★★★★★
I'm sorry, what now? Grupo Fantasma come from where??? Texas...Nah, shut up, you're wrong. So apparently, the internet can be trusted...Texas it is. Not only does the name mislead the origin (generally translating from Spanish to Phantom Group), but there is nothing typically Texan and nothing remotely country about Grupo Fantasma's Sonidos Gold whatsoever...
- hangout.altsounds.com
2010-11-02
★★★★★
Austin's Grupo Fantasma has been around for a decade now, mixing Latin American styles like salsa and cumbia with rock, funk, reggae, and whatever else strikes their fancy. They've made multiple appearances on Austin City Limits, and Prince regularly calls on the band's horn section to back him up in concert. Accordingly, on their fourth studio album El Existential, they don't sound like a band with something to prove...
- www.popmatters.com
2010-08-24
★★★★★
Over the past decade, Grupo Fantasma's done for Latin music locally what George Clinton did for funk globally: established a standard of excellence with a relentless assembly line of grooves. Crowned with a Grammy nomination for 2008's Sonidos Gold, the 10-piece enterprise's highly anticipated follow-up and fourth LP overall intensifies that Mothership Connection, delving into the liquid psychedelia that's become a hallmark of Grupo's mostly instrumental offshoot Brownout...
- www.austinchronicle.com
2010-06-18
★★★★★
Track Listing: El Sabio Soy Yo; Levantate; Arroz con Frijoles; Rumba y Guaguanco; Bacalao con Pan; Rebotar; Cumbia de los Pajaritos; Gimme Some; Soltero; Se Te Mira; Desconocido; Perso Fra i Mesquites. Personnel: Adrian Quesada: guitar; Johnny Lopez: drums; Jose Galeano: vocals, timbales; Gilbert Elorreaga: trumpet; Beto Martinez: guitar; Kino Rodriguez: vocals; Greg Gonzalez: bass; Joshua Levy: saxophones; Matthew "Sweet Lou" Holmes: congas; Leo Gauna: trombone...
- www.allaboutjazz.com
2009-06-05
★★★★★
An Austin-based collective wholeheartedly devoted to the cumbia beat, Grupo Fantasma aren't nearly as retro-minded as one might expect. For one thing, any band with a full-time DJ and a Jamaican-style toaster is clearly not going the traditional Latin American route...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
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