Instead of dress rehearsal on Saturday, I got an afternoon time. So I went to Tulsa for Alternative music milonga and dinner.
There, the host asked me something interesting; "do you have any Japanese song that we can use for Alternative music milonga?"
Hmm, I never thought of that.
After a nice afternoon milinga and awesome dinner, I did some research.
In very short,...
Most Japanese songs with "Tango" in title have American Tango beats with them. In some cases it's not tango at all. They are different from (and probably hard to dance with) Agentine Tango.
Black cat tango (Kuroneko no Tango)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS5g69mI2aA
There are several Tango songs incorporating Japanese tunes by Horacio Salgan. He and his band visited Japan, and these songs are the byproduct. But I am not sure they qualify as "Alternative songs".
I search for something Japanese from different angles, searching for movies and animes, and found that some Miyazaki/Ghibli movies have decent Waltz.
Stroll through the sky (Howl's moving castle).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3hnNFlPhe0
Always with me (Spirited away)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT0fIfiw7Sg
Chihiro's Waltz (Spirited away)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0JK43-5azU
(There may be more danceable versions out there somewhere, though.)
I am still looking for ideas and songs. If you know some Japanese (or related to Japan) songs that can be used in Alternative music milonga, please let me know.
