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ACID42
http://acid42.bluechronicles.net
ACID42 is Lionel Valdellon. He uses a
laptop with Reason to create everything from smooth
jazzy downtempo to mutant house. He is also owner of
QED Records and firmly believes in the idea and promotion
of free music on the web.
RELEASES:
[qd-4201] ACID42 feat.Cholo
Mallillin :
Home In You
[qd-4203] ACID42:
Holy Weak
[qd-4209] ACID42: Downtampuhan
[qd-4221] ACID42: The
Kids' Ballet Suite
[qd-4230] YU:MI + ACID42
: Kodomo
[qd-4236] ACID42:
Behold The Teacher
[qd-4235] ACID42:
Madlangkanta
[qd-4243] ACID42
Logue
[qd-4245] ACID42: Nykto
OST
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BLEEDINGBOY
| SOUNDTRACK
http://bleedingboy.multiply.com
Bleedingboy | Soundtrack is an architect
by profession. But during his spare time, he is still
building stuff. Musical stuff that is. He crafts tunes
that fit his monicker: wide expansive and most importantly,
emotive sountrack music that goes from ambient to downtempo
to downright sad.
RELEASES:
[qd-4247] BLEEDINGBOY |
SOUNDTRACK: Caches
of Sempiternal Ennui
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BRANK
http://brank.net/
Simply put, BRANK is a mystery. He says
little and offers no explanation. We're not even sure
where in the world he is based. All we know is this:
electrosynthpop never sounded this interesting before.
RELEASES:
[qd-4219] BRANK: your
path is a strange and difficult one (EP)
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BRIAN
CUA
Brian Cua is a producer and arranger
whose dayjob involves creating music for the advertising
world. His nightjob involves getting people to dance
to his brand of funky live electronica. He also collects
toys.
RELEASES:
[qd-4233] BRIAN
CUA :: Brain
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CHROMER
Chromer is a Filipino-Australian
whose classical training began at the age of 4 with
music theory and piano lessons. By 13 he was experimenting
with guitar and drums. By 17 he was composing music
on his computer, recording traditional instruments and
fusing them electronically. Chromer (real name: Oliver)
has been featured on the 2003 4zzz gizmo and [Section]Media
compilations. In 2005 two of Chromer's songs were selected
to feature in a documentary which was aired on ABC.
RELEASES:
[qd-4222] CHROMER::
Ikaw Maganda
[qd-4229] CHROMER:
Keep
It Street
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CJANE
CJANE is Amy Rosalyn (vocals, guitars,
some basslines, song production, lyrics and melodies),
Christian Sage aka Sick Man of Asia (production, mixing
and lyrics), and
Mikah Azurin (drums). CJane was once known as Calamity
Jane. Sadly, the group has been inactive since 2001,
though Rosalyn continues to write songs. Future collaborations
are underway.
RELEASES:
[qd-4208] CJANE: Calamity
+ Alacrity
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CLONE
http://reclone.tripod.com
CLONE is Karlo Samson and Lionel Valdellon
plus a slew of vocalists, most recently acid jazz aficionado
Ria Mariano. Clone is a collective of musicians who
have been fusing hip hop, IDM, sampladelia, house and
acid jazz into a potent brew of dance and downtempo
music since 1997.
RELEASES:
[qd-4200] CLONE:
Demonstrandum
[qd-4202] CLONE:
Answer The Plunderphone
[qd-4226] CLONE:
Live At Crateri
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COCOLULU
http://cocolulumusic.wordpress.com
Cocolulu is Mark Redito. First a guitarist,
then a drummer, then a punk, and now, DIY shoegazing
synthpop producer and vocalist, taking inspiration from
80s luminaries like New Order and Information Society.
Beware the attack of the unforgettable riffs.
RELEASES:
[qd-4244] COCOLULU: 8-Bit
Love
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DAVID
CHEN
David Chen is a performing musician who
recently shifted his attention to creating original
and inspired electronic tracks. His style is wide and
varied, often encompassing several genres of music from
all over. David believes that music is a beautiful form
of expression, and through his tracks, he hopes to be
able to share and communicate this with everyone.
RELEASES:
[qd-4218] DAVID CHEN: Down
WIth The New
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DEMOLEE
Demolee is Manila-based producer Franco Madrid, who
composes downtempo, broken beat and chillout songs that
capture his sense of drama and melancholy. He also produces
music for the trip hop vocal duo Flavours and Caffeine.
Music has led him down a path of no return.
