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General

PERMANENT UPDATES

Database corrections, new recordings, information, lyrics, data for audio identification, and minor improvements.

Quiz

2024-09-29

The page moved from www.el-recodo.com/musicquiz to www.el-recodo.com/quiz

General

2024-09-28

Removed Paypal. Improved payment system with faster access activation. For new subscriptions: we simply use credit cards ; possibility to enable/disable your payments anytime and directly from the subscription page.

General

2024-09-09

Completed many missing translations and added Turkish, Swedish, Kerean and Chinese.
Optimized ratings and favorites processing to handle the increase of data and users.
Simplified subscriptions Contributor and TangoDJ.
Redesigned and optimized player for the samples. Playing next track automatically has been removed, except to play the 2nd sample of the same recording.

General

2024-07-16

Publishing a new page to present "Las 7 Familias Tangueras", an exceptional 54-card game.

Music

2024-01-06

Partnership links between El Recodo Tango Music and TangoTube.tv!
- On El Recodo recording pages, click on TangoTube to watch performances on the song.
- On a TangoTube video, click on El Recodo button to discover all versions of this song.

Music

2024-01-03

Improved ranking page with filters per world area and years.

General

2023-12-23

Migration to PHP 8.2

Music

2023-12-21

Added advanced search with 2 orchestras to find and compare their similar repertoire.

Music

2023-10-15

On the page of each recording, you can now see:
- when you tangolinked this recording and the path/filename on your Mac/PC.
- when and where you identified this tango with the App.
- All your tandas with this recording.

Music

2023-10-11

Improved timelines visualizations with color shades representing the number of recordings over the years.

Tanda

2023-05-22

New Tanda Manager. Added possibilty to create Tandas manually. Improved management of your saved tandas. You can also use the already existing Tanda Builder to get fast tanda suggestions.

Music

2023-04-09

Improved main music page with quick access to advanced searches by style, singers and more. Click on the orchestras' pictures to discover it.

Music

2023-04-04

Improved search suggestions engine to display first the most famous titles and artists, as well as those starting with your input string. Added cache and optimized database requests.

App

2023-04-04

The App can identify 3 recordings/day for free members (no change) and 50 recordings/day for subscribers. 50/day remains a faily high number but if you need more, please use TangoLink instead. TangoLink, contrary to the mobile App, is designed to rename or tag audio files in quantity, with better performances adapted to this use case.

Music

2023-03-09

Improved global search by ERT (recording number) to directly access the corresponding page. This is particularly useful for TangoLinked libraries having the ERT number in filenames or tags.

Music

2023-02-09

Improved advanced search by Instrumentals now filters soloist singer.

General

2023-02-06

Migration to new design (Bootstrap 5.3)

Music

2023-01-24

Find Royalty Free recordings! New advanced search field by copyright. New copyright custom column. Improved copyright calculations. Non-guaranted information based on recording date >50 years and 70 years after the death of all known composers and authors.

General

2023-01-13

I decided to remove Google ads. It's a loss of revenue for the benefit of the experience. Consider supporting the website by subscribing and telling your friends about www.el-recodo.com...

General

2023-01-08

increased website performances (lighter and faster):
JQuery library (used for many features) is removed.
Twitter Typeahead library (autocompletion search fields) is removed.
Autocompletion on search fields, and all JQuery based features have been rewritten.

Music

2022-12-31

The Ranking Page now indicates the increase or decrease before each notation, which shows the tendency (ratings older than 1 year, versus all ratings).

General

2022-12-28

The Musical personality test now allows to find people with similar profile as yours. Complementary musical profiles too. There might be someone you know... :-)

Quiz

2022-12-21

Credits required for the boost are divided by two. You can earn credits by playing the quiz, by adding lyrics annotations (translations/explanations), with the TangoDJ subscription or by purchasing them directly.
The number of choices for title and singer questions have been reduced when starting the game and increases with the level. It makes the game more easy and fun at start...

Tanda

2022-11-09

Added Playlist button below your saved tandas, to download them as an m3u playlist file. The m3u file is generated based on your TangoLink filename pattern and use relative path. Put the m3u playlist file into the same folder as your audio files. Feedbacks are welcome on that feature
Added Tango, Vals and Milonga filters for the lsit of your saved tandas.
Added tanda search field to find any tanda more easily.

General

2022-11-07

Added Welcome/Get started email for new accounts.
Added account validation to improve the security and avoid false emails. For existing account, a notification may appear to invite you to the validation process.
Improved comments section, with automatic scroll and selection when answering a post.
Automatic scrolling to the lyrics section when clicking on a lyrics annotation link.

General

2022-11-02

Your profile page has been improved with your last activities. To make it more complete, do the personality musical test, add favorites, play the Quiz, explain or translate lyrics, use the app, TangoLink some recordings...

