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. 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

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, historically a country of immigrants, became a country of emigrants during the economic crisis of 2001. All concepts, names and texts are by Max Masri. Max brought the main composition ideas and songs and also artistic production, while Diego played most of the instruments, co-composed all the songs and made most of the arrangements. The electronic programming was done by both Max and Diego. The music of ''Emigrante'' is a balance between the electronically generated sounds and acoustic instruments (

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). Emigrante reached platinum sales in Argentina by 2006. As of 2018, many of the songs included in this album are still played on multiple Argentine TV stations on a daily basis. The album spawned the music video for the song Mente Frágil, a concept vídeo with LGBTQ themes that received MTV Latino rotation.

Track listing and credits

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

Players

Max Masri: synths and programming
Diego S. Velazquez: guitars, piano, synths and programming
Daniel Ruggiero:

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References

2003 debut albums Tanghetto albums {{2000s-electronic-album-stub