Philadelphia's first tango music ensemble, Oscuro Quintet, was founded in 2006 in pursuit of tango tradition and creation of new music, starting a new path for the genre’s evolution. Oscuro is comprised of musicians from diverse and unorthodox musical paths.

Their unmistakable sound embodies the international rhythms and influences of tango, jazz, and contemporary music and have traversed the intimate tango dance halls to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and most recently, NYC’s Tango Factory.