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Post by demiurgos on Sept 26, 2012 10:01:48 GMT 8
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Post by demiurgos on Nov 5, 2012 21:40:11 GMT 8
An excerpt from my personal testimony of last Saturday's EARTH DECAY show in San Pablo City.
Kung "music" lang din [with Dr. Evil 'quotaion marks'] ang usapin -- dinurog na kagabi na parang abo sa pino ang eksenang Rakista't Palpista't mga delsionadong Bandista't mga kauri nilang mga gaya gaya puto maya!
Straight away, mas progresibo na agad yung music na napakinggan namin kagabi kesa sa mga "talentadong Pinoy" sa eksenang pasikatan at pasiklaban. Paramihan nang "Likes" lang naman ang habol eh, so pagalingan na lang mangopya nang imported. "Di na uso ang kupaw? Eh, di tara na't mag Hardcore, tara na't mag Metal!"
Ubos ang biyaya sa paglikha diyan sa mga katulad niyan -- but siyempre ang tunay na may independence din lang ang may tunay na music. Here are a few bands from last night that really stood out for me:
WEST tore it all up, ripped it all to shreds and ungracefully shook me from my cool evening reverie -- fresh lakeside air in my nostrils was replaced with the nostalgic stench of urban violence! Hanep yung emotional and instinctive response that you get from yourself when you are assaulted by music like this -- "Like I'm in my 20s and I'm angry..."
Lokal boys, CHILIDOGS was an outstanding example of raw and angry aggressive, fun wrapped in a bundle of awareness. There are some decadent and hedonistic ideals that rule over many so-called musicians and artists currently polluting the airwaves, the internet and rock clubs that solely believe in "music lang naman" or "all for fun". Chillidogs were fun, yes. But they didn't just have "just music" on their side.
GINSENG LUZON took archetypal modes and movements from the program list of aggressive familiarity and spun them around to create. CREATE! It is very rare that I go home from a show with a band's songs still reverberating in my skull. Can't say much more, I'm listening to their stuff right now, haha!
OF WOLVES AND SWINE made me play the guessing game throughout their whole set! Mostly due to their singer. He was just so undeniably THERE. Being both self-consciously sensitive and embroiled in rage at the same time -- like the calm and humble demeanor of reluctance conflicted by an empowering stance, screaming "This stage is MINE!"
In the middle of all the rockin' and rollin', the punkin' and corin' was an Audio Visual presentation that aimed to enforce notions of empowerment that many of us already unknowingly have. A bit too short for the amount of information it aimed to share but according to Chuck from Greenpeace, this was a highly condensed version of itself. No doubt shortened to its vital bits to instill the ideas quickly and easily and as a consideration to the rest of the night's schedule. Many good points that were brought up and I was hoping more would participate when the mic was opened for questions but to be completely fair, maraming mahiyain sa atin talaga!
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Ang saya kagabi grabe, kakainggit dahil yung ganyang klaseng kilusan, fueled by awareness, consciousness and a dedication to the future of a community. Yan ang gusto namin makamit din sa aming mumunting mga Metal Communities pero siyempre, mas nauuna ang "Opportunity" sa priorities nung nakararami kesa sa "Community".
Good thing we still have credible metal zines and forums of discussion, a few scattered shows and the indomitable will to say "NO" when everyone else says "YES".
Might seem impossible now but we're working on it. We're already running activities and projects that fly under the radar AND because we don't care about "popularity" or "profit", we're moving waaaay ahead of schedule. Our first goal has been met tenfold and soon, we'll all be hidden again in the shadows. DEATH TO FALSE MANGOES!
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