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Money Chicha
Austin's first chicha music group featuring members of the Grammy-award winning Latin orchestra Grupo Fantasma and its offshoot funk outfit Brownout which performs a fuzzed-out, reverb-drenched and percussion-heavy style of music inspired by the sounds of Peru and Colombia in the 60s and 70s.
Grupo Fantasma
Grupo Fantasma has been praised as one of the most important independent acts in the Latin genre and one of the most unique musical voices to come out of the United States in the 21st century. In 2011 Grammy-winners for the self–produced El Existential which the Wall Street Journal called “Latin music both new and traditional…vibrant fusions that transcend easy classification.”
Grupo Fantasma
Grupo Fantasma has been praised as one of the most important independent acts in the Latin genre and one of the most unique musical voices to come out of the United States in the 21st century. In 2011 Grammy-winners for the self–produced El Existential which the Wall Street Journal called “Latin music both new and traditional…vibrant fusions that transcend easy classification.”
Brownout
Brownout is an American latin-funk band from Austin, Texas. The band was originally formed as a side project of the members of the Grammy-award winning band Grupo Fantasma. ... Brownout has also served as a backing band for artists including Prince, Daniel Johnston, GZA and Bernie Worrell.