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Fantasma is the third studio album by the Japanese recording artist Cornelius. It was released in 1997 and charted at number six on the Japanese Oricon album chart. Fantasma includes the singles "Star Fruits Surf Rider", "Free Fall" and "Chapter 8" (co-written by Robert Schneider of The Apples in Stereo, and featuring Schneider on vocals, guitar and bass, and Apples in Stereo drummer Hilarie Sidney on vocals and drums). The latter two singles were released in the UK only.
Two companion remix albums FM - Fantasma Remixes and CM - Cornelius Remixes were released the following year. The former is composed of music from Fantasma remixed by other artists. The latter is composed of remixes by Cornelius of most of the artists that contributed to FM - Fantasma Remixes.
The track "Star Fruits Surf Rider" was released as a single on November 2, 1998 and was covered by Mitsuki Aira for her 2008 double A-side single, "Darling Wondering Staring"/"Star Fruits Surf Rider". The cover was later included on the extended version of Aira's debut album, Copy.
Fantasma was re-issued in the United States in June 2016, accompanied by a tour in August including a date performing at Justin Vernon's Eaux Cleaires Festival in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The album was released as a limited edition remastered double vinyl LP through Lefse Records and digitally released by Post Modern.
Fantasma is an Argentine cumbia outfit created in 2001, formed by Martín Roisi and Pablo Antico, known by their respective stage names; Fantasma (lead guitar and vocals) and Mr. Negro (lead singer). Some consider them to be among the first bands in developing a cumbia rap music style mixed with electronic sounds, while their style has been described as "Borrowing from the shanty town atmosphere, they mingle tropical cumbia styles with hip hop and electronic sounds." They are also involved in activities in shanty towns.
Their official website states the band: "started moving in different social levels in an integration crusade, from touring in Paris (2007) and being played on TV´s primetime show " Susana Giménez," to being founders of the multicultural social project Odisea 20, settled in a shanty town (Villa 20, Villa Lugano)."
The band took " M.I.A." and dj producer " Diplo" to the heart of a shanty town in Buenos Aires, introducing them to the area. In 2008 they received financing from the Prince Claus Foundation to make the documentary film "Arte Villero/Shanty Town Art" for which their music became its soundtrack.
Regarding their music style, reviewer Juan Data has stated: "it's exactly what neo-cumbia from Argentina should be more: kistchy, tacky, unpretentious, dancy, fun, gritty, hip-hoppy and very original," adding: "and they've been doing new-school cumbia since way before it was cool for hipsters and foreigners." Culture Remixed has stated: "Fantasma use the cumbia beat to drop their own very creative blend on top."
They are also known around the world as a niche band with a cult following, and part of an emerging music scene.
As well, they have gained some note in their circle for having produced a cumbia version of the reggae song Ghost Town, by The Specials.
Usage examples of "fantasma".
Era divenuto un fantasma e spalancava verso me due occhi nerissimi che sembravano voler saltare dalle loro orbite.
With the daily chaos of the situation, and ten days in the UK, Colleen had barely been able to attend to other clients or her responsibilities to Fantasma and now she stayed behind in West Palm Beach trying to pull her life together.
Castro era el fantasma de Tichborne, pero un pobre fantasma habitado por el genio de Bogle.
His mother had dreaded fantasmas, the evil ghosts of the dead, and he shuddered to a sudden sense that the tower was una rumba embrujada, a haunted tomb.
Ma la velocità del vento nel quale il suo esercito fantasma si era nuovamente dissolto tenne a bada quasi tutti e anche i più avventurosi, i giovani e i bambini, si erano tenuti a debita distanza nel sospetto che l'aria che sibilava intorno a loro non fosse del tutto vuota.
Duncan was already an established manager in Los Angeles, representing several stand-ups, and Colleen informally handled a few guys in West Palm Beach for Fantasma.