Acting
Jan 31, 1967
Mexico City, Mexico
Rubén Albarrán
Acting
Biography
Ruben Albarrán is a Mexican musician, singer, song writer, music producer, and activist. He is a member and founder of the alternative rock band Café Tacvba. As singer and frontman of Café Tacvba, the artist has characterized himself by his energetic attitude onstage and for presenting himself as different characters and aliases throughout his career. Taken for Wikipedia
Feature Films (14)
A rock band traveling many places of the world, and on planes, buses, in hotels and dressing rooms we discover the creative process that brings them together, their friendship, frustrations and the desire of still being a rock band, the most important rock band in Mexico, on the year that they celebrate 20 years of being Café Tacvba.
Continue Being: Café Tacvba
From Diego Luna and Alejandro Fernandez, to Carla Morrison and Chavela Vargas, Duncan Bridgeman weaves a cinematic tapestry composed of original songs and insights from the most iconic artists and performers of contemporary Mexico. With striking visuals, the movie captures the rich diversity of Mexican geography, art, music, and culture. It is a rare look at the country's real identity, and an unparalleled celebration of what it truly means to be "Hecho en Mexico."
Made in Mexico
The Object Formerly Known as a Record, the Movie is a film portraying the Mexican Rock band Café Tacvba in the process of creating their latest album. The film could be described as an "Album Movie", combining the musical and philosophical ideas of the band members, beautifully rendered performances and a poetic visual-score that culminates in a truly intimate portrait of Café Tacvba's creative process.
The Object Formerly Known as a Record
Lucas is a 12-year-old boy who falls in a strange whirlpool in the garbage vortex floating on the Pacific Ocean. When he wakes up, he finds himself in a peculiar world: Thingdom, the place where all things no longer useful go
Thingdom: El reino de las cosas
Documentary about the underground bar 'Tutti Frutti' that operated without licenses and was the cradle of Mexican rock in the 80's.
Tutti Frutti: The temple of underground
Dámaso Pérez Prado, known as "el rey del mambo", came back from the dead to look for the love of his life.
Mambo Dreams
Guadalajara, September 15th, 2023. On the occasion of the celebration of Independence Day, Café Tacvba plays at Plaza de la Liberación. Through fragments of this live concert and testimonies from people very close to the band, in this documentary we learn a little more about its members, shared experiences, their daily events, how each of them are like, and more. Particularly, the documentary shows us Café Tacvba without interviewing the band members.
In Grito, una noche con Café Tacvba
Un Viaje is the first live album by the rock band Café Tacvba. It was released in 2005 on Universal Music. The record is the band's seventh overall album, and consists of the songs played at the El Palacio de los Deportes concert.
Café Tacvba - Un Viaje
Café Tacuba was the first Latin rock band to ever appear on MTV Unplugged. The live performance was recorded in 1995.
Café Tacvba: MTV Unplugged
Television & Series (6)
A yearly musical contest organized by the municipality of Viña del Mar, Chile which takes place during the last week of February at the Quinta Vergara Amphitheater since February 21, 1960.
Viña del Mar International Song Festival
Taking back the ritual of food as a space for conversation and different points of view, actor and filmmaker Diego Luna moderates conversations that unites experts and different personalities to touch on fundamental topics of universal interest in contemporary societies, accompanied by the menus of well-known Mexican chefs.
Pan y Circo
Intimate musical performances, recorded live at the desk of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen.
NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
Soda Stereo, Café Tacvba, Aterciopelados and others figure in this 50-year history of Latin American rock through dictatorships, disasters and dissent.