the kantango ensamble invites you to make an unusual journey that could not easily be conceived by a travel agency.
in music, neither distances nor boundaries really matter. however, distances and boundaries create a kind of diversity, which in turn spawns extraordinary paths of incredible discoveries.

in kantango's first album titled “másidiomás”, the ensemble proposes to blend different musical languages, as the title mas idiomas suggests. másidiomás tells the story of how four musicians, who come from different musical backgrounds, encounter the tango music.
with these musicians' diverse backgrounds, the album could have been a babel of sounds. however, instead of simply reproducing the sound of the great south american tango performers, kantango has distilled their tango with their own european vision.

kantango pays tribute to flamenco, portugese fado and neapolitan song through the melodic tones of the violin and accordion, strong rhythmic pace on the piano and the upright bass, and even through the experiments with electronic sounds. furthermore, the performance of the two soloist singers – joe barbieri, whose warm timbre has a particular story-telling ability, and a spanish singer maria berasarte, who has integrated neapolitan song and dialect into her style – is a unique treasure that brings together these various european musical languages in kantango's musical exploration. 

at the end of this imaginary journey through the sounds and colors of buenos aires, naples, tirana, bilbao and lisbon, you will see clearly the reason for the success of “másidiomás”… starting in italy and now around the world.






releasedate: 19th may 2006
barcode: 8033210120017
catalogue: mcd007

produced by joe barbieri and antonio fresa
executively produced by fabio barbieri and antonio meola
additional executive production by maurizio silvestri

recorded and mixed by giovanni gallo
at mediterranea music factory (napoli - italy)
mastered by davide barbarulo
at 20hz 20khz studio (napoli - italy)

photo by sergio grispello
artwork by parlachiaro comunicazione
technical partner otto jazz club (napoli - italy)





kantango "normalmente"
featuring joe barbieri, with the kind appearance of patrizia laquidara.
directed by federico gravina.







"things like this can save the music."
radio deejay

"a real musical manifest... a must to have album."
corriere del mezzogiorno

"italians and very cool, they're called kantango... elegants and so musically ductiles."
io donna

"kantango: the revolutionary sweet dub music on electronic rythmes."
la repubblica

"it's always wonderful to find albums like this, so elegant and so brave... full of eclectic solutions and great executions... just for good listeners."
musica&dischi

"másidiomás from kantango is full of deep music messages and artistic brightness"
il mattino di padova