Emigrante [Import]

Tanghetto

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 20, 2004)
• Original Release Date: July 20, 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Constitution Arg
• ASIN: B00020H8S0
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #102,972 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Inmigrrante (Immigrant)

2. Una Ilamada (One Call)

3. Alexanderplatz Tango

4. Al Final Todos Se Van (Everybody Goes Away in the End)

5. Recursos Humanos (Human Resources)

6. Caíba (The Fall)

7. Boulevard (The Boulevard)

8. Siguiente Capítulo (Next Chapter)

9. Vida Moderna en 2/4 (Modern Life in 2/4)

10. Montevideo

11. Mente Frágil (Fragile Mind)

12. Emigrant - Exilio del Alma (Emigrant - Exile of the Soul)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Neo-Tango Disk of 2004, January 23, 2005

By	Mark Hammond (Chambersburg, PA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars bold & beautiful, love the variation, February 22, 2005

By	H. Zheng "picky reader" (St. Louis, Missouri) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Electrotango is one of the top five records of the year, October 19, 2004

By	Marina Barberis "(Mari)" (Washington DC) - See all my reviews

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.