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Bajofondo (formerly Bajofondo Tango Club) is a collective of seven Argentine and Uruguayan artists who fuse diverse electronic genres (trance, trip hop, house, dub, and drum n’bass) with the dramatic sounds of tango. Bajofondo was originally conceived by Gustavo Santaolalla, an Academy Award-winning producer best known for his work on the soundtracks of Brokeback Mountain and Babel, and as a producer for the Kronos Quartet’s Nuevo.

Bajofondo debuted in Buenos Aires in December of 2003, and quickly skyrocketed to fame. Their first album, Bajofondo Tangoclub, went triple platinum in Argentina, selling over 600,000 copies worldwide. The album also garnered the prestigious Premio Gardel award as the “Best Electronica Music Album” and a Latin Grammy for “Best Instrumental Pop Album.” In 2005, the band released Bajofondo Remixed, a compilation of remixes of songs from previous albums by European, Uruguayan, and Argentine DJ’s.

Bajofondo has toured worldwide including at some of the biggest world and electronic music festivals, such as Roskilde in Denmark and WOMAD in England. Their latest album, Mar Dulce, was released to critical acclaim, and recorded in real time requiring an entire string section conducted by Alejandro Teran. Recording locations included Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Los Angeles, New York, Tokyo, and Madrid, and a wide-range of guests artists are featured on the album: Elvis Costello, Nelly Furtado, Ryota Komatsu (a well known Japanese bandoneon player), Toto Mendez, OMAR, and Gustavo Cerati. 

As a collective, members of the band also develop their own works. In 2004, the youngest member of Bajofondo, Luciano Supervielle, released his solo album, Supervielle.  Produced by Santaolalla and Juan Campodonico, the album features Bajofondo and other artists including rappers Contra Las Cuerdas and Cristobal Repetto, Lagrima Rios, and Fernando Cabrera, among others. The album won a Premio Gardel as “Best Electronica Music Album.”