Quiz

2022-10-25

Given the increase of users and recordings, Level 8 and above now requires a contributor or TangoDJ access. However the game remains free without limits on your ranking.

General

2022-10-02

Facebook Login has been removed. Instead, you can connect using the same email as your Facebook account. If you don't know your password, use the Lost Password button and check your emails (spam folder too!).
It is now possible to change/upload a profile picture from the menu Parameters.

General

2022-08-26

With the increase in user activity, the newsfeed and real-time notifications had to be optimized, which also improves significantly the response time of the website. They also include minor improvement such as titles which replace ERT numbers.

General

2022-05-01

Migration to PHP version 7.4 for maintenance and increased time response

Music

2022-04-19

Added custom column "Update" to display and sort your search results by last data update on the database.
Added sort descending mode.

General

2022-02-14

Due to the increase of users and features, www.el-recodo.com migrates to a more efficient hosting.

App

2022-01-01

New version of El Recodo Tango App: 2.0.7 for iOS and 2.0.8 for Android. (both have the same level of features).
Minor corrections and updated link to subscribe page.
Added direct links from the web to open the app (for example on website search bar, mobile view). This feature was already available on Android but not validated on iOS.

Music

2021-12-30

El Recodo Tango Music web interface is now compatible with TangoLink.
Discographies, navigation tables and recording pages now include an icon to indicate tangolinked recordings (), as well as Tangolinked recording requiring an update ().
Added TangoLink stats in the page of each recording.

Tanda

2021-12-29

The Tanda Builder is now compatible with TangoLink.
TangoLink status icon now appears in front of each track of the tanda: in the page of each recording, on the Tanda Builer menu, as well as when you open a tanda you saved.
In the Tanda Builder, a new TangoLink button allows building tandas using your TangoLinked recordings only. This feature makes sense when you already TangoLinked enough files.

General

2021-12-12

The news feed is improved with TangoLink activities

General

2021-12-10

New user access level called TangoDJ
New dedicated page for subscribtions

General

2021-11-29

Possibility to reply to an existing comment.
Improved display by subject and by date of last contribution.
It should facilitate our communications given the increase of messages.

Tanda

2021-08-14

Tanda Builder V3 beta
Added auto-generated tanda titles.
Added Tango/Milonga/Vals labels.
Added button to save the tandas you like.
New tab My Tandas to display your saved tandas.
Added advanced edition mode to delete or edit your tandas.

Tanda

2021-08-10

Added tanda duration. Added average tanda speed.
Added warning when the speed or duration are not consistent across recordings.
Bug fix on date filter: 1941 was partially excluded.

App

2021-08-09

Added direct links from the web to open the app (for example on website search bar, mobile view). If the app is not installed, you are invited to download it. New version 2.0.6 to handle this feature is now available for Android. Apple refused to validate this version for no reason.

Music

2021-07-13

Added votes per country on recording pages (only when there are enough votes).

App

2021-07-10

Improved App servers architecture for easier maintenance/restart/deployement. In case of a new fire, it would help :-)

General

2021-06-28

Which Tanguero are you? Let's find out with this NEW musical personality test: www.el-recodo.com/psy

Lyrics

2021-05-30

Added list of the last lyrics translations and explanations on the right panel (now easier to find them afterward).

Music

2021-05-29

Full access to Today Tango samples, births and deaths, even for visitors. Removed last recording updates section on the right panel. Improved favorite engine to manage the increasing number of users. Removed old favorite page. Added favorites and App criteria to the advanced search.

General

2021-05-28

Deep website update: Improved overall layout, design and modules. Improved responsive design, including for large screens. Removed last updates section on the right panel. Added real time notifications when the community comment, rate, like or post knowledge (this is only displayed few seconds directly on the page depending on community activity, not when you are not on the page). Added bottom menu on mobile phones with quick access to the advanced search panel, which avoid long scrolling.

Music

2021-05-11

The tango recommendation engine, previously called "Carlitos" has been improved to v2.0: design is more intuitive, audio sample and rating can be done directly from the module. The algorythm is now optimized to provide faster recomendations.

App

2021-05-05

New App v2.0 for iPhone and iPad. Up to 2x faster results when the identification is easy. Bring your phone close to the speaker for better results. Improved results when the identification is not easy. Added user account creation from the app. Added password recover from the app. Added automatic login from the App to the Website when clicking on a result or from the history log.

App

2021-04-05

After the fire in our datacenter El Recodo Tango App is now back with even some addtional songs. In total we are talking about 1 240 882 898 database entries over 3 servers (one was burnt), just for the audio identification... Thanks for your vibes and support!

App

2021-03-10

A fire occured in our OVH datacenter in Strasbourg France. All our servers providing audio identification through El Recodo Tango App are gone.

Lyrics

2021-01-02

Added community annotations to help understanding the lyrics, share knowledge, testimonies and translations.

