With a totally different approach to arrangement, orchestration and rhythm, Donato has a special place in the hearts of dancers crazy for tango and milonga.

Famous as the composer of A Media Luz.

Edgardo made music for dancing, pure and simple. Rhythmic, playful, melodic - his music inspires happiness.

It took me a long time to get to him, actually - owing mostly the poor quality of the recordings. But when I started cleaning them up, I was stunned by their beauty. They certainly pull you back in time and place you right there in the Golden Age - giving you a feel for the era that is unique.

And then, there's Ella Es Así - the milonga that sends me into rapture. The inspired arrangement is the funkiest thing I've ever heard out of Argentina.

Donato was never played in the milongas of Montreal and I was unfamiliar with his music. In 2001, I got my first exposure in a fabulous way: in a milonga class with Miguel Angel Zotto in Miami. It was a life-changing experience because I not only got the sound, I got the picture. Miguel is something else as a dancer (the best rock 'n roll dancer I have ever seen). When he dances milonga, time stops for me. And Miguel was playing Ella Es Así over and over. I went crazy for it from that moment.

I immediately went searching for Donato material and was hugely disappointed by the bad technical quality of the recordings I found. So, I went to work restoring them.

Then I began playing him in my milongas. Especially Ella Es Así, of course. And people started asking for it everywhere they went. Now this amazing song is a staple in Montreal milongas. It should be everywhere.

The other thing I love about Donato is the playing of Anselmo Aieta. He plays such a sweet and tender bandoneón.

There are 91 ToTANGO Edgardo Donato Restorations.