Gotan Project 的三位成员，分别是Philippe Cohen Sola、Christophe Mueller以及Eduardo Makaroff。基于对Tango音乐的热爱，以及对于电子与传统音乐融合的企图心，在1990年代末期，于法国的巴黎组成了这个project。Phillipe跟Christophe早先曾分别帮几位知名导演，包括拍摄 "在黑暗中漫舞"的Las Von Trier制作过电影配乐。于是欧洲的各类传统音乐，都曾经是他们摄取的题材，至于第三位成员Edurado，则是在法国与阿根廷两地都有相当知名度，一位有着高超演奏技巧的探戈音乐家，在Gotan Project之中，他所担任的是吉他演奏的职务。Before they perfected the electronica-meets-tango sound of the Gotan Project, Paris musicians Philippe Cohen Solal and Christoph H. Mueller worked together in the Boys from Brazil and Stereo Action Unlimited as early as 1996. Releasing their music on Solal's Ya Basta label, the two quickly caught the ears of Jazzanova, Gilles Peterson, Mr. Scruff, and other electronica tastemakers, while Coca-Cola picked a Boys from Brazil track for a European television commercial. Despite all the success, the duo wanted a project that had a more constant mood. Feeling that both tango and dub had a subdued and melancholic sound, they decided to combine the genres. With the addition of Eduardo Makaroff in 1999, they formed the Gotan Project and released the first of four 10"s on Ya Basta in February 2000. The band had drummed up quite a buzz in the U.K. and European press, and soon XL recordings snagged the group. XL issued their full-length debut, La Revancha del Tango, in 2001, and the self-proclaimed "top Argentinean musicians exiled in Paris" toured to support the album with guest musicians and a video backdrop by multimedia artist Prisca Lobjoy. Lunatico from 2006 was named after tango legend Carlos Gardel's champion racehorse.