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La Típica Folklórica, a group exploring traditional Argentine folk music.
Launched at the end of 2016 as a musical research project, the group explores the expressive potential of the very traditional tango formation called a "typical orchestra" made up of piano, double bass, strings and bandoneons. In a kind of musical provocation, La Típica Folklórica imagined using this instrumentation in an unprecedented move, towards the other great side of Argentine popular music: folklore, which stands as a symbol and vindication of the rural world of the Argentine "interior" (the campo), in opposition to tango, the urban music of Buenos Aires.
La Típica Folklórica thus overturns this "musical taboo" by reformulating the palettes of timbres, harmonies and rhythms of the traditional Tango orchestra in order to search, not for the urban and relatively recent character of this music, but for the rural spirit of Argentine music, reconnecting with the ancient rhythmic roots of the Latin American mestizo tradition.
Folklore was born from cultural encounters between the original pre-Colombian populations and the populations that came from the migratory waves that the country experienced, mainly African and European, and it comprises a multitude of sub-genres depending on the region: chacarera, zamba, chamamé, bailecito, cueca... to which correspond specific dances and indigenous instrumentation.
La Típica Folklórica not only proposes revisiting or updating folklore that would be old and fixed, it is completely impregnated with one of the singularities of traditional Argentine music: it is a music of today, alive and open to all forms of influences and new musical syntaxes (Jazz, other current in South American music). Currently very present throughout the country, Argentine folklore continues to evolve and provide a foundation for creation and experimentation for today's musicians.
Since its formation the group regularly performs in Paris, where it quickly obtained recognition in the specialized milieu.
In November 2017, it made its first tour in Brittany, and in August 2018 in the centre of France.
In February/March 2019, a tour of Argentina allowed them to present their work with great success in many cities throughout the country and to meet musicians from this wave of the folk music revival, musicians with whom La Típica Folklórica is forging very fruitful links.
Recently, a first collaboration was born out of these encounters: in October/November 2019, a tour of Brittany and Île-de-France took place with the prestigious Argentinean bandoneonist Milagros Caliva as guest.
In the summer of 2021 they toured the region of Tarbes (South-West France) and performed in the Tarbes Tango Festival.
Please go to the Médias page to see album links, videos and photos.
You can contact us here by email:
latipicafolklorica(at)gmail.com
La Típica Folklórica thus overturns this "musical taboo" by reformulating the palettes of timbres, harmonies and rhythms of the traditional Tango orchestra in order to search, not for the urban and relatively recent character of this music, but for the rural spirit of Argentine music, reconnecting with the ancient rhythmic roots of the Latin American mestizo tradition.
Folklore was born from cultural encounters between the original pre-Colombian populations and the populations that came from the migratory waves that the country experienced, mainly African and European, and it comprises a multitude of sub-genres depending on the region: chacarera, zamba, chamamé, bailecito, cueca... to which correspond specific dances and indigenous instrumentation.
La Típica Folklórica not only proposes revisiting or updating folklore that would be old and fixed, it is completely impregnated with one of the singularities of traditional Argentine music: it is a music of today, alive and open to all forms of influences and new musical syntaxes (Jazz, other current in South American music). Currently very present throughout the country, Argentine folklore continues to evolve and provide a foundation for creation and experimentation for today's musicians.
Since its formation the group regularly performs in Paris, where it quickly obtained recognition in the specialized milieu.
In November 2017, it made its first tour in Brittany, and in August 2018 in the centre of France.
In February/March 2019, a tour of Argentina allowed them to present their work with great success in many cities throughout the country and to meet musicians from this wave of the folk music revival, musicians with whom La Típica Folklórica is forging very fruitful links.
Recently, a first collaboration was born out of these encounters: in October/November 2019, a tour of Brittany and Île-de-France took place with the prestigious Argentinean bandoneonist Milagros Caliva as guest.
In the summer of 2021 they toured the region of Tarbes (South-West France) and performed in the Tarbes Tango Festival.
Please go to the Médias page to see album links, videos and photos.
You can contact us here by email:
latipicafolklorica(at)gmail.com