Featuring Emilio Teubal on Piano, Ivan Barenboim on Clarinet, Juan Masotta on Bass and Electronics, David Hodges on Bandoneon and Pablo Pereyra’s eccentric, heartfelt vocals, the band has taken a new approach to Electronic Tango. Dock Sud’s sound is rough and raw as its name suggests. While some of the beats blend in dirtily, in an almost industrial way, four live instruments contribute to a wide dynamic and improvisational range, as the form and phrasing sound like the old, traditional tango schools.
Dock Sud is a district of the Avellaneda Partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires agglomeration.
The Villa Inflamable (“Inflammable Town”) community is home to over 10,000 residents and borders directly on the Dock Sud petrochemical hub, an industrial area housing dozens of companies and a range of industries. According to a survey carried out by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in 2002, there are over one thousand storage tanks in the hub with a capacity to store 1,500,000 cubic meters of fuel and other chemical substances. Residents are exposed to exasperating pollution levels, extreme poverty, and precarious living situation. Dock Sud, a predominantly working-class district, has in recent decades been afflicted with some of the nation's highest crime rates.