Basque composer, pianist and accordionist, meets the txalaparta a percussive instrument, more than 2000 years old. Pioneer in the adaptation and musical use of the Basque txalaparta into the context of today´s music. His CD LEZAO was listed in the firsts positions of the European Radio World Music Charts. The specialized press (Billboard, Rolling Stone, Spotlight), dedicated headlines like the following to him:

"He is Truly Different, A Magnificent Job, Evocative Memories of Mystery and Charm,
Fascinating and Exuberant Music, Powerful Meditations, An Original and Impressive Fusion"...

"Tomás San Miguel (Vitoria-Gasteiz, 1953) is a craft man, with the patient of an archaeologist has search into his own language achieving something unique. Maybe he was after it without knowing how, since he left to study music to E.E:U.U., where he ended joining musicians like Stan Getz, Airto Moreira o Larry Coryell. Or later performing with the German Band Dissidenten. But finally he found his unique voice, but much closer to his homeland: in the hamlet of Lezao near the mountains of his Basque Land."
Carlos Galilea EL PAIS

DAN_TXA is the 3rd part of his txalaparta CD trilogy. His first CD was LEZAO (Nuevos Medios-Narada/Virgin 1994) followed by TEN (Nuevos Medios-Exil1998). Departing from the author´s music roots as well as his influences going from jazz to world music. DAN_TXA is a chant to the universal dance where the accordion melodies and the txalaparta Basque grooves mix down with rhythms from diverse cultural sources achieving innovative mixes : ethno-txalaparta, baiao-txalaparta, samba-txalaparta, fandango-txalaparta, trikitixa-trance-txalaparta, bertso-txalaparta, finding an exceptionally unique aural experience, aesthetically futuristic and innovative as well. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.