Stephán Resch, New Zealand DJ

New Zealand DJ Stephán Resch discusses his approach to DJing milongas.  That’s this Sunday on Tango Capital, 7:00pm to 8:00pm:

• broadcasting on 2xxfm 98.3 in Canberra
• on demand and streaming live from http://www.2xxfm.org.au

Image: Stephán Resch with me at BASH 2017.

PLAYLIST:

• Comparsa Criolla, meaning ‘Meeting of Argentines’; recorded by Ricardo Tanturi on 16 June 1941; a tango with music composed by Rafael Iriarte, first recorded in 1930.
• La Milonga De Mis Tiempos, meaning ‘The Milonga Of My Times’; recorded by Francisco Canaro on 23 May 1938; a milonga with music composed by Luís Riccardi.
• Mandria, from lunfardo, meaning ‘Coward’; recorded by Juan D’Arienzo on 29 June 1957; a tango with music composed by Juan Carlos Rodríguez in 1926, lyrics by Francisco Brancatti and Juan Miguel Velich, and sung by Mario Bustos.
• Sin Rumbo Fijo, meaning ‘Ever Carefree’; recorded by Orquesta Típica Victor on 18 April 1938; a vals with music composed by Hermes Romulo Peressini, lyrics by Eugenio Carrere, and sung by Ángel Vargas.
• Verano Porteño, meaning ‘Summer Of Buenos Aires’; recorded by Osvaldo Pugliese on May 1966; a tango with music composed by Astor Piazzolla in 1965.
• Fuimos, meaning ‘We Went’; recorded by Ánibal Troilo on 10 April 1946; a tango with music composed by José Dames, first recorded in 1945, lyrics by Homero Manzi, and sung by Alberto Marino.
• Cotorrita De La Suerte, from lunfardo, meaning ‘Little Bird Of Luck’; recorded by Ánibal Troilo on 28 June 1945; a tango with music composed by Alfredo De Franco in 1927, lyrics by José Pedro de Grandis, and sung by Alberto Marino. The name is a reference to a prostitute dying of absinthe and disease – probably tuberculosis.
• Me Quedé Mirándola, meaning ‘I Look At Her’; recorded by Ánibal Troilo on 27 March 1945; a tango with music composed by Vicente Spina, lyrics by Roberto Miro, and sung by Alberto Marino.
• Sin Palabras, meaning ‘Without Words’; recorded by Ánibal Troilo on 22 October 1946; a tango with music composed by Mariano Mores in 1946, lyrics by Enrique Santos Discépolo, and sung by Alberto Marino.