Found this playlist of new tango on youtube on r/tango.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMrjsUPFQHFr85CEUVYGlzV2Kh56yS1pT
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMrjsUPFQHFr85CEUVYGlzV2Kh56yS1pT
Tango music
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ArbeeNYC
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The first video and song are a bit scary though...
*laugh* i agree - i should probably have put a warning - i don't think this was put together for dancers - the groups that call themselves "orchestra tipica something" are on average closer to dance music. I just thought is was nice to see a bunch of newer people who try their hand at the form. It felt like in the there were some interesting and sometimes danceable groups around - melingo, la chicana, caceres, orq. fernandez fierro, asillero. And of course all the covers - like pink panther or the beatles. And it vaguely felt to me like there was less going on recently, but now it seems that i have just not put enough energy to stay in the loop.
I hope more bands develop towards dancability - i recently was dancing to La Juan D'Arienzo, and while nothing compares to the energy a live band brings to the dance floor i found them to be closer to concert music than dancing music - lots of drama, and a bit exhausting in its relentlessness. What is needed to keep a sitting audience engaged is somewhat different than what is optimal for a dancefloor.
Re: Scariness - another playlist by the same person is one of the more heartwarming things to watch (though again, the quality of the performances varies)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qI8yEhIDtZI&list=PLMrjsUPFQHFrl6zicBz6oZXe3K6HH5VW&index=8
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You got me wrong: I am really grateful for your post!
It is one of my main interests: The actual Tango scene - I don‘t even care about danceable or not!
ArbeeNYC
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Howdy! My pal mentioned to me that my playlist had emigrated to this forum, so I wanted to say hello! And offer some explanation.The backstory is this: I came back from BA with the latest OT Misteriosa CD and gave it to a DJ pal at a milonga. He threw caution to the wind and put on three tracks without even listening to them; and everyone jumped out of their seats and danced. Literally, every person! We suspected it was the freshness and the super clean sound quality, and I said, oh I'll make you a YT collection of other groups I heard down there (there are at least two milongas where all they play is contemporary recordings; which I think is cool). But then as happens with YT, other interesting things were being suggested which might be from Europe, etc. So perhaps the list got diluted in its original intent. Sexteto Fantasma was the 'in-house band' at the Sunday La Viruta afternoon practica when I was there, and they played other places for dancers. On the other hand, the groups I saw at CAFF (Club Atletico Fernandez Fierro) were not being danced to; I don't know if that group has reformed into other groups (which I suspect), but they're no longer playing under that name. Even Los Crayones (one of the more 'modern' groups I included) were playing at a dance-able space, but only a few couples were dancing. Then again there was hardly any room, and it was more a drinking/hanging out space than a milonga. It seems to me this sort of thing could occupy the space of 'alternative tango', rather than dancing to a repurposed blues/French chanson/rap etc. They seem to prefer dealing with weird tango music down there rather than dancing tango to non-tango music, which I've never heard at even the most youth-oriented milonga.
On the topic of orchestras emulating groups of the past, I asked a bandoneonist friend down there: How come there's three D'Arienzo stye groups, two Pugliese style groups, a DiSarli group and a Troilo group but no Firpo group? And he said, because no one wants a Firpo group. 
(I do). Also, in BA you will have big crowds of people dancing to small ensembles (like a trio, or even a solo pianist), so some of the things on my YT list might seem overly spare to people accustomed to classic orchestra recordings. But they make do in these times of economic austerity. Also! I didn't include La Juan D'Arienzo or Romantica Milonguera 'cause their recordings are already played in milongas where I live, and this was meant to be a 'but check this out!' list.
(I do). Also, in BA you will have big crowds of people dancing to small ensembles (like a trio, or even a solo pianist), so some of the things on my YT list might seem overly spare to people accustomed to classic orchestra recordings. But they make do in these times of economic austerity. Also! I didn't include La Juan D'Arienzo or Romantica Milonguera 'cause their recordings are already played in milongas where I live, and this was meant to be a 'but check this out!' list.Haha and I see you found my 'Kitchen Table Tango' playlist... I put that together for my 'open tango jam' group, in which random people come together to play tango music (very amateur hour, to spread the gospel of tango). We've had long-haired dudes with electric guitars, trumpet players, etc stop by and play from lead sheets. The problem was: they were a little intimidated by the Epoca d'Oro recordings, and didn't know how to approach the music with their respective skill sets. So I put this list together to say, 'Hey, all you need is a half empty bottle of Coca Cola and a spirit of 'tranqui' to play tango like they do in Argentina."
and add Soltango to your listThanks for the suggestions! I added a few that I had forgotten. Bandonegro is a new one for me. Quintango is sort of on the fence, since they play so much Piazzolla and Gardel; but I used to hear them at an 'alternative milonga' out in Santa Cruz, so there are danceable tracks. Has anyone seen them perform in a dance situation? Or do they mostly do concerts?
Bandonegro does play at milongas, I'm not sure about Quintango. I do like a bunch of the Piazzolla and Gardel arrangements that modern orchestras do, they're often arranged with dancing in mind more than the originals.
By the way, thanks for posting the original YT list - I DJ at a 90-100% contemporary music milonga and the backbone of the set is modern acoustic tango so I'm always on the lookout for promising new groups.