Tanghetto

Tanghetto is an Argentine musical group of Neotango or by themselves so-called electro tango. Their music is a fusion of the new tango of Buenos Aires, as it Astor Piazzolla has been launched, 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 ( electro tango ), which came out end of 2003, was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2004 and won the 2005 gold record and platinum record in 2007.

In 2004, the musicians of Tanghetto launched a parallel project called Hybrid Tango (2005 also nominated for a Latin Grammy ), which they defined as " cosmopolitan tango ". For the fusion of electric and music from Buenos Aires they added jazz, flamenco, candombe and other styles of flow world music.

In February 2005, the independent music label CONSTITUTION MUSIC brought a compilation Tangophopia Vol 1: Contemporary Sounds of Buenos Aires out with including five previously unreleased pieces of Tanghetto. In October 2005, published Tanghetto the album Buenos Aires Remixed containing it are cover versions of the pieces Enjoy the Silence and Blue Monday.

After touring in Europe and South America, the group released in March 2008, the album El miedo a la Libertad, whose title to Erich Fromm's Escape from Freedom ( German: Fear of Freedom) applies from 1941. The album includes edits the title Sweet Dreams ( are made ​​of this) Eurythmics, Englishman in New York by Sting and the jazz classic by Herbie Hancock Cantaloupe Iceland.

Band Members

  • Max Masri: synthesizers and programming
  • Diego Velázquez S.: guitar and xylophone
  • Antonio Boyadjian: Piano and Electric Piano
  • Chao Xu: Cello and Erhu
  • Daniel Corrado: drums (classical and electric), percussion

Discography

  • 2003: Emigrante
  • 2004: Hybrid Tango
  • 2005: Tangophobia Vol 1 (Compilation includes 5 previously unreleased songs from 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

Videography

  • 2005: Tango Crisis ( from the album Hybrid Tango)
  • 2006: Barrio Sur ( from the album Hybrid Tango)
  • 2006: biorritmo ( from the album Tangophobia Vol. 1)
  • 2006: Montevideo ( from the DVD Live in Buenos Aires )
  • 2007: Blue Monday ( from the album Buenos Aires Remixed)
  • 2007: Fragile elements ( 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 )
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