Press
"A poet who inhabits his own myths, Melingo is a fabulously grouchy singer"
(Songlines)
"...a mesmerising stage presence."
(Times online)
"...a musical world trip, a fabulous one-man-show and endless goose bumps!"
(Leipziger Volkszeitung)
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Artist Information
The "Tom Waits" of Tango. Sad, funny, intensive, bizarre, fascinating, marvelous! You will love it. The 50year old tango singer-songwriter Melingo is just like good wine, he gets better with time.
Tango electrifies! Electrified Tango! Call him a rock star amongst tango singers: Daniel Melingo. The Argentinean makes Tango raw and erotic again.
Melingo is not crazy. That what makes his improbable tangos possible, given shape by craziness. Daniel Melingo is a person, of course. He has survived himself, his infinite personal journeys, to become a literary character of flesh and blood. He was - and always will be - a furious adventurer, fevered, hallucinating.
A bohemian of Buenos Aires, so of the world. We can call him Maestro because he has achieved simplicity. Nothing more natural, then, than the roaring fire of its tangos.
To be Melingo, one must walk the streets sniffing out poetry like a bloodhound. One must dance like a whip and sing like a scar. Melingo is major musician. He studied at a Conservatoire but retains little of that institution. In the early 80s he was amongst those Argentinean musicians who celebrated the sex, drugs and rock & roll lifestyle the most intensive way. The 90s came and he discovered the musical roots of his home country: tango.
Melingo embraces his audience with quite poetic music – and still avoids being cheesy. With his deep, coarse voice he never sounds overblown and the rhythms of his music always remain tangible and incredibly danceable.
Maldito Tango, his current album, pulverises the barriers between the sacred and the profane. These songs hold as much adoration as irreverence. There is a truckload of orthodoxy and tons of heresy. There’s excess and beauty. Love and mockery. Melingo enters the high places of River Plate music without knocking. The gates open as he passages for he has won himself the right to play with the law of tango. Pure tango, then : The wonderful madness of Melingo.
This international appreciated great artist and entertainer has already impressed crouds in well known venues during the last two years, such as “The Union Chapel” and “The Royal Festival Hall” in London, the L`Alhambra in Paris and played international festivals like the “Montreal International Jazz Festival” and the “Linea Festival” at The Barbican Center in London, amongst others.
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| Origin: | Argentina |
| Style: | Tango, Chanson, Singer-Songwriter |
| Label: | Ma�ana / Naive / INDIGO
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| Current Album: | Maldito Tango (2008)
New Album in 2010 |
| Touring Party: | 4 (on stage) + 2 |
| Touring Period: | Summer, Autumn 2010, Spring 2011 |
| Territory: | Germany, Austria, Eastern Europe, German speaking Switzerland
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| Booker: | kira@prime-tours.com |
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