RELEASES:
[qd-4246] DEMOLEE:
A World in Slow Motion
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ELECTRONICAMANILA
ElectronicaManila is a collective of active musicians
and producers of Philippine descent, who were brought
together by a mailing list of the same name in 2001,
and have since gone on to produce shows, albums, projects
and this compilation.
RELEASES:
[qd-4249] VARIOUS ARTISTS:
Basics: the ElectronicaManila
General MIDI Project
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EMOREJ
http://grumblingman.tripod.com
EMOREJ is a businessman by day who still considers
making music a hobby. He started making music in 2001
using a program called ACID PRO and entering remix contests.
Today, he still can't play any instrument in the traditional
sense, opting to make songs using samples, virtual instruments,
and his computer.
RELEASES:
[qd-4205] EMOREJ: general
electronica
[qd-4223]
EMOREJ : Potpourri
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E-TRINITY
feat. SHEERIN CASTILLO
E-TRINITY is Elson Trinidad, a solo electronic
musician based in Los Angeles, who once rocked venues
with his unique brand of jumpy house, 2-step and garage
which fused Filipino ethnic instruments with drum machines.
___ SHEERIN CASTILLO was the first vocalist of Clone.
___ Sadly, Trinidad has since given up electronica and
returned to playing r&b and funk in a live band,
while Castillo has likewise given up singing for electronica,
and is now actively singing for a Christian music ministry.
RELEASES:
[qd-4213] e:TRINITY feat.
Sheerin Castillo: Awit
Ng Lumayo / Buwan
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EVO
EVOLVER
Mike Madriaga founded the band called
Project Spurious, where, he provides the grinding industrial
beats. But his solo project, EVO EVOLVER, does everything
from generic electronica, and breakbeat, to drum &
bass, Trip-hop and IDM.
RELEASES:
[qd-4241] EVO EVOLVER:
Evolve
Or Die
[qd-4248]: EVO
EVOLVER: Neon
City
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FIRST
DEGREE
FIRST DEGREE are Tris Suguitan, Alvin
Baes and Shadrach Barinaga. They have been around since
1997, performing their brand of industrial machine rock,
wielding guitars, keyboards, and fiery rap-rock vocals
long before it became in vogue. After releasing an album
under a major record label however, the group sunk into
relative silence. Until now.
RELEASES:
[qd-4210] FIRST DEGREE:
Happy Reality
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FOODSHELTERANDCLOTHING
http://www.geocities.com/fscbrigade/
FSandC, a group from Bacolod City, still
believe that, whatever their music may be called, it
is all still founded on rock and pop. They've been dabbling
with electronic dance music (using primitive technology)
as far back as 1994-- a unique addition to the local
rock scene.
RELEASES:
[qd-4240] FOODSHELTER&CLOTHING::
Fecal Freak
[qd-4242] FOODSHELTER&CLOTHING:
otherpeoplessongs
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THE
FOREIGN AGENTS
http://www.foreignagents.net
The Foreign Agents is a collective sharing
a sonic vision of deep dubbed-out downtempo, broken
beats, jazz, and a twist of soul. Founder and New York-based
producer De Rigueur (Mike Reger) collaborates on these
recordings with Washington DC-based vocalist mcTHC (Cecille
Chen).
RELEASES:
[qd-4215] THE FOREIGN AGENTS
: Glimpse + Forever
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MAKKINA
http://www.mekanismo.tk
MAKKINA started making electronic music
in 2000. He used to make tracks in the office during
breaktime as a hobby. He was soon deeply involved in
making music when he joined Electronica Manila, realizing
that he was not alone. He fell in love with drum n'
bass and triphop. He's a graphic artist by day, and
an electronic music geek by night.
RELEASES:
[qd-4214] MAKKINA
: Blissful
[qd-4224] CARDINAL ZEN:
Floppy
Pillows
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MIC FREAK
During the day, MIC FREAK is a grade school
music teacher ( now based in Arizona, USA). He is a
survivor of coversong hell, having been keyboardist
for bands that played non-original material and giving
in to every crowd request. Today he fuels his music
with the heavy riffs of his dreams and nightmares.
RELEASES:
[qd-4206] MIC FREAK:
First-Timer
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MOON FEAR MOON
MOON FEAR MOON is one man, John Sobrepeña,
armed with a laptop running Reason software, and a mouse.
Sometimes he foregoes the mouse and uses only the damn
mouse pointer on the laptop. But, ah, the music he makes:
lush expansive IDM with an organic relevance.
