Grupo Fantasma - Problemas (2015)
Grupo Fantasma - Problemas (2015)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+.log) | 44:03 mins | 297 MB
Latin, Funk / Soul, Folk, World | Label: Blue Corn Music
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+.log) | 44:03 mins | 297 MB
Latin, Funk / Soul, Folk, World | Label: Blue Corn Music
It took five years and a new producer for Grupo Fantasma, the powerhouse Austin (TX) fusion ensemble that brings together musicians from Texas and Latin America, to follow-up their 2010 Grammy-winner El Existential (Ingrooves/Nat Geo Music).
But Problemas, the first release that the band did not produce itself, proves worth the wait. "We thought a new process would help us find a unique voice and create a story," explains bassist Gregorio Gonzalez. "For our part, we felt that one of the challenges we frequently faced was the density of our sound and avoiding the urge to overcomplicate things, which can be easy to do with so many talented and inspired persons involved in the process."
After a long search, Grupo Fantasma eventually selected Steve Berlin, horn player, keyboard player, and (perhaps most importantly) producer for the best music churned out by Latin-rock band Los Lobos, to helm Problemas. Their collaboration sounds like a Latin cross-cultural exchange which spontaneously combusts into a musical fiesta that you were lucky enough to be invited to (or at least overhear).
The squiggly electric guitar hook in "Nada" connects its cumbia rhythms with mambo big band brass, which jabs the melody back and forth as if sparring with its arrangement. "Esa Negra" infuses cumbia with a touch of New Orleans funk, heavy metal guitar, dancing accordion, and (for some reason) shouts of "Tootsie Roll!" The lush and deep vocal arrangement in "Porque" truly honors the three-part harmonies in The Beatles' original "Because" (the last song written for Abbey Road).
Churning guitar and drums build the 6/8 Afro-Cuban jam "Solo Un Sueño" into a swarming Latin buzz, while "Descarga Pura Y Dura," which translates into "Hard and Pure Descarga," is precisely that—frantic Latin dance music played hard and hot in a whirling blur of percussion, guitars, horns, and solo after solo. You definitely get the feeling that "Descarga Pura Y Dura" was THE highlight of these recording sessions, and would be a real master-blaster in live performance.
Grupo Fantasma and Berlin also let the Latin boogaloo roll: "Cayuco" shimmies in an irresistible Latin boogaloo groove that makes your voice want to sing, and your hips want to swing. "That Night" brings together Latin boogaloo with cha-cha-cha; its resultant dance groove, which throbs from its electric guitar hook core, couldn't rock any harder, or end Problemas any stronger.
Tracklist:
01. Grupo Fantasma - Nada
02. Grupo Fantasma - Solo Un Sueno
03. Grupo Fantasma - Porque
04. Grupo Fantasma - Esa Negra
05. Grupo Fantasma - Descarga Dura y Pura
06. Grupo Fantasma - Mulato
07. Grupo Fantasma - Otono
08. Grupo Fantasma - Problemas
09. Grupo Fantasma - Cayuco
10. Grupo Fantasma - Roto El Corazon
11. Grupo Fantasma - That Night
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Grupo Fantasma / Problemas
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EAC extraction logfile from 24. February 2018, 13:00
Grupo Fantasma / Problemas
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