Tanghetto

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Tanghetto
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Background information
Origin Buenos Aires, Argentina
Genres Tango music, electronic music, world music, jazz fusion
Years active2003–present
LabelsConstitution Music [1]
Website tanghetto.net
Tanghetto performing live at the Centro Cultural Kirchner Symphony Hall celebrating 15 years of their debut album, August 2019. Tanghetto live at Symphony Hall of the the CCK 2019.jpg
Tanghetto performing live at the Centro Cultural Kirchner Symphony Hall celebrating 15 years of their debut album, August 2019.
Tanghetto performing live at the Milano Forum Assago with guest tango dancers on stage (Latinoamericando Expo 2013, Milan, Italy). Tanghetto latinoamericando expo 2013.jpg
Tanghetto performing live at the Milano Forum Assago with guest tango dancers on stage (Latinoamericando Expo 2013, Milan, Italy).

Tanghetto is an Argentinian neotango and electronic tango music project created and led by musician and producer Max Masri. Winner of the Gardel Award and five times nominated to the Latin Grammy Awards. It's based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. [2]

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The style of Tanghetto is a blend of tango and electronic music and is also influenced by world music and jazz. The main feature of their music, apart from the balance of electronic and ethnic sounds, is the strong presence of melody and song structure. [3] Tanghetto uses technology as another musical instrument.

History

Tanghetto released their first album, Emigrante (electrotango) in 2003. It was inspired in the economic crisis that Argentina was facing back in 2001 and also in the feelings of distress generated by the massive exile of many young Argentines, that decided to flee from their country, in a desperate move to find a future. ¨Emigrante¨ was nominated for the Latin Grammy Awards of 2004 in the category of "Best Instrumental", and later reached platinum status in Argentina in 2006 and double platinum in 2009. According to The Los Angeles Times, Tanghetto is the most seductive electrotango band that is based in Buenos Aires and the album "Emigrante" is "marked by its languid melodies, its smoky textures and the kind of delicate piano lines that would make Massive Attack proud". [4] They presented the album in many different venues in Buenos Aires and as a part of the Festival y Mundial de Tango, and also at the most iconic place in Buenos Aires, their show at the Obelisco. In December 2004 the group released an album from a side project called Hybrid Tango, in which a variety of world music styles are blended with their unique sound, including flamenco, candombe, and jazz. This album was also nominated for the Latin Grammy Awards of 2005 in the Traditional/ Best Tango Category.

In October 2005 a new album, Buenos Aires Remixed, was released. It's an album that contains 12 remixed versions of Tanghetto songs plus two cover songs (Enjoy the Silence, from Depeche Mode and New Order's Blue Monday). Their version of "Blue Monday" became an alternative radio hit in the US, and a favorite on KCRW radio station in Los Angeles. Buenos Aires Remixed reached gold status in early 2007 and became their second platinum album later that year. In 2005 they released their first controversial video "Tangocrisis", with images of the Argentine economic crisis. Their second video from ¨Hybrid Tango¨, "Barrio Sur" was their first video with rotation on MTV. In July 2006 they released their first DVD, "Live in Buenos Aires".

After consistently touring through Europe and the Americas, the band recorded their next studio album, called El Miedo a la Libertad, named after Erich Fromm's classic essay, Fear of Freedom. The album was released on March 1, 2008, and in July 2009 it won a Gardel Award, the Argentine equivalent of the Grammy.

In late 2009 after their first big tour in Brazil, they released a new studio album called Más Allá del Sur which was also nominated for a Carlos Gardel Award, this time in 2010. In 2011 they released their album VIVO (live around the world) which was recorded during their last two tours. The album also includes a cover version of "Seven Nation Army" from The White Stripes and an electrotango version of the song "Computer Love" by German electro pioneers Kraftwerk. There's a second volume for the "VIVO" album dubbed "VIVO 'Milonguero'" with 14 live tracks, including unplugged versions recorded during the 2007 BBC Sessions and some bonus tracks, such as Piazzolla's "Allegro Tangabile". This album features a notable live version of "Libertango" also by the great tango creator Astor Piazzolla. ¨VIVO Milonguero¨ won their second Gardel Award. In late 2012 a concept album called Incidental Tango was released, with the participation of guest arranger / pianist Aldo Di Paolo. For the ¨Incidental Tango¨ album, Masri envisioned the notion that music is always the soundtrack of everyone's life, and thus Tango in all of its forms is the 'incidental music' of life in Buenos Aires. [5] Tanghetto toured all over Europe in 2013, playing in one of the most important venues in London, The O2 Arena, and toured Romania and Poland for the first time. They also toured in Latin America, in Mexico, Uruguay, Chile, Brazil, Argentina. In 2014 they released the follow-up to their 2004 concept album ¨Hybrid Tango¨, named ¨Hybrid Tango II¨. The album consisted of new recorded material and some songs that were not used in other albums but were of excellent artistic quality and were kept for this project. In September 2014 Tanghetto was nominated for the third time to the Latin Grammy's with ¨Hybrid Tango II¨ competing with Ruben Blades who won. In 2015 they released the album "Progressive Tango" and got their 6th nomination to the Gardel Awards. ¨Progressive Tango¨, first promo single became the number one song played from Tanghetto in Spotify. With that tour they played in Europe, America and Asia. In 2016 they released the album "Desenchufado", it was also nominated to the Gardel Awards becoming their 7th nomination to the most prestigious awards in Argentina in 2017. In 2018 they released the album "Vivo en Buenos Aires" recorded at some of the most important music halls of Buenos Aires and it features two new songs. In July 2018 they played for the first time at the iconic Lincoln Center in New York City for 3,000 people. In 2019 they performed their most important show in Buenos Aires celebrating 15 years of the "Emigrante" Album, playing at the Ballena Azul Symphony Hall, with three Argentine music legends as special guests: Pedro Aznar, Sandra Mihanovich and Nito Mestre. In early 2020 they played in Buenos Aires's iconic tango venues the Torcuato Tasso, La Viruta and Salon Canning, and after that (because of the Pandemic) they only did virtual or "from home" concerts and some TV specials. Also in 2020 they released their 8th studio album "Reinventango" that was nominated to the Gardel Awards 2021 in the category "Best Tango Orchestra", an historic achievement for an electroango band. In May 2021 they released the album "Tanghetto plays Piazzolla" as a tribute to the legendary Argentine musician Astor Piazzolla and it gets nominated to the Latin Grammys of the same year. According to Grammy.com (the official site of The Grammys) Tanghetto's Reinventango presents a rugged masterpiece of melancholy melodies and sharp beats. Relentless in the purity of its vision, it sets a gold standard for all tango records to follow. [6]

