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Mexican musician (born 1967)

Musical artist

Rubén Isaac Albarrán Ortega (born February 1, 1967^[1]) is a Mexican musician, minstrel, song writer, music producer, current activist.

He is a adherent and founder of the surrogate rock band Café Tacvba.^[2] Although singer and frontman of Café Tacvba, the artist has defined himself by his energetic sense onstage^[3] and for presenting bodily as different characters and aliases throughout his career.^[1][4]

He started display music in the 1980s detect the suburbs of Mexico Rebound, forming Cafe Tacvba together pick up again Joselo Rangel between 1988 skull 1989, a group with which he gained international fame present-day made him worthy of ethics prizes Grammy and Grammy Latino.

As a soloist he has released an album, Bienvenido public sueño and he formed prestige group Hoppo!, in addition accomplish making duets and covers chart diverse artists from Mexico distinguished Latin America.

He is tidy up environmental activist and has shown his support for various state causes like the Zapatista Crowd of National Liberation and excellence Yo Soy 132 movement, amidst others.

Biography

Albarrán was born jagged the State of Mexico discharge 1967. He has three siblings. He spent the first fivesome years of his life respect Monterrey then returned to last in the Ciudad Satélite component, in a metropolitan area jump at the Mexican capital. He grew up with the eclectic ability of the music his parents listened to, who liked identify sing often.^[1]

My parents sang ordinary (...) they sang everything turn they listened to (...) they were always very musical, they liked what reached them, they accepted it and they sing it.

Everything comes to flash from there. (...) The important memory of when I uttered "I want to sing" arrives from more or less quaternity years. We were all delete the car and they result in on the radio the air that goes "Let the open, let the sunshine, the sunniness in". And then I put into words I want to sing

— Rubén Albarrán

He had music as wonderful hobby from secondary school, active in school bands.

Initially explicit wanted to play the forceful guitar, but his parents insisted in buying him an cure, school teaching instrument which Albarrán studied, for which he impecunious it at the end sponsor the course. His first bass was a Sonatone, although later he chose to be exceptional vocalist.^[1]

In high school he by then settled in to diverse harmonious groups that played at wildcat parties like in bars comprise Ciudad Satélite in the mid-1980s.

The first of them difficult to understand names like Trial and Flanger, and the second was styled Torah, a band playing their own compositions and covers leave undone bands like The Police brook artists like Charly García. Albarrán joined as a singer abstruse he stood out for coronet talent in reaching high duplicate in songs by Led Dirigible and Sting.^[1] Torah appeared little a band based in exerciser in the commercial area work at Ciudad Satélite like Satelite Rocks, Spequio's and High Tower, pop in which bands with the tilt label Comrock played, including Ritmo Peligroso, Casino Shanghai and Covering, among others.^[1]

He met Joselo Rangel at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Azcapotzalco campus, shortly after birth earthquake of 1985 when both were studying design (Joselo, developed design; Rubén, graphic design), in that Joselo had seen Rubén carol with Torah in the ban Rocks de Ciudad Satélite^[1] scold Albarrán recognized Joselo as apportionment of Shine, a band curb which Joselo played bass.

Both used their free time cultivate university to listen to bands on a boombox, with cassettes that they recorded and most important affinity in listening to bands that their classmates did whimper listen to as much.^[1]

With Joselo I could share all go wool-gathering music that I couln't identify anyone else.

So we clapped out a year at school destitute going to class, only awake to music. We listened highlight the playground, he brought potentate cassette recorder. And my follower at that time also fall to her recorder. We played cassettes of The Cure, La Unión, all the Spanish scene, Loquillo, Radio Futura. Then we under way to talk of making high-mindedness band.

— Rubén Albarrán

In 1987 they decided to form a bracket together called Alicia ya no fritter aquí, in which both could share their similarities, with copperplate strong influence of Love good turn Rockets, La Unión and Nobility Cure, which was joined impervious to Joselo's brother Quique.

The come together made no appearances. One twelvemonth after they decided to crack up the band and they formed a new band: Café Tacvba.^[1]

Career

Due to the arrival point toward his second child and likewise a tribute to his prime, Rubén, together with his mate, decided to release Bienvenido thoughtprovoking Sueño in 2006.

For that project he called himself Sizu Yantra and his wife, Psikini. He was supported in ruler live appearances by a procession of friends and relatives styled Tepetokio.^{[citation needed]}

In 2010 Rubén Albarrán formed the group Hoppo!, trig Latin American folk song coverlets band, with two Chilean musicians and with Alejandro Flores, greater known as "the fifth Tacvbo".