Tanda

2020-12-12

Added estimated duration field below each recording of your tanda.

Music

2020-12-11

Added estimated duration field on all recordings. It appears in the recording details, and can be set as a customized column.

App

2020-11-23

New App v2.0 for Android. Up to 2x faster results when the identification is "easy". Bring your phone close to the speaker for better results. Improved results when the identification is "hard". Added user account creation from the app. Added password recover from the app. Added automatic login from the App to the Website when clicking on a result and from the history menu.

Tanda

2020-10-03

New Tanda Builder v2.0 with improved algorithm and dedicated page with intuitive controls. The tanda builder is now autonomous (not mandatory to visit the page of a key recording to use it).

Music

2020-09-22

New custom columns are now available when you navigate through discographies. Make your own display and add fields (Ratings, Label...). Orchestra and Singer columns are now better called Artist and 2nd Artist.

App

2020-08-12

El Recodo Tango App release for iOS.

Music

2020-06-14

Welcome to contemporary danceable orchestras in the database.
The former field STYLE now stands for the style as we subjectively hear it is interpreted. A new field is added in the database to indicate the style as it was written on the original disk and discographies. For example a Tango Milonga which sounds as a Tango is indicated TANGO [TANGO MILONGA].

Music

2020-05-28

Redesigned searches with a clear button. Added autocompletion to the advanced search fields.

App

2020-05-27

Launch of El Recodo Tango App for Android devices (V1 beta).

App

2020-04-20

Announcement of El Recodo Tango App project to identify that tango playing arround you. Added menu "My App History" showing all recordings you have identified with the App. Improved real time feed with user activity through the App.

Music

2020-04-19

Removed depecrated "my ratings" page (which where already replaced by the advanced search by ratings). Minor improvements on the Advanced Search.

Music

2019-09-21

Added El Recodo Tango RANKING page showing the best rated orchestras, singers and recordings.

Tanda

2019-08-21

Tanda builder V1.3: Improved suggestions now take into account relation between orchestras and your own ratings. Display and navigation improvements. Added 2 special modes "custom" and "explorer" for even more control on suggestions.

Music

2019-08-08

Added user ratings as filters to the Advanced Search (in addition to community ratings).

Tanda

2019-06-24

Added tanda builder. This advanced algorithm does not only consider the orchestra, singer and year but also musical criteria, lyrics, speed, ratings and much more to suggest tandas. It also suggests an order and let you fine tune your tanda. The old tanda feature is moved to "see also" section and remains available for all visitors.

Music

2019-05-27

Added advanced search by ratings for listenning and for dancing. You can now find recordings based on the votes they get from the community and combine it with any other advanced search criteria.

Music

2019-02-02

Added advanced search by musician. You can now find recordings on which a specific musician were playing and combine it with any other advanced search criteria.

Music

2019-01-07

Added powerful recommendation algorithm (Carlitos V1.0 Beta). Recommendations are customized based on user ratings, recording data, lyrics, instruments and much more!

Music

2018-12-16

New access level for CONTRIBUTORS with more features: added search by label (available for ~75% of recordings), search by speed/BPM (available on famous ~10% recordings), and longer audio sample (30s + 10s).

Music

2018-12-07

New Tag feature. Two first tags are added: #Duo singers, #Woman voice. More to follow...
Added search by tags.

Music

2018-11-21

Advanced searches are now limited to members: timelines, advanced search tab, searches by date, style or lyrics. Log In to get full access to those features.

General

2018-11-20

During the last days, we experienced an increase of visitors but also several cyberattacks. Added ddos detection and IP blacklisting.

Quiz

2018-08-20

Added tango ratings at the end of the quiz. Distinct audio samples are played through the 4 questions and a longer sample is available at the end of the quiz.

Music

2018-08-19

Which recording do you like for listening, for dancing, and which not? Members can now rate tangos. Rating form added to the detailed page of each recording, but also Today's Tango and Tango Music Quiz. Added Ratings menu where members can see and modify all their ratings.

General

2018-03-08

Several deep updates to match the increase of features and number of visitors. Code mostly rewritten. Complete design update (upper part of the iceberg).

Quiz

2018-02-07

Improved quiz display which is more convenient for smartphones, and updated player.

General

2018-01-28

Added profile pages for members.
Added specific comment section by orchestra, singer, composer, author... to facilitate worldwide discussions and exchanges.
Improved user account, online activity section and main search bar.

General

2017-09-13

Added Log In via Facebook.

Quiz

2017-09-03

Minor adjustements and corrections on points, levels, statistics and timing. Corrected stats that could go over 100% is some cases. More quiz are required to get higher in levels, but the more you grow, the more point you will get at each quiz.

Music

2017-08-25

You can now integrate Today's Tango on your own website. Ask me if you are intereseted. Today's Tango is now broadcasted on Facebook, Twitter, and by push notifications (members only).

