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BOYZ 2008 AUSTRALIAN TOUR
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The
international music scene has a new breath of fresh
air from three individuals who have enough skills,
experience and talent to give to every person around
the world and still have enough to make the best
album to date! Each individual has played with popular
and successful groups such as Fulanito, 740 Boyz
and Las Estrellas Dominicanas. Winston "Big
Win" Rosa, José "Pickles"
Fuentes and Arsenio “El Maestro” De
La Rosa. Together they toured the world with successful
hits such as "Guallando", “La Novela”,
“El Cepillo” and “Shimmy Shake”
for which the group was awarded platinum sales awards
in USA, Colombia, Venezuela, Chile and France. José
(El Gordito - a.k.a Pickles) Fuentes, was born and
raised in New York City's Washington Heights section.
He is best known for his role and popularity with
the Latin group Fulanito and the international hip-house
dance group 740 Boyz as "Pickles." After
several years of tours in Europe, recording sessions,
and local club performance with both groups, Pickles
decided to focus on his own unique style of reggae/rap/merengue.
"José Arsenio (El Maestro) Rosa, the
unsung hero and popular accordion player of the
group is considered to be a class-act music veteran
of his trade and one of the pioneer innovators of
"perico-ripiao. "Although not considered
to be an official member of the group, he has contributed
significantly to the group's international and domestic
success with hits "Guallando,""El
Cepillo,""Merencumbiaso" and "Cometela
Ripiao" as well as his major contribution to
their new album with titles such as "El Padrino
(de Tal),""Quién Es Fulanito,""El
Colín,""Ya Es Ajena" and "El
Seguro Paga (Choca Choca)." Winston (a.k.a
Big Win) Rosa, a talented engineer/producer whose
credits included working with diverse artists such
as Afrika Bambatta, Diamond D., Eric Kupper, Sting
International, Positive K., Shaggy, Tego Calderon
and Aventura. After working with the group Fulanito,
Winston Rosa started working with Jose Fuentes and
Arsenio De La Rosa on tracks together. After a series
of experiments, they came up with the idea to do
a NEW 740 Boyz album incorporating Merengue and
House Music. Later Pickles and Win created their
production company called Win Pix International.
As one of the key elements in the New 740 Boyz debut
album "2,740 Boyz & Beyond". Their
songs have charted the top spots of Billboard's
Tropical / Salsa and Hot Latin Tracks charts throughout
the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America.
Fulanito's first hit single "Guallando"
from their debut album release, "El Hombre
Mas Famoso De La Tierra," entered in Billboard's
Tropical/Salsa and Hot Latin Tracks charts simultaneously.
Their second hit single, "El Cepillo"
also accomplished the same achievements. Their third
hit single, "La Novela" also charted in
Billboard's Tropical/Salsa chart and was featured
in TV commercials such as jingles in Spanish for
Heineken Beer throughout the United States, Latin
America and Spain. Also, “Shimmy Shake”
and “Bump Bump” has charted heavily
in the European charts. Throughout 1996 the group
740 Boyz toured extensively, opening up markets
in countries that are not traditionally open to
tropical music such as France, Germany, Switzerland,
United Kingdom, Bolivia and El Salvador. The group
draws huge audiences in Colombia, Venezuela, Chile,
and the United States. One of the primary objectives
for these artists that make up 740 Boyz is to incorporate
the fusion of the tropical Caribbean rhythms with
a modern blend of house music and hip-hop. 740 Boyz
represents the voices of a generation that celebrates
it roots as it moves confidently “Back To
The Future”. Then was Fulanito now it's the
740 Boyz!....La historia continua!
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