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DJs and VJ

Theresa Faus

Traditional DJ from Munich, Germany

I started to DJ because I often felt unhappy with the music in my hometown Munich. Inspired by the milongas in Buenos Aires, I founded my own milonga in 2005 and played there, it was the first milonga in Munich with 100% traditional music and with tandas and cortinas.

 

When I play music I draw from the richness of the traditional tango music. My stilistic priorities are on the subtle, cheeky, sophisticated side, as opposed to bombastic or big drama stuff; mainly from 1930 to 1945, and also from the 20ies, and in smaller doses dramatic or super sweet music from later years.

I create contrasts from tanda to tanda, in order to keep the dancers' inspiration alive during hours, always observing the mood and the energy on the floor. Of the big orchestras I love especially Aníbal Troilo, there will be no milonga without his music. I still DJ every month in my own milonga, and during the years I played in many places in Europe.

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Alison Bradley

Neo DJ aus Portland, Oregon, USA

There’s a special kind of tango addict who wants to go beyond the familiar into new territory. To explore a space where there are no limits to their creativity, to the possibilities. Have you tasted this kind of tango? Find that tangasmic moment of ecstasy in your body, in your relationship with gravity, the earth, in your boundlessly creative connection with your partner and the music. This is your moment.

DJ Alison searches across cultures and genres to find the music to make your magic moments happen. Let’s connect, let’s play, let’s embrace some magic.
Alison is a tango nomad currently based in Portland, Oregon, making friends and deejaying in the US, Europe and Buenos Aires and organizing neotango events in Los Angeles and beyond…

Abrazos, love & tandas!

Michael Rühl

TDJ aus Berlin

I'm Michael Rühl from Berlin. I've been DJing tango music for 40 years because I've been fascinated not only by the dance but also by the music from the very beginning—both old tango and newer tango, from the rhythmically dynamic to the romantic. But it's always great for dancing when I play it. I usually DJ using a computer, but sometimes I also play my vinyl records, which is always something special for me.
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Fabio de Giovanni

Neo DJ  from Nizza, France

It was in his hometown of Naples that Fabio discovered Tango in 2009. As a yoga teacher, he has been working for years on this union between body and mind through the power of music to create moments where time   stops and you are transported into another dimension.

From 2010 he began a personal search for the discovery of modern rhythms and melodies (jazz, ethnic, classical, pop, rock, rap, indie, modern orchestras etc...) that can be interpreted using the codes of  tango through all kind of music.

In 2013 he Came to settle in Nice, he imported his Neo tango musicality and gave a new breath to the life of Tango with his milongas where trad tango meets alternative tango and barriers are erased by emotions.

He participated as a DJ in many international festivals and marathons in Europe (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Denmark, Finland) choosing to tell, through his musical selections, a story made of sensitivity and emotions, allowing dancers  to freely interpret their feelings.

Mona Isabelle

TDJ aus Berlin

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Bärbel Rispler

DJ from Düsseldorf, Germany

Bärbel lives and works in Düsseldorf as a graphic designer and discovered Argentine tango in 2015. Initially as a dancer. Since 2018, she has been involved in the Tango Valentina club in Düsseldorf – the beginning of her journey into the art of DJing. As a dancer and DJ, she moves to both traditional music and new interpretations by small orchestras.  She has a constant enthusiasm for both facets of tango – tradicional and nuevo – which she harmoniously combines in her DJ sets.

DJ Mike Godyla

DJ from Berlin, Germany

Mike Godyla Startet DJing Tango in 2010. Had his first own Milonga "Freitango" in 2012 in Bonn. Played his special Neo/Non-Mix at Milongas like Chorforum/Essen, Café Durchblick/Dortmund, La Boca/Bochum, Café Tango/Wuppertal, Got engaged on Festivals like Phantastango and Contact-Tango Wuppertal. Moved to the center of european Tango in Berlin 2022 to play his music in La Cathedral and Tangoloft. Plays especially Neo/Classic/Nontango Mixes. Passionated DJ and dancer of Tango.

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DJ Tango21

DJ from Düsseldorf, Germany

I have been involved with tango since the last millennium. Traditional tango was the first dance and music to capture me and often gave me the famous "three-minute happiness". My ultimate goal as a DJ is to enable as many couples as possible to experience this elation when dancing together. I like to play traditional tangos. Especially in the Epoca d'Oro, the music is so captivating, varied and differentiated for dancers as it is not the case before and after. Tango tradicional has infected and fascinated me to this day. I can also revel in it as a DJ.

However, as the name "DJ Tango21" aka Geert says, I am also very interested in the tango of today, the tango of the 21st century. The Epoca d`Oro is the phenomenal peak of tango as dance music, but it is not the present. I am interested in including the tango of today for dancers, to make it clear that tango is not a museum of itself, but has a development that builds on traditional tango. Tango is not a historical art form, it is current, as a culture, as music, as poetry and as dance. When I'm in Buenos Aires, I look for it in the off-milongas or at the events organised by the musicians themselves, such as the Electrotango Festival or at the Centro Atletico Fernandez Fierro (CAFF), and I always come across good dance music with clear rhythms and new influences that interpret tango in a contemporary way and give it a historical resilience and vitality.
As a DJ, I therefore play a wide variety of music - both classical, preferably in the romantic Zollhaus in Willich near Düsseldorf, but also at neo-tango events such as the Nuevo Tango Rave in Bremen. I am interested in the whole spectrum of lyrical and romantic tangos, from the musically dramatic to rock and jazz-inspired pieces. The important thing for me is always the danceable "rhythm", where everyone has to join in.

Andreas Lange

Neo VJ from Hanover, Germany

Andreas Lange is a photo, video and conceptual artist. He joined tango in 2005 and has been interested in dance and music ever since, both in the  traditional field and in alternative concepts. In 2015 he expanded his artistic work into the areas of visual live performance. Since then, his live performances can be found at many neotango events in Europe.

 

He picks up the mood of the music and the dancers and translates them live into visual elements. These are created by mixing and changing different graphic elements in real time, and in turn influence the dancers. He calls his live performance Visual Dancing. The content he uses comes partly from his exhibitions, was created by him especially for visual dancing, comes from artist friends or from publicly accessible sources.

 

2019 he established ultra-widescreen visuals up to image formats of 72:9 in the neotango scene – not every beamer now projects the same image content, but a wide image is projected over several beamers. In 2020 and 2021 he created the artistic concept of NeotangoTV and played virtual dance floors with his visuals in more than 300 hours. He also created virtual stages for streamed live concerts by Carlos Libedinsky and Steamed Tango Project.

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Foto © Pascal Xicluna

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