Check this out! Never before seen footage of this L.A. multiethnic, multicultural combo that at the time was emerging and playing every in Los Angeles, in time this band would become the ambassador of the LÁ mosaic sound fusion and they are still at it! You already guess who this is, right? Ozomatli!
Here’z Ozo performing at the Guateque 3 in October 1996 at the Old Lincoln Jails jail. The footage is shake AF because well it was a camcorder, the technology at the time. Nonetheless it is the documentation of this fiercely independent and also festive festival. Also, the dancer on stage jumping up and down is none other than @dondiavlo who in the following few months would form his own band Chencha Berrinches and forest the creation of the LÁ skacore scene.
El Guateque fue el primer Festival DIY de Rock Latino en EEUU. The completely independent and self-financed annual fest was created, and produced, and led by an all-female committee that thorough the years included Yvonne (Gómez) Drazan, Alma Díaz, Flora Tapia, Lizzy Garibay, Mariluz González, Yamily Escalante among other women. ????: by me @implacable using my family’s trusty VHS camcorders. ????