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Lorez: a uniquely South African-Argentinean collaboration. The Cape Town-based band offers a mesmerizing combination of musical styles including tango, jazz and electronica.

‘Our approach to Tango Electronico is rooted in Buenos Aires . Lo Rez has an authentic Argentinean flavor, daringly colored with jazz which is influenced by our experience of living in Cape Town ,” says Gustavo Fasani, Argentine-born composer, pianist and bandoneon player.

Describing the bandoneon as resembling a large concertina but with a much deeper and melancholic sound, Fasani goes on to explain: ‘The bandoneon is deeply expressive, often saying more than is possible with words or other instruments’.

‘The sound of the trumpet brings electronic tango into a new sonic dimension. With Lo Rez we have achieved a musical form that is both authentic and new,’ adds Douglas Armstrong, trumpet and electronics. Texte French Alliance Cape Town

Thursday 29 October
Concert or Lorez
Tango Electronica
@Alliance Française
8pm / R40