Daniel Melingo
Daniel Melingo or even Melingo ( born 1957 in Argentina) is a tango singer, guitarist, saxophonist and composer. Originally from the alternative rock coming, he devoted himself mainly to Tango Argentino since the mid-1990s with his band Los Ramones del Tango.
Life
Even as a child came Daniel Melingo with the music business in contact since his stepfather the manager of the famous tango singer Edmundo Rivero. He began his musical training with the clarinet studies. After he has a short time with the Brazilian singer Milton Nascimento, Melingo worked in the early 1980s under the military dictatorship in Argentina in the independent theater scene in Buenos Aires. When, after the Falklands War, the restrictions in the cultural sector have been gradually loosened, he worked amongst others on a rock opera version of The Island of Dr. Moreau. He played in the oriented to the The B- 52's band Los Twist and as a saxophonist with Andrés Calamaros Abuelos de la Nada. Then Melingo lived for some time in Spain, where he led the band Lions in love.
After returning home in 1994 he published his adaptation of the Argentinian graphic novel El Eternauta. Since the mid- 1990s turned his publications with the Tango and is touring the world with his program and the accompanying band Los Ramones del Tango. In the British press, he was referred to as " the man who made the tango seriously cool". His lyrics are written in Lunfardo, the " argot " of Buenos Aires - they deal with the absurdities of its barrios of serial killers ( Pequeño pariah ) or pickpockets. The critic Christoph Guide called him "the Tom Waits Tango ". In order to interpret his poetry appropriate Melingo began to study classical singing at the age of 43 years.
On his album Maldito Tango ( " Cursed Tango" ) from 2007 interacts with, inter alia, the singer Cristóbal Repetto.
On the album Tango 3.0 Gotan Project from 2010 he can be heard in the song Tu Misterio as a singer and clarinetist.
Awards
- Premios Gardel 2009: Maldito Tango Tango as the best album by a male artist
- Latin Grammy 2009: Maldito Tango nominated as best tango album