Tanghetto are not only a pioneer in fusing tango and electronica but also
absolute trend-setters in the new
tango scene of Buenos
Aires.
After 8 years, with 3 studio albums, a live DVD, soundtracks, platinum and
gold albums, tours in more than
20 countries worldwide, awards
and nominations, Tanghetto still surprises from the studio and from the stage, with
innovative recordings and a powerful
audiovisual live show.
The “Tanghetto sound” is unique; it's a fusion of diverse sources of
inspiration, both contemporary and
traditional, that converge in
Buenos Aires with the bandoneon (the nostalgic and characteristic instrument of the tango).
Bandoneon takes the singer's role
and is surrounded by diverse
acoustic instruments and a sonic wall of synths and samplers. The band's music has been
defined by the press as “(.)
distinguished by its singular
combination of simplicity, sophistication, sensibility, energy and no prejudices”.
Max Masri (the youngest and last disciple of the late tango legend
Virgilio Exposito) brought from Germany,
as early as in 1997, the idea
of a music of mixed origins. Having lived among argentine emigrants and refugees made him
understand what rootlessness was
about.
Tanghetto started out in 2001 when those ideas were put together in
musical pieces. The release of
"Emigrante" two years later was the
beginning of a time of acknolwedgement for the band. The album was nominated for a Latin
Grammy Award in 2004 and became
platinum in 2005. “Emigrante” is a
concept album, inspired in the Argentine diaspora of 2001/2002. The songs recall the
experiences of migrants in the “Little
Argentinas”, communities of
argentines living abroad. The very name “Tanghetto” (the combination of the words “tango”
and “ghetto”) is a reference to
that idea. “Emigrante” set the
musical base for the band's particular approach to the music In 2004 “Hybrid Tango” was
released, as a side project from the
band's members. This album
reached gold and was also nominated for a Latin Grammy. “Hybrid” expanded Tanghetto's
musical range including elements of
jazz and other south american
rhythms.
In 2005, in collaboration with several DJs, “Buenos Aires Remixed” is
released. This gold album included,
resides 12 remixes from songs of
previous releases, two cover versions from british bands Depeche Mode (“Enjoy the Silence”)
and New Order (“Blue Monday”).
The latter was included in the
soundtrack from the movie “La Mujer de mi Hermano” and thus had important diffusion in
Mexico and the United States. In the
US the track entered diverse
charts like college radios, alternative, etc. Between 2005 and 2007, after consolidating
their live performances in argentine
stages, Tanghetto toured around
the world, showing their music in more than 20 countries. Tanghetto's world tour included
dates in the US, UK, France,
Germany, Italy, Mexico (where they
played 19 concerts with an attendance of more than 50,000 people countrywide), etc.
In 2006 the first live DVD (“Live in Buenos Aires”) was released. It
showed a complete concert plus some
videoclips, some of them alredy in
MTV rotation at that time.
During the 2007 european tour they recorded a BBC Unplugged in London for
BBC's World Service.
In 2008 “El Miedo a la Libertad” was released. The path started in
Emigrante and Hybrid Tango goes even
farther. In 2009, the album won a
Gardel Award, the argentine equivalent of the Grammy.
The 2008/2009 Tour (called “Tour de la Libertad”) reached (and will reach)
cities such as London, Paris,
Roma, Vienna, Milano, Venezia,
Torino, Napoli, Palermo, Salerno, Verona, Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, Karlsruhe, Hannover,
Dresden, Leipzig, Schwerin, Kassel,
Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Den Haag,
Groningen, Istanbul, Thessaloniki, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, São Paulo, Santiago de Chile,
Guayaquil, Quito, Bogotá,
Guayaquil, Lima, etc.
Blue Monday
(videoclip)
From "Buenos Aires Remixed"
Barrio Sur (videoclip)
From "Hybrid Tango"
Mente
Fragil (videoclip)
From "Emigrante"
Biorritmo
(videoclip)
Unreleased
Tangocrisis
(videoclip)
From "Hybrid Tango"
Buscando
Camorra (live)
In Mexico. From the new CD
El Testigo
(live in Mexico)
From the new album
El Deseo (live
in Mexico)
From Hybrid Tango
Vida Moderna en
2/4
Live in Buenos Aires
Montevideo (live)
Live in Buenos Aires
See more / para ver mas: Tanghetto @
YouTube.
