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Santiago Cordoba, an Argentinean percussionist of the well-known "Violentango" – ambassadors of the new tango movement – has put on a different set of skins and strings to perform his solo concept "Corso": a kaleidoscope of various percussion instruments, loops, samples, piano, guitar... but most of all, his musical soul itself.
His music is thoroughly composed, well-structured, yet sometimes surprising in breaks or sudden interchanges, held together by a general elegance, a light pulse, and Santiago's intense way of playing.
Some of his compositions date back to his pre-Violentango times in 2004, others are just recent – after all, "Corso" shows Santiago's personal development, as a parallel universe to his career in modern tango (where the use of a percussionist is still considered "avant-garde").
After "giving birth to the Corso" in various concerts in Buenos Aires, Santiago now dives into his first European Solo Tour; well... "solo" is not always correct: the "Corso" is open to guest performers.
Violentango, one of the bands that broke most prominently today, with which he managed to insert percussion into tango in an avant-garde fashion, recorded six studio albums and performed more than thirty tours in Europe and America, participating in important festivals like Glastonbury Festival, Canarias Jazz Festival, Nisville Jazz Festival, among others.
His music is thoroughly composed, well-structured, yet sometimes surprising in breaks or sudden interchanges, held together by a general elegance, a light pulse, and Santiago's intense way of playing.
Some of his compositions date back to his pre-Violentango times in 2004, others are just recent – after all, "Corso" shows Santiago's personal development, as a parallel universe to his career in modern tango (where the use of a percussionist is still considered "avant-garde").
After "giving birth to the Corso" in various concerts in Buenos Aires, Santiago now dives into his first European Solo Tour; well... "solo" is not always correct: the "Corso" is open to guest performers.
Violentango, one of the bands that broke most prominently today, with which he managed to insert percussion into tango in an avant-garde fashion, recorded six studio albums and performed more than thirty tours in Europe and America, participating in important festivals like Glastonbury Festival, Canarias Jazz Festival, Nisville Jazz Festival, among others.
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