ... read and listen and find what works for you). 

(DP: For very long milongas, if I'm tired and things go downhill, I practice a "reboot" - a shower and a complete change of clothes ... you see, now it's a different me!)

(... skipping several recommendations which mostly parallel the ones already translated above)

Take care of your food and drink; don't eat heavy meals before milongas

(DP: too often, tangueros feel dog tired simply because they didn't drink enough water and didn't take enough electrolytes. Yes, we loose salt when dancing, and we loose energy with it! I swear by Cliff Cubes, an electrolyte-rich chews favored by distance runners)

Pace yourself! A day with too many classes followed by a night with too many milonga hours may deflate the  rest of your festival!

(DP: being able to take approximately one hour naps helps a lot; coming to a milonga a few hours late, but refreshed, may project an impression that you're tough and determined, and help you get the dances. But don't come to the last few hours of an all-nighter; it's like coming too late to a party when everybody's is already too drunk and you just can't fit in anymore)

Don't stay too far from the venues! It may seem like staying half an hour away isn't a big deal, but it can be a huge deal.

Practica Del Centro playlist, 6/10/13

Phew, next time I should remember to pull and tuck back all the cables to make sure there are no loose connections! Thanks Dave for troubleshooting!
01. Carlos Di Sarli  "Bahia Blanca"  2:54
02. Di Sarli, Carlos  "Indio Manso" 1958 2:57
03. Carlos di Sarli - Instrumental Carlos Di Sarli "El amanecer" 1951 2:30
04. Juan D'Arienzo - Alberto Echague  "La bruja" 1938 2:13
05. D'Arienzo, Juan Juan d'Arienzo "Que Importa" 1939 2:08
06. Juan D'Arienzo Juan d'Arienzo "No mientas"  2:34

I love Los Piconeros, originally an Andalusia folk ballad with its scene of the highland dawn, with Luna Lunera  hiding behind the hills and the first rays of Sun caressing the olive groves - and I find it so touching when Flores overlays the old Andaluz dialectisms with the sound of Argentinian Castellano :)  But the ending tune of this tanda is no less special; it's an Enrique Rodriguez remix of a classic Russian gypsy folk romance of love and loss (which in turn borrowed the musical theme from an old slow French waltz). It certainly sped up quite a bit in Buenos Aires!
07. Enrique Rodriguez - Roberto Flores  "Los Piconeros"  2:47
08. Enrique Rodriguez - Roberto Flores  "Fru Fru"  2:57
09. Enrique Rodriguez  "En El Volga Yo Te Espero - Armando Moreno" 1943, 1943 2:40
10. Francisco Canaro - Roberto Mai  "Ciego" 1935 2:57
11. Francisco Canaro  "Recuerdos De Paris - Roberto Maida - 1937" 1937, 1937 3:12
12. Francisco Canaro - Roberto Mai Francisco "Ojos negros que fascinan" 1935 2:51
13. Pedro Laurenz Alberto Podestá "Todo"  2:35
14. Pedro Laurenz Alberto Podestá "Recien"  2:41
15. Pedro Laurenz Alberto Podestá "Alma de Bohemio"  2:45
16. Canaro, Francisco  "Reliquias Portenas (Milonga)"  2:45
17. Francisco Canaro - Ernesto Fama  "Parque Patricios" 1940-10-03 2:29
18. Francisco Canaro - Instrumental  "La milonga de mis tiempos" 1938-05-23 3:17
19. Osvaldo Fresedo Roberto Ray "Cordobesita" 1933 2:32
20. Osvaldo Fresedo Roberto Ray "Vida mia" 1933 3:23
21. Osvaldo Fresedo Roberto Ray "Nieblas del riachuelo" 1937 2:25
22. Biagi, Rodolfo  "Humiliacion" 1941 2:42
23. Rodolfo Biag Jorge Ortíz "Ahora  No Me Conoces"  2:30
24. Rodolfo Biag Jorge Ortíz "Indiferencia"  2:33
I may be running low on Firpo valses - the 2nd one may need a replacement?
25. Roberto Firpo  "El Aeroplano"  2:13
26. Roberto Firpo Instrumental "Para Las Chicas" 1942 2:14
27. Roberto Firpo  "Olga"  2:10
Running out of time with a later start, and frantically cutting stuff so the following two sets got just two tangos each, and a milonga tanda disappeared altogether:
28. Troilo, Anibal Aníbal Troilo "Pajaro Cíego" 1941 3:02
29. Anibal Troilo  "Guapeando"  2:49
30. Juan D'Arienzo - Hector Maure  "Cicatrices" 1942 2:23
31. Juan D'Arienzo - Héctor Mauré  "Dime, mi amor" 1941-05-21 2:40
32. Donato, Edgardo Various Artists "La Melodía Del Corazón" 1940 3:18
33. Donato, Edgardo  "Sinfonía De Arrabal" 1940 3:07
34. Edgardo Donato - Horacio Lagos - Lita Morales  "Sinsabor" 1939 2:53
35. Donato, Edgardo  "El Adios" 1938 3:09
36. Pugliese, Osvaldo Various Artists "Rondando Tu Esquina" 1945 2:49
37. Osvaldo Pugliese  "Gallo Ciego"  3:34
38. Osváldo Pugliese Osvaldo Pugliese "Remembranzas" 1943 3:41
39. Juan D'Arienzo - Instrumental  "La cumparsita" 1951 3:49
40. Quartango Artisti vari "Androgyne" 1999, 1999 4:30