RELEASES:
[qd-4216] MOON FEAR
MOON : farsight
[qd-4227] MOON FEAR MOON:
i anarchist
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MORSE
http://www.morse.com
MORSE is Ian Magbanua and AJ Dimarucot.
Heavily influenced by the hauntings of new wave, old
school hiphop, breaks, and drum 'n' bass, the duo produce
tracks that are crunchy and crusty, but always with
a dose of drama, and a heavy serving of phat beats.
RELEASES:
[qd-4211] MORSE : monday,
11:59
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NAMES
ARE FOR TOMBSTONES
http://nameless.ph
NAMES ARE FOR TOMBSTONES is is a solo
music project started in the mid-90's but only fleshed
out by 2000 when, armed with just a notebook PC, guitar,
fx pedal, a computer mic, and software, the artist once
known as Nono began putting bits and pieces together
to make his own brand of moody, dark gothtronica.
RELEASES:
[qd-4238] NAMES ARE FOR
TOMBSTONES: Swans
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NEON8
http://neon8.multiply.com
NEON8 is Abdul Aziz Abubakar, a.k.a. Madz.
Progressive house is his game, and smooth grooves is
par for the course.
RELEASES:
[qd-4231] NEON8: Breakfast
Loops
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PAPER
SCRATCHER
PAPER SCRATCHER is Jonathan Roy Galve,
an independent Philippine electronica musician creating
alien soundscapes on his home computer. He counts among
his influences Eat Static, Telefon Tel Aviv, Squarepusher,
Roni Size, Pink Floyd, and world music.
RELEASES:
[qd-4204] PAPER SCRATCHER:
As Time
Goes Back
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PARTIKL
PARTIKL is a mad scientist of sound and
software. Half-genius, half-bum, he stays up all night
and sleeps all day with funky little microtonal motifs
swimming in his consciousness. He is also one-half of
the Philippines' pioneering live electronic act RUBBER
INC.
RELEASES:
[qd-4212] PARTIKL :
Don't
Make Me Cream Anymore
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PORTA
Take a guitarist/vocalist called Raymund
"Rann" Golamco, and a sample manipulator named
Emorej, and you have a virtual duo who has resuscitated
a bunch of 4-track cassette recordings and turned them
into vibrant rock/electronica gems.
RELEASES:
[qd-4217] PORTA
: Porta
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SCORPHIUS
According to his self-written bio, SCORPHIUS
currently works as a professional freelance mascot by
day and "magbabalot" by night (a street vendor
selling eggs). He also plays banduria (a Philippine
mandolin) for NCB (Non-Conformist Bastards), a brutal
chacha metal band. Take this all with a grain of salt.
RELEASES:
[qd-4207] SCORPHIUS:
Progression
Is The Motion
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SILVERFILTER
Silverfilter is otherwise known as Cyril
Sorongon, a dancefloor-oriented producer who fuses DJ
excitement with live instruments and samplers in his
live sets. On the side, he is also lead singer for indie
rock band LOVECORE.
RELEASES:
[qd-4232] SILVERFILTER:
The Lab
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SPiNTECH
SPiNTECH is Mick Barroga whose passion
for DJing, Remixing and Producing is something he does
for the love of music itself. SPiNTECH's history started
as early as the 80's when he embraced a multitude of
dance genres. Today, he thrives in the underground dance
scene.
RELEASES:
[qd-4237] SPiNTECH:
Sonnets To The Past
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SWITCHBOARD
OF SOULS
http://www.switchboardofsouls.com
Switchboard Of Souls is the brainchild
of Christopher Quintos, a Fresno CA- based electronic
musician who stirs darkwave and industrial music into
a frothy mix of 80s new wave and gothic synthesizertunes.
RELEASES:
[qd-4220] SWITCHBOARD OF
SOULS: eko-lo-kashen
[qd-4225] SWITCHBOARD OF
SOULS: Dead
Of Night
[qd-4228] SWITCHBOARD OF
SOULS: Shaken
Dreams
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WOLFMANN
http://www.wolfmann.net
Wolfmann is Wilfrid Hernandez (1977-2005)
whose musical legacy of funky breaks and live instrumentation
has become an inspiration for electronic music-makers
in the Philippines.
RELEASES:
[qd-4239] WOLFMANN:
Live
At Paradiso 2003
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YU:MI
Descending from both Japanese and Philippine
ancestry, Yu:Mi Calderon has taken the leap into electronic
music from a lifelong love of classical and pop. Out
of boredom. On the side, she heads a local fashion magazine's
advertising arm.
RELEASES:
[qd-4230] YU:MI + ACID42
: Kodomo
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