[Tango-A] NA-C: Latin Grammy Nominee electrotango band Tanghetto live in Chicago - 20 May

[Shafqat Manzur]

Hello everyone,

Chicago Tango Week and ARTango Center Chicago presents......

Latin Grammy Nominee electrotango band Tanghetto live in Chicago on
Thursday, 20 May 2010.

Event times:
Doors open at 7:30
Concert at 8:30
Milonga from 10:30-2 AM
Prices: $20 online and $25 at the door
17 & up

Buy tickets online: http://www.regonline.com/tanghetto

Website: http://www.tanghetto.com

Official YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/TanghettoTV

Buenos Aires based Argentine group formed in 2001. Their innovative
sound is a mixture of modern and traditional tango with jazz,
electronic and diverse South American influences. The band’s names is
inspired in Argentine Diaspora, evoking “a little Argentina” in many
Europeans cities.

The “Tanghetto sound” is unique; it's a fusion of diverse sources of
inspiration, both contemporary and traditional, that unite with the
bandoneon, the nostalgic and characteristic instrument of the
traditional tango. Bandoneon takes the singer's role and is surrounded
by diverse acoustic instruments and a sonic wall of synths and
samplers.

The band was nominated twice for the Latin Grammy Awards and Gardel
Award (the argentine equivalent to the Grammy Award). Its debut album
“Emigrante” reached platinum status in Argentina and was nominated
“the best instrumental album” . Album “Hybrid Tango” renewed the sound
of tango and was nominated as the best tango album.

Tanghetto played in more than 100 cities in 25 countries. Most video
clips from Tanghetto’s DVD (released in 2006) were on MTV and others
music TV stations. In 2007 Tanghetto recorded a BBC Unplugged in
London.

TANGHETTO DISCOGRAPHY:

Emigrante (Electrotango) 2003
Debut album, platinum in Argentina and nominated for a Latin Grammy
Award in 2004. Among tango people (dancers or not) and world music
enthusiasts is considered a classic. Some notable songs are
“Inmigrante”, “El Boulevard”, “Una Llamada” y “Emigrante”. This
concept album tells how Argentina began
its history as a country of immigrants, becoming the opposite in recent times.

Hybrid Tango 2004

This album was nominated also for a
Its creators define it as "cosmopolitan tango". This side project from
Tanghetto’s musicians is a fusion of tango with eclectic and diverse
elements, such as jazz, electrónica, flamenco, candombe and other
latin rhythms Latin Grammy Award, Includes “Barrio Sur”, “Mas de lo
Mismo”, “El Deseo” and “Tangocrisis”.

Buenos Aires Remixed 2005

Live in Buenos Aires 2006
DVD (NTSC). Full concert (19songs) + videoclips

El Miedo a la Libertad

Released on 10/02/2008. The album is a winner of the Premio Gardel
2009. Includes 12 songs, 9 of them originals (such as "Buscando
Camorra", "El Arte de Amar") and a selection of covers in the band’s
style (Eurhythmics’ “Sweet Dreams are Made of This”, a
jazz/tango/reggae rendition of Sting’s “Englishman in New York and
Hancock’s jazz standard “Cantaloupe Island”. Argentine guitarist
Esteban Morgado plays in three songs.

Más Allá del Sur

Released on 26/11/2009 "

The album is a balance between listenable and danceable, acoustic and
electronic. This is so far the closest approach to a pure tango
language, but the band carries on its innovative quest. Includes “La
Milonga”, “Tango Místico”, “Zita” (from Astor Piazzolla).