Since 2017, the Philadelphia Argentine Tango School has been working to rebuild the love between tango social dancers and tango musicians. While the dance and music of tango grew up together, they parted ways in the late 1950s and beyond, with tango music gravitating toward the concert stage, and tango dancers cleaving to music recorded before 1956.

Philly has become known as one of the great places to hear live tango music in the U.S. And the Philadelphia Tango Festival has become renowned for presenting a variety of incredible bands and orchestras for both seated concerts and electrifying live music dancing experiences.

We took all of this a step further in 2023 with the launch of Bochinche Records (formally Tango Sounds from Philly). At the 2023 Philadelphia Tango Festival, we released our first album, Psicoporteño, by Típica Messiez:

In 2024, we released La inevitable tentacion de ir a contramano by Sexteto Fantasma. The album received the trifecta of tango music honors: it was nominated for a Latin Grammy “Best Tango Album” and Gardel Award “Best Tango Song.” And it won a 21st Century Tango Award for “Best Album of Tango Song.”

In 2025, with the support of Philadelphia community tangueros, Hanna Augustynowicz and Reiner Ams, we released the first single-artist triple album in the history of tango, the extraordinary Icónico y Barrial, by Orquesta Misteriosa Buenos Aires. The album is composed entirely of new tango music, composed by Javier Arias (music) and Matias Mauricio (lyrics). We are so thrilled to have Matias Mauricio teaching at the festival this year.

Please listen and DANCE TO this extraordinary new tango music for tango social dancing:

Bochinche Records is currently working on a number of new releases for 2026.