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Published on February 8th, 2016 | by Dr. Jerry Doby

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Celebrated Latin Boogaloo film ‘We Like It Like That’ hits VOD in March

Saboteur Media in association with Codigo Films presents We Like It Like That a film by: Mathew Ramirez Warren

Official SELECTION: SXSW 2015

OPENS NATIONWIDE ON VOD TUESDAY, MARCH 15 on iTUNES

(With a limited straight to fan release on REEL HOUSE on March 1)

ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK TO BE RELEASED ON MARCH 11 ON FANIA RECORDS

There are select benchmark moments in music like the creation of Latin boogaloo, which resound throughout the history of the art form. We Like It Like That (@BoogalooMovie), is the story of a sonic revolution re-emerging at the forefront of live music.

Directed by Mathew Ramirez Warren, WE LIKE IT LIKE THAT tells the story of Latin boogaloo, a colorful expression of 1960s Latino soul, straight from the streets of New York City. From its origins to its recent resurgence, it’s the story of a sound that redefined a generation and was too funky to keep down.

WE LIKE IT LIKE THAT explores this fascinating, though often overlooked, bridge in Latin music history, showcasing the musical style that was born in the barrios of NYC and would eventually spawn a generation of chart-topping music artists and a global music movement that is once again alive and well today.

In the 1960s, a generation of musicians from East Harlem, the South Bronx and parts of Brooklyn fused Afro-Cuban music with R&B, jazz, funk and rock to create Latin boogaloo. It was a period of revolution and social awakening and young Latinos in search of their identity adopted Latin boogaloo as their soundtrack.

Much of this music was released by Alegre, Cotique and Fania Records during the 1960s and 70s. But as salsa, a more traditional style of Latin music, grew in popularity by the 1970s, some say the Latin boogaloo was killed off, not by the fans, but by cultural and industry politics.

By the 2000s, after decades of obscurity, the artists who made Latin boogaloo popular finally began to get the recognition they deserved, with the help of DJs and new bands such as DJ Turmix, The Boogaloo Assassins and Ray Lugo & the Boogaloo Destroyers, that pay tribute to the genre.

The cast of musicians and their personal stories told in WE LIKE IT LIKE THAT are as vibrant and enduring as the unforgettable rhythms they created.Some of the notable artists include Joe Bataan, a former gang leader who spent several years in prison before starting a band and becoming known as the “King of Latin Soul” and continues to be one of the most popular and active Latin boogaloo luminaries working today; Ricardo Ray, a Juilliard trained piano player who along with his singer, Bobby Cruz, recorded the first known Latin boogaloo “Lookie, Lookie” and went on to enjoy international fame in Latin music; Johnny Colon, the influential multi-instrumentalist,composer and bandleader who was a key player in the boogaloo scene and behind the first major latin boogaloo hit, “Boogaloo Blues,” a controversial song at the time for its chorus “LSD’s got a hold on me;” Jimmy Sabater, the late singer and percussionist for the Joe Cuba Sextet who helped write “Bang Bang,” the first boogaloo song to break through as a national hit; Pete Rodriguez, the bandleader whose group created “I Like it Like That,” the biggest Latin boogaloo hit of the 1960s and a repeat chart topper when it was covered in the 1990s.

We Like It Like That – Festival Trailer from Mathew Ramirez Warren on Vimeo.

Additionally on March 11, “We Like It Like That: The Story of Latin Boogaloo Volume One” original motion picture soundtrack will be released digitally on Fania Records, featuring 14 classic latin boogaloo tracks from legendary music icons featured in the film such as Pete Rodriguez (“I Like It Like That”), Joe Bataan (“Ordinary Guy,” “Subway Joe”), Richie Ray (“Lookie Lookie”), Ray Barretto (“New York Soul”), Eddie Palmieri (“Azucar”), LeBron Brothers (“Summertime Blues”) and more.

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE / USA / Running Time: 78 minutes / Not Rated

Get Social:

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/119550550

Website: http://latinboogaloo.com/

Fania Records: http://www.fania.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WeLikeItLikeThat

Twitter: @boogaloomovie



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