come dig through my
tango crate
*pstt... tap a sleeve, it plays*
Explore
A collection of recordings to play with. Pick a track and dig in.
- 01
Listen
Drop the needle on any recording
Every orchestra's whole discography on one timeline. Click a dot and the record spins, the needle drops and the video plays, all in lockstep.
Open Di Sarli's records - 02
Compare
The same tango, every orchestra
One tune, every version, scattered across the decades, a colour per orchestra. Hear them back to back.
Compare a tango - 03
Dig
Who wrote their own book?
Most orchestras played the standards. A few leaders composed what they recorded, see who leaned hardest on their own pen.
See the leaders - 04
Build
Stack your own tanda
Pull four tracks that belong together into a set, then share the sleeve or hand it to a DJ.
Create a set - 05
Play
Train your ear on a guess
Hear a clip, name the orchestra. A quick game that sneakily teaches you each band's fingerprint.
Play a game - 06
Browse
21 orchestras, each its own colour
Every orchestra gets a profile, year-by-year output, singers over time, and the songs behind the numbers.
Browse all orchestras
(Btw btw: this was not made for DJing.)
It's a learning tool. Made for listening. If you want to DJ a milonga, buy the music and support the people preserving tango recordings.
how this thing actually works
not a manual. just the four walkthroughs for the stuff people actually do here. read the short version below each video, or skip the tutorials entirely with the shortcuts at the bottom.
three more
Fix a wrong video
Sometimes the linked video is the wrong take, the wrong orchestra, a modern reissue. Swap it out, help the database.
Use the Learn section
A small encyclopedia of tango musicality: marcato, sincopa, fraseo, with timestamped clips that loop.
Import a playlist
Bring tandas in from a CSV, Apple Music XML, or a Spotify export. Tandabase tries to match every track automatically.
skip
the
tutorial
you'll figure most of it out by clicking around. jump straight in:
the project is still very much in motion.
found a bug? tell me.
feature requests, feedback, complaints, whatever. it all helps.
i read everything. no account needed.