Emigrante (Electrotango)

Emigrante (electrotango) 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. In 2004 Emigrante (electrotango) was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award.

Although it is instrumental, there is an underlying concept through the album: how Argentina, historically a country of immigrants, became a country of emigrants during the economic crissis of 2001. All concepts, names and texts are by Max Masri. Max brought the main song ideas and artistic direction while Diego played most of the instruments and rearranged and co composed most of the songs.

The music of Emigrante is a balance between the electronically generated sounds and acoustic instruments (bandoneón, piano, and guitar). The album was mixed and produced by Max Masri and coproduced by Diego S. Velázquez.

Emigrante reached platinum sales in Argentina by 2006.

As of 2008, many of the songs included in this album are still played on multiple Argentine TV stations on a daily basis.

Track listing and credits

1. Inmigrante (Immigrant) [4:02]
2. Una Llamada (One Call) [4:06]
3. Alexanderplatz Tango [4:03]
4. Al final todos se van (Everybody goes away in the end) [4:10]
5. Recursos Humanos (Human Resources) [3:33]
6. La Caída (The Fall) [4:48]
7. El Boulevard (The Boulevard) [3:53]
8. El Siguiente Capítulo (Next Chapter) [5:50]
9. Vida Moderna en 2/4 (Modern Life in 2/4) [4:08]
10. Montevideo [3:01]
11. Mente Frágil (Fragile Mind) [4:56]
12. Emigrante — Exilio del Alma (Emigrant — Exile of the Soul) [4:23]

Players

Max Masri: synths and programming
Diego S. Velazquez: guitars, synths and programming
Daniel Ruggiero: bandoneon
Jürgen Köchel: synths and programming