A living archive of Argentine tango

tango.blue

So that tango never fades.

The masters, the recordings, the films and the history of Buenos Aires — gathered and cared for, note by note, from Japan.

157 articles · 21 maestros · 84 map pins · 6 records

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A love letter to tango, written from Japan

Argentine tango lives scattered all over the world — across records that wear thin, films that go missing, and names that time erases.

tango.blue gathers and keeps them in one place: an archive made by hand, far from Buenos Aires, out of pure love for this music. Let tango change its form — but never fade.

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History & culture

The birth of the bandoneón, the milonga, Buenos Aires.

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Recommended records

A chosen record, from old tango to new.

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Tango on film

From 1929: the earliest tango films.

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Where to hear tango

The tanguerías of Buenos Aires, live.

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Codes of the milonga

The unwritten rules of the floor.

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The bandoneón

Heinrich Band, and the soul of tango.

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Tango changes its form. It never fades.