THE MAGAZINE FOR INDEPENDENT MUSIC AND MOVEMENT ISSUE NO. 33 ARTISTS 5 THE EARLY EARS, 5 RE:CON, 9 MANILA COUPE D'ETAT, 13 KILLERWEIL, 15 SPOTLIGHT 7 PARAMITA REUNION GIG Photos by Patrick Briones 16 DJ SCENE 24 BAND SCENE 26 GUITARRA & BAJO TUBE MUSIC EVENT PRODUCTION 31 FEATURED MV 33 THE TEAM 4 WRITERS AHMAD TANJI AIMAX MACOY ALFIE VERA MELLA ANNE NICOLE E. LOPEZ ANDREW G. CONTRERAS BENEDICT YABUT BOMBEE DUERME CALVIN MIRALLES CHRISTIANA CARLO YBANEZ JUNE MONGAYA CHOLO ISUNGGA DEXTER KEN AQUINO RIA BAUTISTA DON REX EDITOR-IN-CHIEF EDELYNNE MAE ESCARTIN ERVIN R. SALVADOR ESHA BONSOL FROI BATTUING HERB CABRAL HUGINN MUNINN CLARENCE ANTHONY INIGO MORTEL FOUNDER & CEO ISABELLE ROMUALDEZ JAN TERENCE TOLENTINO JANNA LEON JICA LAPENA JOHN BLUES JOHN LEE ARVIN KADIBOY BELARMINO JOHN MATTHEW ACOSTA FILM EDITOR JULIAN SOBREMONTE KHEN CALMA KAMAL MAHTANI JAN TERENCE TOLENTINO KAT CASTRO MUSIC EDITOR KARL KLIATCHKO LYNN JAIRUS MONTILLA MARK ANGELO NOCUM MARK VERZO M. B. SALVANO MIKE TWAIN MIGZ AYUYAO PATRICK BRIONES NIKOS KAZIRES CONTENT WRITER/PHOTOGRAPHER PATRICK BRIONES PEN ISLA ROBERT BESANA FRANCISCO AYUYAO SARAH BUNNY DOMINGUEZ GAMING EDITOR SHIENA CORDERO TERRENCE LYLE TULIO VINA THERESE ARRIESGADO WESLEY VITAN WINA PUANGCO YOGI PAJARILLO PHOTOGRAPHERS CHRIS QUINTANA KIMMY BAROAIDAN RED RIVERA PATRICK BRIONES MAY CEDILLA-VILLACORTA DAWN MONTOYA CONTRIBUTING EDITOR (DJ) GRAPHIC DESIGNER PRESS RELEASE 5 THE EARLY EARS LUMANG PAG-IBIG EP Focus Track: LLDR Release Date: Nov 8, 2019 SGT Platforms: Spotify, Apple Music and iTunes 6 “BAGONG HIMIG, LUMANG PAG-IBIG” The Early Ears is a rock-and-roll band from Quezon City. Formed in 2018 by Ray Maravilla on vocals and guitar, guitarists Angelo Zipagan and Prince Bautista, Angelo Narag on bass and Chi Zipagan on drums. Combining good old rock-and-roll, surf music with a songwriting resonant of Kundiman, the quintet made their debut EP, “Lumang Pag-ibig.” Melancholic with a subtle hint of despair. A collection of odes to love and devotion, of hearts lost in time and overwhelming distance. Lumang Pag-ibig is a tragic but nostalgic compilation of songs that will surely take you back wherever and hit you right where it should. "Lumang Pag-ibig" is now available on Spotify, Apple Music and iTunes. The band is hosting a show at Route 196 on November 16 2019 with Johnoy Danao, Shirebound and Busking, Banna Harbera, Hope County, Off to Neverland and Pinkmen. To quote their catch phrase, sEE you there! SPOTLIGHT 137 PARAMITA NE NIGHT during a drinking session in Alamat BF, Jun Sabayton, Brian Mendoza and Marco de Leon were talking about future events for the venue. In their conversations, One topic Jun strongly talked about was the child cancer rate in Bataan rose exponentially due to the emerging factories in the area. He also talked about the foundation he was part of and how he could help theses kids. Marco, who is an environmental advocate felt strongly that we should do something.... anything. In which Brian responded with the suggestion of doing a benefit gig for these kids and hold it in Alamat BF. The idea was sound and everybody loved it. Earlier that eveing Jun was expressing how he missed Marco's band Paramita and that he would love to see us perform even for just one night...thus the dots were connected and plans were put into place. Marco conveyed the message to Ria Bautista (drummer singer) and Alsey Cortez (bassist), in which both members responded with a fervent yes. So after 5 or 6 years... Paramita played for 1 night only at Alamat BF Paranaque last Oct 19 for the benefit of Limay, Bataan. PHOTO BY PATRICK BRIONES ARTIST 9 RE:CON The band’s formation began early February of 2019 within the heart of the city of Cabuyao in Laguna. Followed by an impromptu live jam session for a friend’s party between its first three members; Paeng on guitars, Tabo also on guitars and Kawal on drums. Paeng met Kawal on a previous jam session while Tabo was a long time guitar budy. Playing mostly extended versions of Juan de la Cruz’ songs which happen to be their only common ground just to fill in the night, little did they know they are paying tribute to the father of rock and roll in the Philippines as the next day will be Pepe Smith’s goodbye. It was that jam though, that sparked the birth of a new rock and roll for the boys of Re:Con. They decided to form a band just a week after; with Onin who had been with Tabo and another band with Kawal taking the role as their bassist. They manage to finish an original song in a 2 hour jam session at a rehearsal studio, it was High95. Their common friend Ding was filling in for the vocals at the time. The band was on a hunt for the perfect vocalist when they found