Bajofondo scores with Mar Dulce, and it’s duets with top-selling pop artists
As I continue to reorganize my CD collection, I found that this album of Bajofondo was not ripped into MP3 for my iPod. I ran to my wife to tell her because she likes the group and now she will have “new” music from them. We only had the newest album, Presente, on our iPods.
Bajofondo is an Argentine/Uruguayan tango-electronic fusion band that plays mostly instrumental music with an exception. They usually will feature singers in their music. With Mar Dulce, the band features a variety of artists performing with them. Most noteworthy from this album are Gustavo Cerati and Julieta Venegas. The Julieta Venegas song is probably the most recognized song from the album, with “Pa’ Bailar.” Also among the featured singers is Nelly Furtado and Elvis Costello, who don’t fall within the Pop En Espanol guidelines.
The songs that they recorded with Gustavo Cerati and Julieta Venegas are the best from the album. Even though I think those are better than the others, the album as a whole is well produced. It is nice to listen to it as a complete work than as individual songs.
The band began in 2000 as a studio experiment, and they decided to release their first album in 2002. They used the same fishnet stocking cover for that album as they did here, just a little different look of the curve and angle. Their newest album Presente uses the same pattern, with a different perspective and a little closer. They have kept the same style for all the albums, which is cool.
I enjoyed the album as a whole, though I believe it must be heard as a whole. Listen to it below to understand how well it was produced, then follow the band on Twitter at @Bajofondo.
Since that day, I have been study Latin pop and rock music and have become a Latin pop music historian through the publishing of articles, fanzine, and websites. My goal is to teach people about Latin pop music and the history behind it with my website, Siempre En Domingo.
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