Max formed Tanghetto in late 2001, along with Diego S. Velázquez.
The project is his original idea; is since 1997 that he was interested
in setting up an instrumental electrotango project. Max is the producer
of the albums “Emigrante” and “Hybrid Tango”,
and he created and wrote the concepts and texts that illustrate both
albums. As a songwriter he composed, in collaboration with Diego, all
of the songs that conform Tanghetto’s discography. With Diego
he assembled an excellent songwriting and production team. In his late
teens, Max took music lessons with legendary tango composer Virgilio
Exposito. It was not only tango that he taught to Max, but how to compose
real song in a wide variety of styles. One of the greatest frustrations
for Max was that Virgilio died before he could show him any album of
his own. He graduated in Music Engineering in the USA, and is the first
engineer and who mixes all the albums that he produces. "Argentines
have tango in our blood stream; sooner or later, the sounds of the bandoneon,
the sensuality of the dance and the melancholy of those soundscapes impress our souls and our art. It is from the very rootlessness that we built up
our own roots”.
Role:
songwriting, arrangements, guitars.
Diego, who was born in Buenos Aires, is an argentine composer, arranger
and multi-instrumentalist. He formed Tanghetto in late 2001 along with
Max. He is co-writer of all of the songs that conform “Emigrante”
and “Hybrid Tango”. He also writes the arrangements, plays
a variety of instruments and works as second engineer. Diego, who has
a Degree in Music, has shown a wide stylistic spectrum throughout his
musical career. As a player, he is a remarkable guitarist: on the guitar
he developed not only a skillful technique, but a really personal and
unique style that's hard to classify. He works together with Max since
1997 in a very prolific team. “We feel that we have much to give,
in artistic terms, not only to the argentine audience, but to the international
one. I mean people eager of music that's different, eclectic, experimental.
We’ll be even more pleased if we can contribute to the world’s
sound with something we, as argentines, have real expertise in”.
Role: bandoneon
Young bandoneonista, disciple of Rodolfo Mederos, he belongs to a generation of innovators. Born in Buenos Aires, he plays in Tanghetto since January 2006. His contribution to the sound of the band is indisputable, imprinting his own style. Many months on the road and on stage later, Federico is now recording tracks for the next Tanghetto studio album.
Role: acoustic and electric piano
Antonio (graduated in the IUNA) is a classical, jazz and tango pianist and arranger born in Buenos Aires. Although his young age, his knowledge of tango is remarkable.
Member of the Tanghetto since January 2006, he already toured and recorded with the band. Currently he is participating in Tanghetto's next studio album.
Role: drums & percussion.
Daniel was born in Buenos Aires with a pair of drumsticks in his hands. He plays drums since the age of 5 and he started doing it professionally at 10. Considered one of the best argentine drummers of his generation, he is the latest addition to the band. After thousands of kilometers on the road, he is now part of the sound of Tanghetto, giving it a dose of power and precision.
Rol: violoncello & erhu
Chao Xu was born in Guang Zhou (People's Republic of China).
Since he was a little kid Chao played many chinese traditional instruments.
At the age of 12 he started practicing violoncello. He's currently
member of many orchestras and plays in Tanghetto since 2004. With
the band also plays erhu, a bowed string chinese
instrument.