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{{Short description|French musical group}}
{{Infobox musical artist  <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name            = Gotan Project
| image           = Gotan Project.jpg
| caption         = At the end of a concert in<br>[[Porto]] (Portugal), 2003
| image_size      = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels -->
| background      = group_or_band
| alias           = 
| origin          = [[Buenos Aires|Buenos Aires, Argentina]]<br>[[Paris|Paris, France]]
| genre           = [[Neotango]], [[electronica]], [[Tango music|tango]]
| years_active    = 1999&ndash;present
| label           = Ya Basta
| associated_acts = The Boyz from Brazil, Radiokijada, Plaza Francia
| website         = {{URL|http://www.gotanproject.com/}}
| current_members = [[Eduardo Makaroff]]<br>[[Christoph H. Müller]]<br>[[Philippe Cohen Solal]]
| past_members    = 
}}
'''Gotan Project''' is a musical group based in [[Paris]] (France), consisting of musicians [[Eduardo Makaroff]] (Argentina), [[Philippe Cohen Solal]] (French) and [[Christoph H. Müller]] (Swiss), a former member of [[Touch El Arab]].<ref>Madlen Albrecht ''Le développement du Tango à partir de 1983'' 2009{{snd}}Page 9 "3.3.4 « Gotan Project » Ce groupe a été fondé par trois hommes à Paris en 1998. Deux d'entre eux sont ... Il s'agit du Français Philippe Cohen Solal et du Suisse Christophe H. Mueller. ... Ils ont alors travaillé avec le guitariste Eduardo Makaroff en mélangeant des beats électroniques, des instruments en direct et de la voix."</ref>

==History==
Gotan Project formed in 1999. Their first release was "Vuelvo Al Sur/El Capitalismo Foráneo" in 2000, followed by the album ''[[La Revancha del Tango]]'' in 2001. Their music is based on Argentine [[Tango (music)|tango]], but also uses elements such as [[sampling (music)|samples]], beats, and breaks.

Live material was broadcast on [[Gilles Peterson]]'s [[world music]] show Worldwide on [[BBC Radio 1]] in May 2004. The band has also released a DJ set: ''Inspiración Espiración - A Gotan Project DJ Set Selected & Mixed by Philippe Cohen Solal'' (2004). This album is a compilation of classic tangos from the likes of [[Aníbal Troilo]], [[Ástor Piazzolla]] and Gotan Project remixes. The album also includes a bonus CD with the track "La Cruz del Sur"{{snd}}which was meant to be included on ''La Revancha del Tango'', but did not make the cut in 2001.

In 2006 they released a second studio album, ''[[Lunático]]'', and in 2010 ''[[Tango 3.0]]'', their last studio album to date.

==Band name==
The name of the trio is the word "tango" with the order of its syllables reversed.{{fact|date=January 2023}} Reversing syllables in this way is a form of [[word play]] called "al [[vesre]]" that is common in [[Lunfardo]], an [[argot]] of [[Rioplatense Spanish]].{{fact|date=January 2023}}

== Discography ==
{{Main|Gotan Project discography}}
* ''[[La Revancha del Tango]]'' (2001)
* ''[[Lunático]]'' (2006)
* ''[[Tango 3.0]]'' (2010)

== Commercial use ==
The song "Santa Maria (del Buen Ayre)" was used in the films ''[[The Bourne Identity (2002 film)|The Bourne Identity]]'' (2002), ''[[Shall We Dance? (2004 film)|Shall We Dance?]]'' (2004), and ''[[Knight and Day]]'' (2010).

==References==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website|http://www.gotanproject.com}}
*[https://www.facebook.com/gotanprojectofficial?sk=wall Facebook official]
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[[Category:Tango music groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups from Paris]]
[[Category:French musical groups]]


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