Modern Tango World N° 3 (Buenos Aires, Argentina) | Page 29

MTW — First of all, thank you for giving us this
interview. And a big thank you to Anna Stąpór
for making these arrangements. Our first question
- Has your music has been changing in the course
of your career?
Max Masri — Our music has constantly been
changing and improving. We try to bring as many
influences and different styles of music into tango
as we can. We have expanded our artistic vision
to be without any boundaries, without any limits,
but still keeping the tango spirit of fusion alive.
Tango itself started as fusion of different rhythms
like candombe, habanera and payada among others. We really like how our career has evolved artistically. I think that we’re having a great moment
as artists and musicians.
MTW — Has your music always been close
to the tango? Has it modified its link to genre
throughout their albums?
Max Masri — Tanghetto has become like a
magic link between ourselves and tango. We
started to appreciate tango much more since the
Tanghetto project began many years ago. We
love tango and working with various artists. We
have played in all major Tango festivals all over
the world. Now, we are part of the tango scene
around the world. So, we are tango, a part of it,
and we are proud of that.
MTW — What is the difference between the
two projects, Tanghetto and Tangocrisis?
Max Masri — Well, both of them share the
same spirit - to bring something new to tango. Everyone knows what we achieved it with Tanghetto and we got the recognition for it; including
with Gardel Awards, many world tours, etc. Tangocrisis is more introvert, more rebellious, with
tango subtleties, defying the laws of music prejudice even more. We love both projects so much!
There is an old saying — You can’t go wrong with
what you really love.
MTW — Do you think that there will be a return to the orchestra in tango scene?
Max Masri — Yes, and I think that this revival or
the return to traditional orchestras is really great.
It is also great that right now there are diverse

artistic ideas and points of view regarding tango, it
really helps to keep tango alive! So, what’s best is
that there are really many artistic options and it is
good for people who are into tango or getting into
this music to have a variety of options from very
traditional to modern tango projects, like ours.
MTW — Have you played in an orchestra of
traditional tango?
Max Masri — I like to play in Tanghetto. Today,
Tanghetto is a traditional orchestra, Ha, Ha, Ha! We
love what we do, without prejudice to any other
forms of expression.
MTW — Is there a market for tango music that
is just for listening, but not dance. Or is this a distraction in the world of tango?
Max Masri — Tango, or any other kind of music,
is always danceable. It seems like our main audience for tango have been dancers for at least 15
years. We managed to have a very broad crowd
of fans, like people who dance tango and those
who don’t, people who like tango, and people who
prefer tango fusion, and those who are rather into
world music or jazz, so it depends.
Tango is a very versatile style of music and a lot
of people like tango because it can always be different depending on its genre. Music fans that are
more into world music or jazz or other styles of
music really like tango fusion, because it gives them
something like a modern tango sound, the experience of the tango of today.
I guess that there is a lot of people who are just
into the music in general and that’s why we sold
so many CDs, we have Gold and Pla tinum albums
in Argentina. But, a lot of people love to dance to
our music. The best is the combination of both: to
have an audience that likes just to listen and they
come to the theaters and arenas, and people who
want to dance and they come Tanghetto shows in
tango festivals or milongas. We are happy that we
have both kinds of audiences.
MTW — Why doesn’t such massive musical
project produce more CDs?

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