Hybrid Tango
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Hybrid Tango is a side project by the members of Buenos Aires
-based electronic neo-tango
band
Tanghetto
.
Released in December 2004, Hybrid Tango contains twelve instrumental tracks in which, apart from the blend of electronic music and tango that is the distinctive sound of Tanghetto, there are plenty of world-music styles such as flamenco
, candombe
, and jazz
. Acoustic sounds (bandoneón
, piano
, guitar
, cello
, and even the Chinese
stringed instrument, the erhu
) are more predominant than in Tanghettos debut album Emigrante (Electrotango)
. The album was produced by Max Masri and coproduced by Diego S. Velázquez.
The album was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award
in 2005 and reached gold status in Argentina.
Diego S. Velázquez: guitars, synths, piano and programming
Chao Xu: violoncello, erhu
Daniel Ruggiero: bandoneón
Hugo Satorre: bandoneón
Gabriel Clenar: piano
Matias Novelle: drums and percussion
Diego Tejedor: violin
Jeremy S. Stewart: bass, double bass
Aníbal Jaunarena: clarinet
Isabel Martínez: flute
Alejandro Kuntelman: fender rhodes piano
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
-based electronic neo-tango
Tango music
Tango is a style of ballroom dance music in 2/4 or 4/4 time that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay . It is traditionally played by a sextet, known as the orquesta típica, which includes two violins, piano, double bass, and two bandoneons...
band
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
Tanghetto
Tanghetto
Tanghetto is a musical group based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and one of the most important on the neo tango scene.The style of Tanghetto is a blend of tango and electronic music. Formed in 2001 by producer and composer/songwriter Max Masri . Then Max Masri asked guitarist and composer Diego S...
.
Released in December 2004, Hybrid Tango contains twelve instrumental tracks in which, apart from the blend of electronic music and tango that is the distinctive sound of Tanghetto, there are plenty of world-music styles such as flamenco
Flamenco
Flamenco is a genre of music and dance which has its foundation in Andalusian music and dance and in whose evolution Andalusian Gypsies played an important part....
, candombe
Candombe
Candombe is a musical genre that has its roots in the African Bantu, and is proper of Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil .Uruguayan Candombe is the most practiced and spread internationally and has been recognized by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity...
, and jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
. Acoustic sounds (bandoneón
Bandoneón
The bandoneón is a type of concertina particularly popular in Argentina and Uruguay. It plays an essential role in the orquesta típica, the tango orchestra...
, piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, cello
Cello
The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
, and even the Chinese
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
stringed instrument, the erhu
Erhu
The erhu is a two-stringed bowed musical instrument, more specifically a spike fiddle, which may also be called a "southern fiddle", and sometimes known in the Western world as the "Chinese violin" or a "Chinese two-stringed fiddle". It is used as a solo instrument as well as in small ensembles...
) are more predominant than in Tanghettos debut album Emigrante (Electrotango)
Emigrante (electrotango)
Emigrante is the debut album by Buenos Aires-based electronic neo-tango band Tanghetto. The album was released in 2003, reaching gold sales in early 2005 and soon became platinum and double platinum...
. The album was produced by Max Masri and coproduced by Diego S. Velázquez.
The album was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award
Latin Grammy Awards
A Latin Grammy Award is an accolade by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. Unlike the regular Grammy Award which primarily honors music produced in the United States, the Latin Grammy honors works produced anywhere around the...
in 2005 and reached gold status in Argentina.
Track listing
- Más de lo mismo (More of the same) [4:58]
- Barrio Sur [4:45]
- Calles de Piedra (Streets of stone) [3:30]
- Lo que nunca fue (Something that never was) [4:30]
- El Deseo (The Desire) [4:38]
- El Duelo (The Mourning) [3:30]
- Tangocrisis [3:53]
- Sombra (Shadow) [3:58]
- La Muerte del Prejuicio (Death of a prejudice) [4:10]
- El Solitario (The Lonely One) [4:30]
- Miedo a Vivir (Afraid to live) [4:04]
- Sálvese quien pueda (Women and children first) [3:33]
Players
Max Masri: synths, piano and programmingDiego S. Velázquez: guitars, synths, piano and programming
Chao Xu: violoncello, erhu
Erhu
The erhu is a two-stringed bowed musical instrument, more specifically a spike fiddle, which may also be called a "southern fiddle", and sometimes known in the Western world as the "Chinese violin" or a "Chinese two-stringed fiddle". It is used as a solo instrument as well as in small ensembles...
Daniel Ruggiero: bandoneón
Bandoneón
The bandoneón is a type of concertina particularly popular in Argentina and Uruguay. It plays an essential role in the orquesta típica, the tango orchestra...
Hugo Satorre: bandoneón
Gabriel Clenar: piano
Matias Novelle: drums and percussion
Diego Tejedor: violin
Jeremy S. Stewart: bass, double bass
Aníbal Jaunarena: clarinet
Isabel Martínez: flute
Alejandro Kuntelman: fender rhodes piano
Rhodes piano
The Rhodes piano is an electro-mechanical piano, invented by Harold Rhodes during the fifties and later manufactured in a number of models, first in collaboration with Fender and after 1965 by CBS....