Current live lineup

Tanghetto posing with the 2019 Lineup. Tanghetto Pose B&N.jpg
Tanghetto posing with the 2019 Lineup.
Tanghetto live at the O2 Arena, London, May 2013. Tanghetto O2 arena 2013.jpg
Tanghetto live at the O2 Arena, London, May 2013.
Tanghetto live at the 2013 Feria de San Marcos, Aguascalientes, Mexico. Tanghetto feria de san marcos.jpg
Tanghetto live at the 2013 Feria de San Marcos, Aguascalientes, Mexico.

Other guest musicians

Discography

Studio Albums [7]

Live Albums, Remixes, Special Editions

Singles (Promo or digital)

Videography

YearSongAlbumNotes
2006Barrio SurFrom Hybrid TangoFirst Tanghetto video to be played on MTV.
2006TangocrisisHybrid TangoContains uncensored footage from the December 2001 riots in Argentina
2006BiorritmoTangophobia Vol. 1Track later re-recorded and included in the "Más Allá del Sur" album
2007 Blue Monday Buenos Aires Remixed New Order cover, shot in London in 2006
2007Mente FrágilEmigrante (electrotango)First tango and electrotango video with an LGBTQ story. It received MTV rotation.
2008Alexanderplatz TangoEmigrante (electrotango)Shot in Berlin, Germany
2008El DueloHybrid TangoShot in Rome, Italy
2009Buscando CamorraEl Miedo a la Libertad
2010Tango MísticoMás Allá del Sur
2010La MilongaMás Allá del SurUnofficial video
2014Quién Me Quita Lo BailadoHybrid Tango IIArchive footage from the 1950s in Montevideo, Uruguay
2021Himnovideo releaseTanghetto with multiple tango dancers
2021TranstangoReinventangoTanghetto with non-binary dancers


Awards

Max Masri, leader and founder of Tanghetto attending the Latin Grammy's in Las Vegas, Nevada 2014. Max Masri from Tanghetto attending the Latin Grammy's in Las Vegas.jpg
Max Masri, leader and founder of Tanghetto attending the Latin Grammy's in Las Vegas, Nevada 2014.
Tanghetto at the 2005 Latin Grammy Awards ceremony, Los Angeles CA. LG2-02.jpg
Tanghetto at the 2005 Latin Grammy Awards ceremony, Los Angeles CA.

Tanghetto was nominated to the Latin Grammy Awards for the first time in 2004 in the "Best Instrumental Album" category with their album "Emigrante (electrotango)". As of January 2022 every studio album released by the band has received an Award or a nomination. In 2009 they won their first Gardel Award (Argentine Grammy) with their album El Miedo a la Libertad. They competed with top artists like Yo Yo Ma, Ruben Blades and Pablo Ziegler. In 2021 Tanghetto was nominated for "Best Tango Orchestra" for the Gardel Awards, the first time an electrotango band is nominated in what used to be an "only for traditional tango" category. Also in 2021 Tanghetto was nominated for the fourth time to the Latin Grammys for their album "Tanghetto plays Piazzolla", also the first time for the band to be nominated to both awards in the same calendar year.

YearAlbumAwardCategoryResult
2004Emigrante (electrotango) Latin Grammy Best Instrumental AlbumNominated
2005Hybrid Tango Latin Grammy Best Tango AlbumNominated
2009El Miedo a la Libertad Premios Gardel Best Electronic Tango AlbumWon
2010Más Allá del Sur Premios Gardel Best Instrumental / Fusion / World Music AlbumNominated
2011VIVO Premios Gardel Best Alternative Tango Orchestra AlbumNominated
2012VIVO Milonguero Premios Gardel Best Alternative Tango AlbumWon
2013Incidental Tango Premios Gardel Best Alternative Tango AlbumNominated
2014Hybrid Tango II Latin Grammy Best Tango AlbumNominated
2016Progressive Tango Premios Gardel Best Alternative Tango AlbumNominated
2017Desenchufado [8] Premios Gardel Best Alternative Tango AlbumNominated
2021Reinventango [9] Premios Gardel Best Tango Orchestra/Band AlbumNominated
2021Tanghetto plays Piazzolla [10] Latin Grammy Best Tango AlbumNominated
2023ARGENTINXS [11] Latin Grammy Best Tango AlbumNominated

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