Music

2017-08-20

Splitted international newsletters in English, Spanish and French. Added Push Notifications in case of news (members only, n/a on apple devices).

Music

2017-07-22

Added Today's Tango: every day, a special tango anniversary is celebrated on the top of El Recodo Tango Music's main page. Added birth and death anniversaries of famous maestros (members only).

Music

2017-03-05

Added 2nd audio sample for members. And when several samples are available into the same display, they automatically play one after the other.

Music

2017-02-10

New search engine on the top navigation bar with autocompletion.

Music

2017-02-01

Added copyright information per recording (members only). Non garanteed information based on recording date (>50 years), as well as composers and authors dates of death (>70 years).

Music

2017-01-15

Added popularity indicator (members only) based on worldwide huge data from Tango Music Quiz (this indicator is only available when the recording has been played enough). Added BPM (members only) on some recordings (this is the tempo of the recording for dancers). Added graphical statistics and improved timelines per orchestra.

General

2016-12-16

Several deep updates for faster conectivity especially if you are far from Paris. New php version, better dns, https, cdn, cache, optimized contents...

Quiz

2016-10-09

Added credits system. Don't get stuck at a level anymore! Get credits and use them to increase your stats and contribute to the website improvement. Added levels 19 and 20 for Gurus. Minor graphical improvements.

General

2016-07-27

Added timeline view of orchestra/singers history (from any orchestra page, press on the graph icon). Thanks to Horia Călin Pop for his help on that feature.

General

2016-07-26

Website translations! Many thanks to our friends who did a great job spending time to translate this tool. Agnieszka Ines Schott (Poland), Fabrizio Pinto (Italy), Juliana Maggioli (Brazil), Veronica Toumanova (Nederlands), Anna Zyuzina and Anastasiia Nikitina (Russia), Daniela Schulz (Germany), Cristina Aky (Romania), Nadia Cronidu (Greece), Rui Saito (Japan), ...

Music

2016-05-19

Added maestros birth and death dates and few more things. Improved quick search engine, now including musicians.

General

2016-03-27

El Recodo Tango Music becomes available in 3 languages: english, spanish and french.

Quiz

2015-10-15

Added quiz by pictures and by cultural text questions available in 3 languages.

Quiz

2015-10-01

Added lyrics quiz concept. Improved statistics panel display. Improved/adapted levels (thresholds) and new level 18 has been added. Bug fixes.

Music

2015-08-28

Lyrics combined with the music page. Added Authors and Composers. Improved advanced search including powerful lyrics search.

Quiz

2015-08-24

New player ranking with challengers, experts and gurus!

General

2015-08-21

Complete interface redesign.

Music

2015-07-01

Almost complete Canaro discography (this is big enough to mention it as an update).

Quiz

2015-01-23

Added Challenge Mode. From a simple link, you can now share specific recordings with your friends. She/he will have to guess it on the Tango Music Quiz game without having to create an account. Links can be found in EL RECODO TANGO MUSIC database, at the bottom of each recording page.

General

2015-01-02

Complete page translation in english. Old "musique" page becomes "music" page.

Music

2015-01-01

Added tandas proposals for each recording.

General

2014-08-24

Added comments feature and responsive design.

Quiz

2014-08-18

Updated interface! Play from anywhere, the game is now optimized for smartphones! Plus additional improvements to make it more intuitive...

Quiz

2014-01-13

Updated rules! Tango music is a never-ending research and the Quiz better reflects this idea with a new point system which is also used for the players ranking. In addition, high level players (getting more difficult tracks) can get more points by answers.

Lyrics

2013-12-24

Added lyrics database.

Quiz

2013-11-29

Updated rules! You can still take all your time to answer a quiz, but your global score will be slightly less than the ones who answer imediately. The idea is not to go fast as such, just to be fair between the ones who really recognize a track and those who double check before answering (which remains also an option).

Quiz

2013-11-09

Added favorites management at the end of each quiz. Keep trace of what you like...

Quiz

2013-09-20

Added ranking by countries, list of online players, links to find related recordings into our database.

Quiz

2013-08-19

The number of possible orchestras is now limited at the beginning and increases with the level. The random track algorithm has been improved to change the orchestra more often.
You can now listen a 10s samples at the begining, but also at the middle of the track, a great help to answer the quiz ! 10 first seconds for questions 1 and 3 ; 10s from the middle for questions 2 and 4.
Added ranking page and profile menu with possibility to reset the game and modify your account.

Quiz

2013-08-12

Added information about how to reach the next level, how the tracks are selected, plus few more fun details.
Added flags in the top 10.

Quiz

2013-08-07

First english version of the Tango Music Quiz for all tangueros around the world. Thanks to Benjamin Solano who translated most of the sentences.

Music

2013-07-01

Creation of the online database with most famous orchestras.