Search - Tanghetto :: Emigrante

Best Neo-Tango Disk of 2004

Mark Hammond | Chambersburg, PA USA | 01/23/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Tanghetto's "Emigrante (Electrotango)" is tango for the new millennium. This is Neo-Tango, and has been well received from Buenos Aires to Nijmegen to New York. This is the tango for the "under 30 crowd." It is not your father's tango. Some people do not even think it is tango. These are the purists who call it "tango loco." The music is a fusion of modern tango with techno and jazz to a traditional tango beat. "Traditional tango beat" may be misleading because most tango (other than candombe) does not use percussion instruments. It is an interesting sound. Did I mention that this disk was nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2004? You will note that it may take a long time between the ordering of this disk and its delivery. It is well worth the wait.



So much for that. If you are an Argentine tango dancer, you should be now familiar with the Neo-Tango genre, and if you are not familiar with Neo-Tango, perhaps you should learn something. There are many milongas (Argentine social dances) where this music is played. You will also hear the music of Gotan Project, some of the Gotan Project remixes, as well as the Bajofondo Tango Club and music of Carlos Libedinsky. The point is that people dance to this music. When the music is played, get out on the floor and dance to it.



My favorite selections on the disk are "Inmigrante" and "Alexanderplatz Tango." You can feel the inspiration of Piazzola combined with the bandoneon and electronic keyboard. Although the above were my favorite pieces, I find the whole disk quite danceable. It has some possibilities for "cross over" into the mainstream from salon tango to club dancing, so this disk should be taken seriously. Yes, I could venture to say that if this disk was played at my local Veterans of Foreign Wars club, there would be people on the floor dancing to the music just from an appreciation of the music and the beat."

Bold & beautiful, love the variation

H. Zheng | St. Louis, Missouri | 02/22/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is one of the best electronic tango CDs I've listened to. The distict melody, variation of use of instruments blend perfectly with the bold beat and rhythm, it's definitely something one can both dance to and lounge with.



I have listened to some other electrotango CDs, and a lot of them tend to be repetitive, background-ish, and boring. This one is definitely what electrotango music should be.



The other CD I really like is titled "La Revancha del Tango" by group called Gotan Project"

Electrotango is one of the top five records of the year

Marina Barberis | Washington DC | 10/19/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Last September I had the chance to visit Buenos Aires and found this new and refreshing sound that it is "electro-tango". I bought a few records: Gotan Project's, Tanghetto's, and Tango Crush's.I think that the one I like the most is Tanghetto's. The songs are special and they show the real new sound of Buenos Aires.



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