TANGO

Images inspired by Alexey Romeo & Jury Jet Tango (Radio Mix)

This is a link to an excerpt of the original mix of the song, which is similar to the radio mix of the song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=089QaJvthNk

Artist's Statement

Alexey Romeo’s & Jury Jet’s Tango (Radio Mix), to me, is a fusion of traditional tango and modern electronic sound. I tried to visually represent these two elements of traditional tango and modern electronic sound separately as well and cohesively throughout the pieces. Pieces 1,2,4, & 7 are influenced more by the electronic sound but still maintain the traditional tango feel through the use of the colors of red and black. While pieces 3 and 8 are influenced more by the traditional tango but maintain the electronic feel through the use of color blocking and vibrant colors. In the 5th piece, I tried to have a more balanced influence of the two styles being fused together. Overall, to visually represent the song I paid attention to color, lines and curves, and the composition of the pieces. 

The main thing I paid particular attention to was the colors I chose which I feel represent the music visually. The main colors were red and black with electric blue and a bit of green. The red and black are used to represent the traditional tango elements in the music while the blue and green represent the modern electronic sound. Also, I chose to use vibrant colors because of the electronic and staccato nature of the music.  

Also, due to the staccato and electronic element of the music, I chose to have a more abstract and graphic overall design and feel to each image. I wanted the images to be a bit harsher by being graphic solid colors so that they would have a sharper look to them. The use of strong lines in the pieces is also reflective of the staccato and electronic nature of the music. 

The curves, in particular in the more abstract pieces, are representative of how the sounds are winding and swirling together. The piece in particular which emphasizes this is the second to last piece. In this piece, the various colors are swirling together like the sounds swirl together with a bit of an echo to them.  Also, to show the elements of echo in the music I used the repetition of images throughout the pieces and within the pieces themselves. This is shown, in particular, through the last piece with the repetition of the dancers in decreasing size. Also, the lines of the background color are used to draw the eye inward to accentuate the repetition and decreasing size of the dancers. 

Overall, my pieces were created to demonstrate the fusion of traditional tango and modern electronic sound of Alexey Romeo’s & Jury Jet’s Tango (Radio Mix).