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Finally today, our global hit features tango music. But this is not your typical tango from Argentina.

This is the music of Tango Jointz -- an ensemble of musicians from Argentina directed by German-born producer Claus Zundel.

Their work blends tango with techno music.

At first blush, the two genres may appear to have little in common.

But there are some similarities.

One is that both types of music are said to have had dubious origins.

The myth surrounding tango is that it was born in the bordellos of Buenos Aires.

Historians say that's a romantic notion.

Instead they believe tango was born in working-class barrios where immigrants lived.

Alfredo Minetti studies the history and evolution of tango at Indiana University.

"It was particularly in the context of the so-called academias or dance academies, those were places where you could go at night and pay a fee and dance that tango was really, really born."

As for techno, the myth is that the music was born in seedy underground clubs -- where drug addiction was commonplace.

Minetti suggests otherwise.

"Tango and techno had surfaced from the same kind of social stigma and perhaps stereotyped perceptions. One was paired with prostitution, the other with drugs and although to some degree that might be the case in both genres, none of them could be described as being born because of that."

And the music of Tango Jointz takes both tango and techno in unexpected directions.