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Tanghetto: Hybrid Tango II
The influential ensemble Tanghetto from Buenos Aires presents their new CD Hybrid
Tango II which links to their influential 2004 album Hybrid Tango. Again, pianist-producer-composer Max Masri and guitarist-composer Diego S. Velázquez offer a blended
mix of melodic and textural tango music with bandoneon and piano, electronica with
synthesizer and samples, pop with electric guitars and drums, and chamber music with
violins and violoncello. Not surprisingly, this album was nominated as Best Tango Album
for the Latin Grammy.
Among several attractive
and danceable songs, there
are some outstanding tracks.
For example the instrumental El Miedo a la Libertad. It
has a slow pace, a fine melody, a diversified arrangement
including strings, and thus
generates a wonderful pleasant atmosphere. Then there
is the completely different,
straight-forward dancefloor
suited track Quien me quita
lo bailado This is all that is
needed to let go from the
distractions in daily life.
Montevideo tango singer
and composer Tabare Leyton is impressive with his
vocal appearance in No me
ringo, a vibrant song with a
good melodic progression,
and a strong chorus which
calls for more. Later on the
singer enchants us again with Aires de Buenos Aires. Max Masri is lead singer of Piazzolla´s
Vuelvo al Sur; one more version of this standby, here with a simple and good groove.
I would recommend to hear particularly the accentuated songs loud, their flow is much
better! When Tanghetto is the DJ, life is a dancefloor – at least for an evening
Overall Scoring (1-5 stars): ****
Dancer´s pleasure > Listener´s pleasure
Duration: 48 min.
Website: http://www.tanghetto.net/
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