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This is really different.

Yowza! Brings back some wedding band and society orchestra gig memories that one does!

I’d call it a well known Danny Malandano tango (that most elegant of dance forms) called Olé Guapa. :)

I like it better on a button accordion played with less speed and more feeling however… (skip to 1:15 to bypass the intro talking)

 
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Olé Guapa's composer Arie Maasland went by the stage name Malando (no first name). Olé Guapa dates from 1936. So the mash-up matches proper Dutch music with the finest Dutch drivel orchestra (there is a HUGE worldwide market for drivel music). Fun fact is that André Rieu first hit single was a Shostakovich piece - well, not exactly Symphony #13 but rather one of the jazz waltzes.
 
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I like it when a producer can make a good mix out of mostly-acoustic source material.

This reminds me of Mr. Scruff, whose "Get a Move On" was built on Moondog's "Bird's Lament"



or Mocean Worker who built a whole album from samples of midcentury big band records
 
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