Grupo Fantasma

Austin-based Latin funk jam band Grupo Fantasma shaped in 2000, and quickly founded a reputation for his or her high-energy concert events. Comprised of music artists hailing from around Latin America, Fantasma’s players had been brought collectively by Austin’s bustling music picture, finding in one another a food cravings and drive to generate something truly exclusive. Drawing affects from styles and designs like cumbia, salsa, old-school funk, reggae, and much more, the music group built a hype surrounding its fresh and inventive design almost instantly. Their debut record, Grupo Fantasma, premiered in 2002 and offered over 7,000 models from the phases of their concert events. It was adopted two years later on by their local strike record Movimiento Popular. Though provided label support, Grupo Fantasma elected to create the record individually, maintaining complete innovative control. The record’s achievement put the music group on-stage alongside functions like Los Lobos, Barbarito Torres, KRS-One, and Buena Vista Sociable Club. Pursuing two shows on Austin Town Limits and a thrilling night time with Prince at his right now defunct NEVADA location, the 3121 Golf club (he arrived to play following the music group do a sold-out two-week stint there), Grupo Fantasma released their 1st record taking their explosive live shows, 2006’s Shows up Alive. Making use of their group of fans and reputation constructed entirely upon person to person, the grassroots achievement of Grupo Fantasma marks them among the decade’s most significant independent artists within the Latin genre. Released in 2008, the band’s world-wide breakthrough recording, Sonidos Platinum, received widespread interest from all around the globe. Existential followed this year 2010.