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El Rebel X

About Me

"Every Revolution Needs a Revolutionary Party."

El Rebel X

I started out with two turntables a bass amp and a guitar amp. It was so before old school you'd call it pre school. But we rocked plenty of house parties, political campaign parties, and art shows without even tha basics like a mixer.Today I use mac laptops, LCD projectors, and video mixers, just in the pre set. But the vibe is the same regardles of the technology. The main goal is to have fun, dance, and make connections. Most of the crowds I play for are socially and politically commited folks who work harder than most making this world a better place. We need to have fun and refresh ourselves so that we can continue working on our goals and objectives. We owe it to ourselves and the people we serve to be calm cool and not angry all the time. Music does wonders to lift our spirits and dancing does miracles making us humane.
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Member Since: 19/10/2006
Band Website: http://www.myspace.com/rebelx69
Band Members:

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new Music video on Che is ready!

Band members are whoever is willing to sit in.
Or in a lot of cases whoever lets me sit in. Speedy Space Juice led by Andres Quintana Jr.
and Camilo Quitze Quintana is one band I enjoy playing with
and Cuerdas Mexicanas led by Andres Quintana Sr. and Ricardo R. Montañez
will tolerate my guitar playing and borracho screams.

In the studio I work with whoever drops in and helps with the good vibes.

This is my Latest remix It is my remix of
Mr. Brown by Bob Marley

This is a draft of a remix I am working on Cumbia de los Muertos by Ozomatli


Influences: Refugio Montañez, Santana, Los Lobos, Cuerdas Mexicanas, Speedy Space Juice, Jose Alfredo Jimenes, Pedro Infante, Pink Floyd, Beatles, Flaco Jimenez, Bob Marley, Clash, Jose de Molina, Stones, Beck, Lego, Javee, Mazi, Freddie, Gabor Zabo, and Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong.
Sounds Like: A global plitical rally after party.I like most music, from those with a beat to those without I listen to all music and often.From Classical to Punk and from Folk to Metal I and in at least two languages.

This song Is Freddie and Mazi's from the Spirit Repair EP. It is called "The Feeling". Although I had been rocking the house parties before these guys were rocked in the cradle, when we hooked up in the 90's they radically changed my approach to music. I owe a lot to them and their boy John too. His cut crazy drum was a staple in my crates until It got swiped as a lot of the audio soul wax did. Anyway this is an after hours projection mix. It was recorded on the fly at Virgo Fest IV. Sept 9, 2006.The second video is one generation away from it. The soundtrack is a cut I made in my studio, "Dance 4da Storms". Play each of them, one of them, or if you are an adventure education student, press play on the bottom monitor first, then press play on the top one. Pray you avoid a trainwrreck. You will get a feel for the expirement. Don't be afraid the beat will be off. One monitor is a lower in sound at all times. Remember, I used to dj without a mixer. I'm also colorblind, and like the hues, but the beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Ok Play them both. Ya pronto! @ the same time!The above Video is my latest late night visual mix. The images will be very familiar to those of you who made it out my latests late night gigs. They have been crunched over the last four years, and polished up in one 16 hour day with a mac. The track is called "Dance 4da storms". You can make out a moan from the spirit repair EP, but the rest is Me on the keys, guitars, maracas, and sound effects. I originally wrote this as a tribute to stage 7 of the agricultural cycle: make friends with the elements. But the dancing girls made it an art song with the surrealist painters "Tirando Rollo."Below is "Persecution of La Raza", is a metal song. I did not work on the music side on this one song but I did write, direct, and edit the music video. I shot it in Santiago Chile and edited it in Chicago. Andres Quintana Jr. and Camilo Quintana helped in the post production audio for the intro and the titles.Soul Journey is a music video based on the 13 paintings by Jesus Gonzales. The soundtrack fuses rock with electronic. Anders Quintana Jr. is the virtuoso on the guitar and Rene R. Montañez, layed down the keys. I gave minimal direction to both of them and this is as close to an improvisation by all three of us while being seperated by 100 miles. I added some layaring with turntables to bring out a more analog sound.

The Connection




Victor M. Montañez
aka "El Rebel X"

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Videos
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Record Label: RPM Independent Productions/ RPM Underground
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

This Saturday Oct 17

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Posted by on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:43:00 GMT

Live Art, Call for Artists

Hello Friends, Neighbors, and Fellow Artists, We,Paseo Garden/Avondale School, The Logan Square Farmers' Market/Logan Square Chamber of Commerce, and Unity Park's Advisory Councilare very happy and fo...
Posted by on Thu, 21 May 2009 05:26:00 GMT

4-17 Joe Pug at my Casa

Dear Friends & Colleagues,This Friday April 17, 2009 You and a guest(s) are invited for Agua, Vino, & Cancionesby Joe Pug.From 6:00 pm - 9:00 pmat My home/studio Palacio de La Revolución...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:45:00 GMT

Curators meeting Thursday April 2nd

Curators meeting Thursday April 2ndImportant Meeting for MAAF curators @ 2706 N. Sawyer Next to Ald. Colon's officeThursday April 2, 20096-7:30 pmNote this is not a meeting for artists or performers i...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 10:54:00 GMT

March 14 and March 15

Saturday March 14:Crown Tap Room2821 N Milwaukee AveChicago, IL 60618 US(773) 252-9741Please Join us @ Crown Tap Room for wine, cheese, music and art.With the exception of two works, I will be showing...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:20:00 GMT

Call to Cultural Advocates

Call to Cultural AdvocatesDear friends and colleagues,This is Victor Manuel Montañez,I chair, the Artists Recruitment Committee for the Milwaukee Avenue Arts Festival (which will take place on July 31...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Feb 2009 09:11:00 GMT

Sept 11, NLU Show CANCELLED

Sept 11, NLU Show CANCELLEDThe "imagenes de independencia" art show has been cancelled.I do not know the specifics of how this show on Michigan Avenue collapsed.I just know that talks crumbled to the ...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:56:00 GMT

upcoming events May 20, 23, & 31st

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Posted by on Tue, 06 May 2008 19:00:00 GMT

may 31

Victor M. Montañez Victor M. Montañezaka "El Rebel X"Home page:Rebel X PageDJ Page El Rebel X DJ PageBlog:El Blog De Rebel XVideosRebel X Videos & ProjectionsTechnorati Rebel X
Posted by on Sat, 03 May 2008 19:51:00 GMT

Video on UFW site

From: Victor M. MontañezIn case you couldn’t make it on MondayFrom El Blog De Rebel XThis video is also posted on the UFW siteclick here:United Farm WorkersXCesar Chavez legacy "This Land needs ...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 13:49:00 GMT