Cohn; the missing piece of the puzzle. Cohn was a known vocalist to musicians within Cabuyao and also happens to be a relative of their guitarist Tabo. With the pieces fitted perfectly together, they originally called themselves “Con” before they finally established the name Re:Con. With individual influences ranging from roots of rock, grunge, blues, jazz, funk, fusion to metal, emo, hardcore, extending to the more moderns styles of music such as math rock and djent the band wrote several other songs within a short period of time such as Resistance, Open Fire, Slice and Salsa (with the exclusion of a few other songs which the band haven’t played live). The song writing process happens in a very collaborative way; where everyone has their own inputs in every song while keeping it all in order. The band is currently under an experimental stage where they are still exploring different musical possibilities; hence, labelling their music as “experimental rock music”. The band was able to reach the eliminations round of Red Beer Muziklaban 2019 and was recently featured in Rakista Live. Their basic attitude is “Wear your own colours” GEARS Cohn (Vocals) -Naaaaah. Any usable microphone Paeng (Guitar) -ashton australia telecaster guitar With wilkinsons lipstick coil and single coil pick up, the pedal effects that i use is a daphon wah pedal, ec autowah, golden horse mosky overdrive, biyang delay pedal, cuvave distortion and a chromatic tuner pedal Tabo (Guitar) - Fender strat 1962 reissue>Boss TU3>Morley Wah>ibanez tube screamer>wampler tumnua deluxe>zvex box of rock>tc electronic flashback2>zoom ms 70 cdr>Joyo american sound. Kawal (Percussion) --Vicfirth 7A sticks, MeinL Classic Custom 20" Ride, MeinL Classic Custom 16" Crash, Meinl Classic Custom 14" HiHat, Meinl Classic Custom 16" China, Tama Speed Cobra Twin Pedal, Alesis Crimson 2 electronic drum kit, aquarius drumheads Onin (Bass) -SX Jazz Bass Vintage series Special thanks to: Mark Ervin Quito Eric John Moreno and Joan Prestoza for the photos ARTIST 13 [ We are Manila Coup D’etat ] Manila Coup D’etat, also known as MCD is a group of individuals from Navotas City, established last October 20, 2018. Consisting of Vocalist, Ron D. Lion a Rapper and Lyricist, Jimrose Mercado a Jazz and Blues Guitarist, Justin Cruz a Deathcore Bassist, Jieboy Nazario a Reggae Percussionist and Ejay Gomez a Metalcore Drummer. Together, they are creating and experimenting unique and original sounds of mixed genres in their original songs, with smooth rapping and strong growls, funky and solid riffs, heavy bass lines, groovy percussions and up beat drum plays. Their songs are about real life experiences and issues around the society such as drugs, sex, alcohol, gamble, love, politics, corruption, religion, hopes and new beginnings. MCD came together to share the same passion and to achieve the same objectives thru music. Nu Metal Never Die! ARTIST 15 There's a new predator in the local music scene in the form of the five-piece metal act KILLERWEIL! Composed of frontman Weil Ylagan, Chislon Bolanos and Jeriel Fautagana on guitars, Cyro Albino on bass, and Regin Nolasco on drums, their music carries the same intensity that Orcas or killer whales possess to dominate their prey. The band recently released its sophomore single called "Kalasag" which serves as the band's campaign against bullying. Right now, Killerweil is busy creating more gut wrenching original hybrid creations, blasting their prominent presence at gigs, and rounding up live guestings. You can now stream "KALASAG" by Killerweil in different platforms (Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer) and you can see its official lyric video below! DJ SCENE 16 Torrid Manila 30 August Cinko The last Friday of August turned out to be a hot and happy night at Cinko. The club went all out and got wet-- and wild! -- when the guest enjoyed battling the heat with water guns, foam parties, body paint sessions, and shots, shots, shots galore while Kitty G, DJ Marvin, Hanj Mallen and Ace Ancheta brought the music. 17 Alter Ego 05 September Xylo Sometimes you just have to beat the weekends when you need to relax early, and on the first Thursday of September, the people at Xylo dropped the stress and let it all out to the pop, hip-hop, and EDM tunes mixed by DJ Jinx, David Ardiente, Adrian Cob, and Ron Madel Photos: Lars Plata IG: @larsplata | facebook.com/larsvisuals 18 Maddhouse Friday 06 September Black Brick Club Lounge Fridays are fun days at the Black Brick Club Lounge, where people enjoyed good booze, good eats, and good company while listening to good beats by Gino Sobrevinas, Yhana Decena, and David Haw, with MC Reg Havok keeping the groove steady.