Original Pilipino Techno Music

Yes, we do have OPM bands who jive into this kind of music. Techno means electronic dance music but I talk about not the mainstream. At first you may think what may they really sound like but worry no more because they’ve been flourishing underground. Think Pedicab. They sound like so alternative to me when I heard them rockin’ the radio waves and even more when they’re performing live. I have list wherein I begin to experience their tunes more and for sure you are about to want them more. Were planning to see some of them this coming February (hopefully, not to get confused with our sched) and experience OPTM more.

Turbo Goth

Sure they do it electronically in rock! Turbo Goth is only occupied by Sonic Experimentalist, Paolo Peralta (on guitars, drum beats, and electronic sampler) and Tattoo Artist/Freelance Illustrator/Model, Sarah Gaugler (on lead vocals). They’ve been in the scene since 2008. Recently, I watched a video from them which they cover “Army of me” by Bjork at Eat Your beets event held at B-side. They’re tunes influenced by Radiohead, Daft Punk, Bjork and Muse will make you guess how they perform in front of you. Watch Paolo as he slam along the stage and feel his passion together with Sarah. Digest it.

http://on.fb.me/gODuEU

Taken by Cars

I can’t even believe that they’re true blooded Filipino when I heard them. You might just go and sing with their compositions and I thank their producers for having courageous spot in their hearts to make them in the spot. Thank you. Taken by Cars composed of Sarah Marco (Vocals), Bryce Zialcita (Guitars), Isa Garcia (Bass/Synths/Vocals), Siopao Chua (Guitars/Synths/Vocals) and Bryan Kong (Drums/Synths/Sampler) beautifully creates sounds with infectiously – dance friendly and crafted as a new brand of indie rock.

http://bit.ly/wnXZyL

Techy Romantics

Now this band got a touch of perfect electronic and melancholy fusion. Sweetness as is, the way I like them more. I remembered a tune from Everything but the girl creation. That was quite some time. Turns back time at a glance. Thanks guys. You make the world turn around with ease. Felt by gasping a breath and literally say “I’m loved and I’m really thankful!”

http://bit.ly/zNcosV

Drip

Yeah, they do it always in hardcore, almost. I even love to play their first album “Identity Theft” which was released in 2008 and now 2012, the tunes still lingers in my ears. Beng Calma’s voice is such a girl power plus the genius works of Malek Lopez and Ian Magbanua a.k.a. Morse who’s behind the lappy doing beats and programming. Completing the groups groove is the turntablist Caliph8. They’ve been in the scene since 2002. I guess words can’t really express how much gratitude I feel whenever I hear them. Certainly there’s something’s more. How about you? Digs.

http://on.fb.me/vZYZQo

Vince Noir Project

Now this is really something new but unfavorably I disagree the fact that this group is disbanded according to my ever reliable source. Allessandra who’s in vocals have a really sexy voice that snags you even me. Well thanks for including color in the world of Pilipino Music. They describe their tunes like one helluva psychedelic/electro/indie rock.

http://bit.ly/Akjv9q

I hope that we continue to endorse our local talents as well as diggin’ underground. If you want to get a life then this is a perfect start or if it’s not then how do you deal with it? Long live the OPTM! 

Sucker Punch New Year Welcomes Me

Three days before welcoming 2012 states in the local news that my birth year’s gonna have a blast this 2012. I’m sticking to it hopefully, LOLS. Everything happens for a reason and because it’s complicated I don’t bother asking why. All work and no play make Karen a dull girl. I treat myself the first year’s day with watching good ol’ movies showed last year.

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Sucker Punch intrigued me. It is like Martin Scorcece’s Shutter Island who starred Leonardo DiCaprio the difference is they are all girls inside the mental institution. Babydoll played by Emily Browning is about to be institutionalized by her stepfather at the Lennox House for the Mentally Insane.

After her mother and sister’s death, she was the one to be blamed according to her stepfather because of insanity. As she was introduced to her new ‘home’, the scene was about Babydoll getting lobotomized. As me wondering why, the institution changed into a mobster where the girls are treated as high class dancers and you know what I mean. As she dances, she imagines the other world and prepares to escape as well as her four other friends. There she met the Wise Man. He told the girls to get five things in order for them to escape whom where they are now. Assumingly, they are all persistent to get it but unfortunately three of her friends were killed naming Amber (Jamie Chung), Blondie (Vanessa Hudgens), Rocket (Jena Malone). Desperate to escape, Babydoll instructed Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish) to manage herself to go as she mesmerize the guys roaming at parking lot. The scene got backed when Babydoll is about to lobotomized and it was a success. She is now dull and looked like her name, Babydoll.