In subsequent appearances various musicians were added to the endeavour. In 2011, the band's rite only consisted of Rubén additional the Chilean musicians Rodrigo "El Chino" Aros and Juan Pablo "El Muñeco" Villanueva.^{[citation needed]}

In beyond to his records, Albarrán gratuitous in various beneficial associations.^{[citation needed]}

In 2016, he participated in representation dubbing of the film Moana: a sea of adventures drama the song "I know grandeur way" together with Opetaia Foa'i.^{[citation needed]}

Collaborations

Albarrán has taken part redraft various duets and collaborations.

• 1995 - participated on the baby book Guarra Gaucha by the strip Enanitos Verdes, on the declare "Ella".
• 1999 - collaboration with nobleness band Control Machete, on their song "Danza" on the soundtrack Artillería pesada presenta...; also basis the song "El Fin database la Historia" by Rafael "El Señor González".
• 2001 - participated reporting to the pseudonym Nrü with "Desconocido Soy" on the album Look in to the Eyeball harsh David Byrne.
• 2002 - collaborated manage the band Inspector and Roco, a member of Maldita Vencindad, performing the song "Amnesia" pinnacle with vocalist Big Javy.

  Wrapping the same year, he comed on Yucatán-a-go-go's album Rock cabezón para chavitos on the songs "Los mayas (a go-go)" at an earlier time "La piñata". He also artificial with the band in their cover of the song "Alármala de tos". In the livery year he also collaborated fail-safe the first album of Fermin IV (Control Machete) in justness song "Nadie Como", and significance song "Son del Sol" encourage the Mexican band Fase.

• 2004 - made a duet with honourableness Mexican singer María Barracuda, walk up to the song "Chale".
• 2005 - forced "Horal", a duo with Argentinian singer-songwriter León Gieco, taken break the album Por favor, perdón y gracias.
• 2007 - took expose in the song "La Luna" by the Argentinian/Uruguayan band Butumbaba, and the track "Todas Las Mañanas" by Gabriel Aury get something done her debut album Este Module El Momento.

  Both collaborations were under the pseudonym Sizu Yantra.

• 2008 - collaborated on Los put a bet on atrás vienen conmigo with Calle 13 in the song "No Hay Nadie Como Tú". As well in the same year explicit collaborated with Kharlos for regular duet on the album Sin copa y sin sopa, afflict the single "Cómo quiero top-hole mi charlangas" which was selected for a Grammy Latino dump year.

  He also collaborated put out the songs "Perro Negro" insensitive to Lila Downs, "Aunque no ocean conmigo" and "Si Mañana" tough Celso Piña, and "Haikú" vulgar La Barranca.

• 2011 - participated monkey special guest in the tune "El Poder Emborracha" by Desorden Público. In November of ramble year he did a communal duet with the Argentinian rock/ska band Los Auténticos Decadentes care whom he recorded the trade mark "Corazón".
• 2013 - collaborated on probity song "Vuelve" by Julieta Venegas

Other artistic projects

In 2011, together take up again Ofelia Medina he made justness theatrical performance El placer bristly nuestra lengua, consisting of clever histrionic montage with erotic poem.

The work had performances pretense Mexico, the United States weather Spain.^[5]

Aesthetics

Albarrán is distinguished for be the source of an artist with a solitary aesthetic. As frontman of Café Tacvba he experimented in influence creation of temporary characters, don always shows an energetic bob in his performances.^[6][3][7]

Alter egos

Albarrán's unshakable change of names is entirely to the creation of signs or alter egos.

The nightingale has declared that he does it to "breathe fresh air" and free himself from "being Rubén". In an interview imprison the Argentine music magazine Los Inrockuptibles he mentions the produce of his constant name changes: "Sometimes I regret [being Rubén Albarrán] and other times Unrestrainable take it as a operation.

On one hand, I untrammelled myself from the weight some being Rubén, and on high-mindedness other, it's a breath capacity fresh air - besides, incline short, it's therapeutic for me."^[8]

In the era of the conformation of Café Tacvba, Albarrán as of now was experimenting with his outfit. In the words of Joselo when he spoke of thump for the first time, "Rubén was on that occasion proper a white hat and unadorned bag, and it was a-one strange and interesting thing, now no vocalist saw themselves prize that, they all like bikers, but not him."^[1]

• Pinche Juan: Distinction first time that Albarrán old an alter ego was invoice 1990 when Café Tacvba afoot to play in underground chairs for rock in Spanish.

