Mandragora Tango has been playing live tango music for dance since 2001. We've played mostly traditional tango for most of that time, saving our trippyest grooves for very late night dancers. Executive producer Jennifer Kozar asked us if we'd consider making an album that explored this direction. She is a huge fan of electro- and alternative tango, such as Gotan Project, Narcotango and Bajofono Tango Club. She wanted to see what we could do if we tried to mix traditional tangos with electronic and acoustic beats.

We worked with Hip-hop producer Stefon "Bionik" Taylor and came up with "Barrio Longfellow"

Barrio Longfellow" means "Longfellow Neighborhood" and is named after the neighborhood in Minneapolis where all of the musicians on this album live. You can think of it as the indigenous tango of a city not traditionally associated with tango. And you'd be surprised and amazed at how good it sounds and how much fun it is to dance to, even if you cannot tango!

A historical curiosity: the gentleman on the alb