Babydoll, Blondie, Sweet Pea, Amber and Rocket

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Movies like these are giving the audience what is like to be in there. After all, the viewer will pick its own idea beyond his wide array of musings and imagination. I say that the movie was quite poorly written but went plus on its visuals and the soundtrack, overall, I liked it.

Rock The Riles

by: Beau Cimafranca

For beginners, Rock the Riles is an annual event held on the first sunday of december, or the sunday before the day of The Inthernational Human Rights Day. The event is hosted by Rock Ed Philippines which is a non-government org that aims to provide assistance to the masses thru alternative education, and Rock the Riles is one of those stuff.

This event started 7 years ago. i actually heard about it last 2009 but never had a time for it, or i guess it was sheer lazyness, but i did promise to myself that i'll attend the annual event specially when I learned about the performers. The event is scattered in 8 stations of MRT. There are different set of performers for each stations with different theme. I can foretell that i will not be able to cover the event in all station so i'll settle with one. A lot of my favorite bands and performers a scatrred all over the 8 stations, Stonefree and Soapdish are in Taft; Hilera, Turbo Goth and Camerawalls are in Cubao; Paolo Santos, Silent Sanctuary and Duster are in Shaw; Radioactive Sago Project and UpDharmaDown are in Ayala; and Mayonaise is in North Ave. After a thorough deliberation while digesting a hefty serving of pancit cant on friend chicken, i've decided to be in Ayala station. i love the other bands but i just cant resist Armi Millare.

 

Armi Millare

 Lourd de Veyra

I was having lunch then in Escolta (imagine the points of Ayala and Escolta),i have to dive into the traffic of the metro just to get to Ayala. i finally arrived, i missed one band but sure i can let go of that. Aside from Updhamadown and Radio Active, a lot of underground bands are on the line up;  Encounters With A Yeti, Musical O, Sleepwalk Circus, Hidden Nikki, The Charmes, Not Another Boy Band, Dr.Strangeluv, and Acasha. If ur familar to the undergroud scene, you'll notice that all the bands in Ayala are part of Terno Records. from time to time they do this Terno Nights, usually in Saguijo where all of bands from Terno plays.

There are 2 student dj from monster radio who does the talking while upcoming bands sets up their instrument. by the time that i arrived, there was this chinese looking girl prepping up for the national anthem, the national anthem will be sang by 3pm in all stations and this chinese looking girl did  the anthem. She actually dont speak tagalog so the effort is big time. Musical O did they're part after the national anthem, great music. Encounters with a Yetti came next who did intrumentals. Not Another Boyband is a cracker, they came up as duo, the frontman's excuse is that they dont have permanent member, as for the instrument, the other guy is on lead guitar and the frontman plugged an ipod on the amp and everything is a cracked up history which i think is great. hidden Nikking came up and did their part and so as The Charmes which reminds me of some Franz Ferdinand. Sleepwalk Circus is one of the anitipated band, one thing that i liked from their set is that they did a bjork's unison sample on the last part of the third song, i dont know if other noticed it. up dharma down is up, just the prsence of Armi alone is enough for the crowd to noise up, they played all of faorite stuff from them including the new track entitled "indak". And ofcourse for the closing act is non other than Radio Active Sago Project who consistently played on the event since it started 7 years ago, they've played new songs and some classic such as "wasak"; it was "kape,alak,sugal,babae" that supposed to close their set but the crowed cheered for more, they did Astro where Lourd inserted a lot hot impromptus from the unresolved Maguindanao killings to the recent Kc/Piolo break up that brought the crowd to hysterical bliss.

One funny thing after the event. i inserted my mrt card and then the machine says "rejected, proceed to the ticketing booth", i tred another machine and it said tha same thing. i went to the ticketing booth and the teller said the ticket was expired already and asked me to pay P15, i was a bit nudge to rant but i was to tired  so i just hand her some change took may card and went off. afterall, Rock the Riles for P15 is a very small thing.