Trivia

He started in music in the 1980s in the suburbs of Mexico City, forming Cafe Tacvba together with Joselo Rangel between 1988 and 1989, a group with which he gained international fame and made him worthy of the prizes Grammy and Grammy Latino.

He is a member and founder of the alternative rock band Café Tacvba.

In 2012 he formed the collective Aho with other artists, a group in defense of sacred land of the indigenous Wixaricas, Wirikuta.

Albarrán is distinguished for being an artist with a unique aesthetic. As frontman of Café Tacvba he experimented in the creation of temporary characters, and always shows an energetic attitude in his performances.

In 2016, he participated in the dubbing of the film Moana: a sea of adventures performing the song "I know the way" together with Opetaia Foa'i.

He collaborated in 2008 on "Los de atrás vienen conmigo" with Calle 13 in the song "No Hay Nadie Como Tú". Also in the same year he collaborated with Kharlos for a duet on the album "Sin copa y sin sopa", on the single "Cómo quiero a mi charlangas" which was nominated for a Grammy Latino that year.

In 2013, with the release of the album El objeto antes llamado disco he decided to stick with his real name, which has remained until the present with the release of Jei beibi.

In 2011, together with Ofelia Medina he made the theatrical performance El placer de nuestra lengua, consisting of a histrionic montage with erotic poetry. The work had performances in Mexico, the United States and Spain.

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.

In 2015 he joined Manu Chao and Roco Pachukote to show support in favour of the conservation of the Amazon.

He is an environmental activist and has shown his support for various political causes like the Zapatista Army of National Liberation and the Yo Soy 132 movement, among others.

Rubén Albarrán is a Mexican musician, singer, song writer, music producer, and activist.

In 2010 Rubén Albarrán formed the group Hoppo!, a Latin American folk song covers band, with two Chilean musicians and with Alejandro Flores, better known as "the fifth Tacvbo". In subsequent appearances various musicians were added to the project. In 2011, the band's appearances only consisted of Rubén and the Chilean musicians Rodrigo "El Chino" Aros and Juan Pablo "El Muñeco" Villanueva.

He had music as a hobby from secondary school, participating in school bands. Initially he wanted to play the electric guitar, but his parents insisted in buying him an acoustic, school teaching instrument which Albarrán studied, for which he broke it at the end of the course. His first guitar was a Sonatone, although afterwards he chose to be a vocalist.

Due to the arrival of his second child and as a tribute to his first, Rubén, together with his wife, decided to release Bienvenido al Sueño in 2006. For this project he called himself Sizu Yantra and his wife, Psikini. He was supported in his live appearances by a band of friends and relatives called Tepetokio.