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El milagro argentino
Los Auténticos Decadentes · 1989 · Track 9
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If there's a song that sounds like a street party but with an unexpected twist in the bass, that's El látigo de Capanga. The trumpet of Guillermo “Capanga” Eijo comes in like a whip before the bass of Pablo Exequiel “Fortunato” Armesto sets the rhythm with that groove that instantly hooks you. It's not just a danceable track: the saxophone of Gabriel “Chiflo” Sánchez and the guitars of Diego Hernán “Cebolla” Demarco and Daniel Eduardo “La Tierna” Zimbello give it an air of controlled chaos, as if the band were playing in a bar closed at three in the morning. The drums of Braulio “Barulio” Aguirre and the percussion of Gastón “Francés” Bernardou push everything forward, while the vocals of Gustavo Daniel “Cucho” Parisi and Eduardo Alberto “Animal” Trípodi blend into choruses that sound like carnival shouts.
Recorded in 1989, this track was born on the first album of Los Auténticos Decadentes, El milagro argentino, an album that was first released on Radio Trípoli and later had reissues with RCA and Sony Music. The mixing was handled by Walter Chacón and the production was by Camilo Iezzi, but what's most surprising is how it sounds as if everything had been improvised in a single take. At just 2:52 in length, the song doesn't let up: the bass and trumpet steal the spotlight, but it's that organized chaos that makes it unforgettable.