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SPECIAL BACKER REWARD: A digital download of the Spanglish Fly EP Latin Soul and Bugalú (plus a big thank you on the film’s website). Listen to Spanglish Fly at http://www.myspace.com/spanglishflyNYC
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The official "We Like It Like That" soundtrack + A "We Like it Like That" t-shirt + a DVD of the film upon release + a limited edition poster + a big thank you on our web site
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A photo of Joe Bataan, signed by the man himself + The official "We Like It Like That" soundtrack + t-shirt + a DVD of the film upon release + a limited edition poster + a big thank you on our web site + a special thank you in the film credits!
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All of the above + 5 CDs (or the digital download equivalent) and two t-shirts from Fania.com
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All of the above + an all expenses paid dinner (travel costs excluded) in New York City, with Joe Bataan, Johnny Colon, Harvey Averne and Mathew Ramirez Warren, the writer, director and producer of "We Like It Like That"
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Writer and filmmaker, Mathew Ramirez Warren is a native of New York City. He received an M.A. from the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism and has been a regular contributor to the New York Times and Wax Poetics Magazine. In 2007, he began exploring documentary filmmaking, and in addition to his work in print, he has produced numerous videos for NYTimes.com and WaxPoetics.com. Since beginning work on his upcoming feature length documentary on the Latin boogaloo era, "We Like It Like That," Mathew has come to be viewed as an expert in the field and has written the liner notes on several album re-issues for Fania Records. He continues to live in New York City and has established his own production company, Muddy Science.
Great - very happy =)
Congratulations, guys - well deserved. Can't wait to see it.
Great!!! Congratulations!
congrats! Look forward to seeing it.
Hooray!!!! Great job Mathew!!
CONGRATULATIONS,Warren!!!!!!
So little time left. can we do it?
looks great so far Mathew! oficial!
I love this project, and hope you can get it off the ground. Passing it along to all my mates, and basting the hell out of it on Facebook. Break a leg!
Francesco ElCocolo Nápolez Napolitano
that's my new fb. hit me up.
Artists that immediately caught my eye as their names quickly scrolled by in the end credits to the preview shown here:
Jimmy Sabater Sr: Nuyorican timbalero and vocalist for Joe Cuba, he sang the English leads, while Ponceno Cheo Feliciano, sang the Spanish leads on Joe Cuba's 60s hits
Nicky Marrero master timbalero and percussionist with Eddie Palmieri, Larry Harlow, Ismael Miranda, Fania All Stars, Machito, and Típica 73, among many others!
Alex Masucci brother of Fania All-Stars impresario Jerry Masucci (Jerry joined El Maestro, Johhny Pacheco in 1964 to co-found Fania Records)
Bobbito Garcia, as skillful as Cheo is with soneos, Bobbibito is on the asphalt, a living legend in basketball, among the best streetballers ever to step on the bitumen
And of course on the opening cut, those are the golden vocals of the immortal José Luis "Cheo" Feliciano Vega accompanied by Nick Jiménez' tremendous swinging motifs and indelibile piano riffs on the bugalu stone classic "Bang! Bang!" by the Joe Cuba Sextet
A brilliant, insightful, and incisive rumination on bugalu and the dominant culture it was a response to can be found here:
"Cha Cha with A Backbeat" : Songs and Stories of Latin Boogaloo by
Juan Flores, distinguished Professor of Black and Puerto Rican studies at Hunter College and Professor of Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center
originally published in Black Renaissance/Renaissance Noire
Volume Number : V.2 ; N.2
Publication Date : 07-31-1999
Page : p. 22
http://www.buscasalsa.com/Cha-Cha-with-A-Backbeat-Songs-and…
also published in his compendium of essays released in 2000:
From Bomba to Hip-Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino Identity
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0231110774/ref=rdr_ext_tmb
Pa'Lante, Fn
Coño! A bugalu doc??? WEPA!!
Micaela cuando baila el bugalu arrebata
Toda la gente la llama la reina del bugalu
Ay ay ay micaela se boto
Que se boto
Ay mira micaela
Como baila bugalu
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So excited to see this! Love boogaloo!!
I saw the rough cut of this film and it was great. Almost everyone stayed after the concert in Central Park and cheered throughout the movie when learning about their favorite artists.