Tanghetto
Tanghetto is an Argentine music group of Neotango, or what they call Electrotango . Their music is a fusion of the new tango from Buenos Aires, as brought about by Astor Piazzolla , with electronic music.
The group was founded in 2001 by the composer and producer Max Masri and the composer and instrumentalist Diego S. Velázquez. Her debut album Emigrante (electrotango) , which came out at the end of 2003, was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2004 and won a gold record in 2005 and a platinum record in 2007.
In 2004 the musicians of Tanghetto started a parallel project called Hybrid Tango (also nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2005), which they defined as "cosmopolitan tango". To the fusion of electro and music from Buenos Aires they added jazz , flamenco , candombe and other styles of the world music trend .
In February 2005, the independent music label CONSTITUTION MUSIC released a compilation Tangophopia Vol. 1: Contemporary Sounds of Buenos Aires , including five previously unreleased pieces by Tanghetto. In October 2005 Tanghetto released the album Buenos Aires Remixed , which includes cover versions of the tracks Enjoy the Silence and Blue Monday .
After touring in Europe and South America, the group released the album El miedo a la Libertad in March 2008 , the title of which refers to Erich Fromm's Escape from Freedom (German: The fear of freedom ) from 1941. The album contains adaptations of the tracks Sweet Dreams (are made of this) by Eurythmics , Englishman in New York by Sting and the jazz classic Cantaloupe Island by Herbie Hancock .
Band members
- Max Masri: synthesizer , programming and vocals
- Diego S. Velázquez: guitar, synthesizer and bass guitar
Guest musicians:
- Antonio Boyadjian: piano and electric piano
- Federico Vazquez: Bandoneon
- Chao Xu: Cello and Erhu
- Daniel Corrado: drums (classic and electric), percussion
- Aldo Di Paolo: piano and electric piano
- Alessio Santoro: drums (classic and electric), percussion
- Martin Cecconi: Bandoneon
- Leandro Ragusa: Bandoneon
- Matias Rubino: Bandoneon
- Claudio Riva: guitar
Discography
- 2003: emigrant
- 2004: Hybrid Tango
- 2005: Tangophobia Vol. 1 (compilation, contains 5 previously unreleased songs by Tanghetto)
- 2005: Buenos Aires Remixed (Remix Album)
- 2006: Live in Buenos Aires (live DVD)
- 2008: El Miedo a la Libertad
- 2009: Más Allá del Sur
- 2015: Hybrid Tango 2
Music videos
- 2005: Tangocrisis (from the album Hybrid Tango )
- 2006: Barrio Sur (from the album Hybrid Tango )
- 2006: Biorritmo (from the album Tangophobia Vol. 1 )
- 2006: Montevideo (from DVD Live In Buenos Aires )
- 2007: Blue Monday ( Remixed from the album Buenos Aires )
- 2007: Mente Fragil (from the album Emigrante )
- 2008: Alexanderplatz Tango (from the album Emigrante )
- 2008: El Duelo (from the album Hybrid Tango )
- 2008: Buscando Camorra (from the album El Miedo a la Libertad )