Kipp Chynoweth

Kipp DJs traditional milongas and practicas regularly in New Mexico for various organizers: The Tango Club of Albuquerque and Las Puertas located in Albuquerque; she also DJs for the long established Milonga Leona at El Meson in Santa Fe and has recently DJ’d for Aldea Milonga in Santa Fe.  Kipp has had the privilege to have DJed at the Albuquerque Tango Festival; Encuentro Port Townsend 2022 & Utopia in Charleston, Encuentrito in San Francisco, and Encuentro Encanto NM 2022. In Europe, Kipp has DJ’d at El Corte’s Summer Daze, Nijmegen, NL, Vida Mia Encuentro in Tenerife in 2020 and 2022, El Encuentro Que Faltaba, Amersfoort, NL 2022. Kipp has been a guest DJ at The Beat in San Francisco and China Harbor in Seattle, Washington.
Kipp is one of the Las Tres Amigas that organize a monthly milonga in Albuquerque and she is one of the organizers for the newly created Encuentro Encanto NM.
As a DJ Kipp’s focus is on providing the best possible mix of traditional tango tunes designed to inspire the dancers as they dance to the music that was played in Buenos Aires during the 1930’s, 40’ and 50’s.

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Michelle Ginette McRuiz

Michelle McRuiz has been a tango DJ for 14 years. She has danced Argentine tango for 18 years and has done some form of dance since the age of 9. Michelle combines her deep love for golden-age tango music, innate musicality, and trustworthy ear to create tandas that flow, build energy, and keep pulling dancers back onto the floor. She DJs regularly at milongas and practicas in Albuquerque and has been a popular DJ at festivals, marathons, encuentros, and various milongas in New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, California, Texas, Idaho, Washington, North and South Carolina, and England.

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​Andy Stein

​Andy is a passionate tango DJ and organizer who has been spinning tunes for dancers across the USA and Europe since 2012. He loves to create musical journeys that blend the best of the Golden Age with some surprises and twists. His tandas are carefully crafted to evoke different emotions and moods, from romantic to dramatic, from playful to intense. He also likes to share his musical choices with the audience, using an external monitor to display the current and next tanda in a clear and helpful way. When the pandemic hit, Andy did not let that stop him from bringing joy and connection to the tango community. He hosted weekly virtual milongas on Zoom, called Tandas Around the World, where dancers could enjoy his music and chat with each other. As the founder of Milonga as a Service (MaaS), he offers a 24/7 online tango service in the cloud that is free and accessible to all at tinyurl.com/milongaas.

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Ashvin Iyer

Ashvin has had multiple DJ tours of Buenos Aires, playing at the world’s most iconic venues such as Sunderland, Salón Canning, El Beso, Marabú, La Nacionál, Fulgor, Villa Malcolm and Lo De Celia. As of his 6th tour, Ashvin had played at 45 Buenos Aires milongas, and multiple times at popular names like Cachirulo, Porteño y Bailarín, Balmaceda, Parakultural and Gente Amiga.  In November 2022, Ashvin was interviewed as a DJ by the Buenos Aires Tango radio station La 2x4, FM 92.7.   Ashvin has been DJing since 2010 and his strength is a rhythmic mix. He is as adept at following the crowd as he is leading it. Most often his tandas stand out for being unpredictable and deeply evocative.   Besides DJing in Buenos Aires, Ashvin has played at a wide range of North American tango festivals - most notable among them the Tucson Tango Festival where, for 3 years in a row he has DJed 9 hours nonstop at the All Nighter. He has also DJed in Canada, and also at festivals in Europe and Mexico. He has been invited at international festivals to give seminars on the art of DJing.   You can view Ashvin’s DJ assignments at http://www.tangouniverse.com/dj-page.php  

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*********************************************************************************************************** Bill Raymond

​In his own words..."From informal practicas to outside events in parks and from under cherry blossoms at the State House in Salt Lake to Encuentros I have enjoyed playing in all sorts of venues in Arizona California, Utah, Montana, Oregon and Idaho. This year I started to branch out a little and played at milongas in Lisbon, Portugal. With extra effort I find the best sounding versions of all of the songs including importing from BA tango music clubs and European sources. The high quality tracks from the digital archives of Tango Tunes and Tango Time Travel now make up the majority of what I play. I work hard to get the best possible sound out of the system using a variety of software and plugins to clean up and engineer the sound to the room. Overall I choose music that I myself love to dance to and the recordings from the late 30s and early 40s are the ones that inspire me the most. I carefully choose the music that will keep the dancers surfing on the wave of the music."