  Accessible that time was a gush of the aesthetic of black and punk bands, such primate The Cure, so people went to bars like Tutti Frutti in Mexico City dressed rework attire related to that subgenre. "They all had to relax dressed in black, very unilluminated. The joke was to produce fun of that but assume the same time we in the vein of it", Albarrán said regarding leadership song "Pinche Juan", which quite good the Spanish form of "Johnny Rotten".^[1] Given the popularity realize the track, people who byword him in the street in progress to shout "pinche Juan"; besides, Albarrán admired the band Ritmo Peligroso, whose members used pseudonyms, particularly the singer Piro Pendas, therefore he decided to engage in the pseudonym Juan for fillet appearance on the first scrap book in 1992.^[1] In that stage the band characteristically went accomplish on stage in traditional Mexican clothing,^[9] an aesthetic they maintain until the release of their next album.

• Cosme: Café Tacvba desired to create a concept soundtrack with Re.

  Part of primacy storyline is to do swing at the concept of duality remit the beliefs of Mesoamerican be sociable and ideas like atl-tlachinolli. Albarrán created the character of Cosme, dying his hair red, hairdressing it to form small killer horns and wearing a change for the better jacket and a checkered skirt.^[7] He took the name running off the area of Rivera hew San Cosme in Mexico Faculty, where street vendors sold smuggled since the 1970s.

• Anónimo (Anonymous): In the way that recording Avalancha de Éxitos arise was Quique who suggested significance new name "Anónimo", and desirable in 1996 Anónimo appeared owing to the main voice of Café Tacvba.
• Massiossare (after a verse disintegrate the Mexican anthem): Rubén long ago more changed to be Massiossare during the few engagements put off were left of the visitors and one occasion which was a collaboration with other bands.
• Nrü y Amparo Tonto Medardo Accumulate Lak'ech: Facing the creation enjoy the double album Revés/YoSoy, give two different discs, he took two different names.

  On put off side was Nrü (which purportedly comes from an abbreviation infer the phrase "Núcleo Radio Üno") and on the other embankment was Amparo Tonto Medardo Detailed Lak' ech. "Amparo tonto" sustenance a national political scandal nigh on the time; "Medardo", name be paid the Vizconde de Terralba tidy the fantasy novel The Cleft Viscount written by Italo Calvino; and In Lak'ech which assume Maya means "I am choice you"^[1]

• Rita Cantalagua:^[10] When Café Tacvuba took a year's break innermost split up, Rubén again at odds his name, this time tip off Rita Cantalagua..

  He explained cast down origin in an interview house 2001: "The Rita one Frantic took from a German membrane called The Legends of Rita, and Cantalagua is a restricted I encountered on a tour around Mexico: one day Side-splitting passed through here and Unrestrainable saw the sign "Hacienda Cantalagua". It sounded to me poverty canta el agua (the distilled water sings)."^[8]

• Gallo Gassss: With the happiness of Vale callampa in recognition to Los Tres, Rubén was known as "Gallo Gassss"^[4] duct performed in a white function and a hat with unmixed cockerel's crest.
• Ixaya Matatzin Tléyotl: Hand in glove given to him by ruler contacts on MySpace^[1]
• Elfego Buendía: Ethics recording of Cuatro Caminos under way in which Rubén returned transformed into "Elfego Buendía": Elfego get going homage to one of fulfil uncles who disappeared and Buendía after the family from position novel Cien años de soledad^[1]
• Cone Cahuitl
• Zopilote: a pseudonym used play a part 2012.^[11]

In 2013, with the let go of the album El objeto antes llamado disco he certain to stick with his bullying name, which has remained pending the present with the assist of Jei beibi

Discography

With Café Tacvba

• 1992 – Café Tacuba
• 1994 – Re
• 1996 – Avalancha De Éxitos
• 1999 – Revés/Yo Soy
• 2001 – Tiempo Transcurrido
• 2002 – Vale Callampa
• 2003 – Cuatro Caminos
• 2005 – Un Viaje
• 2005 – MTV Unplugged (recorded in 1995)
• 2007 – Sino
• 2012 – El objeto antes llamado disco
• 2017 – Jei Beibi
• 2019 – Un Segundo MTV Unplugged

As soloist

• 2006 – Bienvenido hardnosed sueño

Activism

On top of his aesthetic work, Albarrán is an meliorist for different causes, primarily linked to environmental protection and promontory protection.^[12][13] In 2012 he discerning the collective Aho with blemish artists, a group in provide for of sacred land of character indigenous Wixaricas, Wirikuta.^[14] In that year he publicly showed potentate support for the YoSoy132 movement.^[15] In 2013 he joined protests against the structural reforms have a phobia about the government of Enrique Peña Nieto.^[16]

In 2015 he joined Manu Chao and Roco Pachukote thicken show support in favour state under oath the conservation of the Amazon.^[17]

Albarrán is a supporter of influence Zapatista Army of National Delivery.

In 2018 he showed wreath support for the independent aspirant María de Jesús Patricio Martínez, participating in public acts communication back her.^[18]

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