| Grupo Fantasma / El Existential |
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| Album: | El Existential | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Grupo Fantasma | Added: | May 2010 | |
| Label: | National Geographic Music | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2010-06-06 | Pull Date: | 2010-08-08 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Aug 8 | Aug 1 | Jul 25 | Jul 18 | Jul 11 | Jul 4 | Jun 27 | Jun 20 |
| Airplays: | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 07, 2012: | Bouge Mood Telarana | 4. | Sep 25, 2010: | Music Casserole Telarana | |
| 2. | Jan 01, 2011: | New World Disorder Hijo | 5. | Sep 14, 2010: | Abra's BohemianWaves Realizando | |
| 3. | Dec 28, 2010: | The Musical Mystery Box o'Fun (Best of 2010-Part 2) Telarana | 6. | Aug 07, 2010: | New World Disorder Realizando |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2010-06-04 | ||
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Latin mashup music by a collective out of Austin – lots of Cumbia and Afro-Cuban, but also funk and psychedelic bits, even something almost metal. All of it very, very good – musicianship impeccable and musical combinations ear-perking. No FCCs detected – all in Spanish. I like 5 and 11 best. 1. 4:17 **funky midtempo beat, a bit of whammy-bar, and infectious Latin hip shaker. 2. 4:17 ***cumbia! A bit downtempo, slinky and tasty as hell. 3. 4:07 **midtempo Latin (Afro-Cuban tinged) jazz, a bit lounge-y, with killer horns. Bit of psychedelic guitar, and some very nice percussion. 4. 4:08 **uptempo salsa orchestra with a bit of funky soul, as well as complicated interplay of musical parts. 5. 3:35 ****sweet downbeat cumbia, wiggly and yummy. Cumbias are chocolate to me, I think… Suddenly goes all pompous hard rock. Gnarly! 6. 5:17 **sweet, slow, mellow big band swing/Latin, solo vocal. Big drama! Also some kind of chime-t sounding keyboard, giving a rather surreal feel to the exercise… 7. 4:03 ***upbeat funky something with spaghetti western elements. Almost familiar sounding, but with weirdness. Great sonal mix! 8. 2:57 **midtempo cumbia with a hint of Reggae beat and a smidge of psychedelia. 9. 1:04 *groovy little bit of fluff with flutes. Flute fluff. 10. 3:29 *midtempo Afro-Cuban/salsa, rather “normal” but with great horns. 11. 4:07 ****mash-up of many elements, midtempo and funky and hard to pin down, but very cool. 12. 3:48 **midtempo cumbia, nice baritone sax(?). 13. 3:22 **randomness and fuzz, slowly turning into something very large and very funky, then starting over, with a break for a bit of yelling… Finally a very very very slow fade. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Realizando | 7. | Montanozo | |||
| 2. | La Conozco | 8. | Calor | |||
| 3. | Sacatelo Bailando | 9. | 25 | |||
| 4. | El Consejo | 10. | Reconciliar | |||
| 5. | Hijo | 11. | Telarana | |||
| 6. | Juan Tenorio | 12. | Cumbianchera | |||
| 13. | Arana Cuna | |||||