Lunático is the second album by Gotan Project. It was released in 2006 by the Paris-based ¡Ya Basta! records, run by Philippe Cohen Solal. The album is named Lunático after the racehorse of legendary tango master Carlos Gardel.

The album features a collaboration with the American band Calexico recorded in Tucson, Arizona, and a cover of the Ry Cooder song "Paris, Texas." Recordings for the remainder of the album took place in Paris and Buenos Aires.

The first single off the album was "Diferente", the second single was "Mi Confesión". The third single was "La Vigüela".

Track listing "Amor Porteño" – 5:08 "Notas" – 4:21 "Diferente" – 5:23 "Celos" – 5:31 "Lunático" – 3:00 "Mi Confesión" – 4:20 "Tango Canción" – 4:23 "La Vigüela" – 5:00 "Criminal" – 3:35 "Arrabal" – 3:58 "Domingo" – 4:14 "Paris, Texas" – 6:46

Personnel

Gotan Project:

Philippe Cohen Solal – bass, keyboards, sounds & dub fx. Eduardo Makaroff – acoustic guitar. Christoph H. Müller – programming, bass, keyboards, speech synthesizer & fx.

Produced by: Christoph H. Müller, Eduardo Makaroff, Philippe Cohen. Mastering by Mandy Parnell @ Electric Mastering, London. Editing by Lionel Nicod @ Translab, Paris.

Paris recording sessions:

Cristina Vilallonga – vocals Gustavo Beytelmann – piano Patrice Caratini – upright bass Nini Flores – bandoneon Line Kruse – violin Rudi Flores – acoustic guitar Nestor Marconi – bandoneon (track 2) Juan Carlos Cáceres – spoken word (track 2) Minine Garay – percussion (track 12) Recorded and mixed @ Substudioz by Christoph H. Müller, Eduardo Makaroff and Philippe Cohen Solal Cyril Atef – drums (on tracks 4, 5 and 7) Recorded @ Studio EGP by Georges Petillot

– Tango quartet arranged by Gustavo Beytelmann. Gustavo Beytelmann – piano JuanJo Mosalini – bandoneon Roberto Tormo – upright bass Victor Villena – bandoneon Recorded @ Studio Acousti by Manu Payet

Buenos Aires recording sessions:

Featuring rap performed by Koxmoz (Apolo Novax and Chili Parker) (track 6) Spoken word performed by Jimi Santos (track 11)

– Strings arranged and conducted by Gustavo Beytelmann. Pablo Agri – violin soloist Elías Khayat – 1st violin Leonardo Ferreyra, Lázaro Beker, Pablo Borzani, Pablo Sangiorgio, Raúl di Renzo, Roberto Calomarde – violin Alexandre Jakovlev, Benjamín Bru Pesce, Eduardo-Felix Peroni – viola Jorge Pérez Tedesco, María Eugenia Castro – Cello Daniel Falasca – double bass Facundo Guevara – percussion Henry Richard Bay – trombone Recorded @ Studio ION in March 2005. Sound engineer: Jorge da Silva Sound assistant: Ariel Lavigna Pro Tools engineer: Javier Mazzarol

- Cafe Tortoni sounds on 'Celos' recorded by Emmanuelle Honorin

Calexico recording sessions (on "Amor Porteño"):

Joey Burnes – vibes, upright bass, electric bass, electric guitar John Convertino – drums Recorded @ Wavelab Studio, Tucson, Arizona by Chris Schultz

Music composed by: Philippe Cohen Solal, Eduardo Makaroff and Christoph H. Müller except track 2 composed by Philippe Cohen Solal and Christoph H. Müller and track 12 composed by Ry Cooder

Lyrics by: Eduardo Makaroff on tracks 1–4. 7 and 10, Lucas Lapalma and Diego Gaston Ponce on track 6, Gotan Project on track 11

Chart positions

Weekly Chart (2006–2007)PeakpositionBelgian Alternative Albums (Ultratop Flanders)2Belgian Mid-price Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)7 Croatian International Albums (HDU)1Dutch Alternative Albums (Mega Alternative Top 30)Alternative Top 30 : 29/04/2006 (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.2

Year-end Chart (2006)PositionBelgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)JAAROVERZICHTEN 2006 : Albums (in Dutch). ultratop.be/nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.55Belgian Alternative Albums (Ultratop Flanders)JAAROVERZICHTEN 2006 : Alternative albums (in Dutch). ultratop.be/nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.32Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)RAPPORTS ANNUELS 2006 : Albums (in French). ultratop.be/fr. Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.85Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2006 (in German). hitparade.ch. Hung Medien. Retrieved 23 February 2014.63US World Albums (Billboard)World Albums: 2006 Year-end. Billboard.com. Retrieved 23 February 2014.4

Certifications

Footnotes

References