BarangayAmerika - Music

Free Download: Nokia E62 Mobile Pack 1

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 15:20:07 -0800

In celebration of the New Year and a recent phone upgrade, I'm posting 35 photos from the archive formatted for the E62's 320x240 screen. I'm also releasing 2 new ringtones I created in mp3 format. »click here

-kyo-

Paalam Sampaguita

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 18:25:39 -0800

Siyempre alam ng mga kabarkada ko noong college na paborito ko ang Eraserheads. Incidentally, isa sa mga kanta nila dati "Tindahan
ni Aling Nena" ay tungkol sa isang binata na napa-ibig sa isang dalagang lalakad ng Canada sa loob ng tatlong araw.

Noon namang high school, no doubt "The Dawn" ang paborito namin. Sobrang kaunti pa lang kasi ng mga banda noon di tulad ngayon. A few years later, siguro nasa college na rin kami, ni-release nila ang "Talaga Naman".

Isa ata sa mga pinaka-madalas na tema sa musika ng mga Pinoy ang pakikipag-sapalaran sa ibang bansa. Hindi nakakapagtaka na may sinulat rin ang Yano sa topic na ito. Coincidentally, wala na ata ako sa Pilipinas nang lumabas ang pangalawang album nila "Tara" so hindi ko alam kung sumikat ito (upbeat ang rhythm pero malungkot ang istorya) ...

Paalam Sampaguita
Yano

Chorus:

Two in One: Kamusta na Ayos Pa ba?

Sun, 08 Oct 2006 20:46:14 -0700

Natatawa ako kahapon at napakinggan ko ang isa sa mga paborito naming album noon sa college, ang debut album ng Yano. Hindi lang yun, Two albums in one pa at ni-redesign ng batikang si Arnold Arre ang cover. Napabili na rin tuloy ako ng Color it Red (Fool's Circle + Hand Painted Sky) atsaka FrancisM's (FreeMan + FreeMan 2). Ni-rip ko na rin agad sa iTunes Apple Lossless Format.

Solb na solb. Mabuhay ang Iskolar ng Bayan.

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KAMUSTA NA
written by Dong Abay and Eric Gancio

Kumusta na, ayos pa ba
Ang buhay natin, kaya pa ba
Eh kung hinde, paano na
Ewan mo ba, bahala na?

Napanood kita sa tibi, sumama ka sa rali
Kasama ang mga madre, pinigilan mga tangke
Umiiyak ka pa sa harap ng mga sundalo
Namigay ka pa ng rosas na nabili mo sa kanto.

Repeat Chorus

Dala-dala mo pa, estatwa ni Sto. Nino
Eskapularyo't Bibliya, sangkatutak na rosaryo
At sa gitna ng EDSA, lumuhod ka't nagdasal pa

I'm Always Drunk in San Francisco

Sun, 16 Jul 2006 20:54:28 -0700

Currently listening to "Jazz Vocalists: Hear & Now" (Concord Jazz, 2006) and there's this cute track by Tommy Wolf sung by Kitty Margolis "I'm Always Drunk in San Francisco". What can I say? I think you're going to agree. Here's the full lyrics:

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I'm always drunk in San Francisco;
I always stay out of my mind.
But if you've been to San Francisco,
they say that things like this go on all the time.

It never happens nowhere else,
maybe it's the air;
Can't really seem to help myself;
And, what's more, I don't care.

I'm always drunk in San Francisco;
I'm never feeling any pain.
But tell me, why does San Francisco,
just like a lover's kiss, go straight to my brain?

I guess it's just the mood I'm in
that acts like al - co - hol;
Because I'm drunk in San Francisco,
and I don't drink at all.
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It's a nice album by the way, featuring Ray Charles, Michael Buble, Diana Krall, Norah Jones, Linda Ronstadt, Madeleine Peyroux among many other great vocalists.

Trip To You

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:08:39 -0700

Here's my latest track "Trip To You" (128kb mp3 format). As always, send comments. Thanks!

This track is also available for listening here.

New Track: Chilled Fridays

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 23:43:09 -0700

Made this chilled-out track today: Chilled Fridays (mp3, 8mb).

comments/critiques are welcome...

enjoy!

-kyo-

New Track: Irrational Blurcase

Sat, 15 Apr 2006 08:06:02 -0700

Download the mp3 now!

The First Electronica Manila Online Album

Wed, 29 Mar 2006 21:58:25 -0800

Entitled "One", the first Electronica Manila online album is released by Astig Records. Check out all the Filipino-made electronic music here. My song "Kem-Bot" is featured using the artist name Sinistral Monk. Enjoy!

Mystified

Mon, 26 Dec 2005 16:50:33 -0800

Here's a couple of mp3 tracks available for free download only in Barangay Amerika.

My latest track is called "Mystified". Warning: Turn down your volume first. Then turn it up gradually. It might blow your speakers.

My other track is "Kem-Bot". In case you do not understand the robotoid vocalist, the lyrics goes like this:

Baywang ikot
Baywang ikot
Baywang ikot
Pakembot-kembot

Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Enjoy!

These tracks are also available for listening here.

Electronica worth listening to

Wed, 21 Dec 2005 09:44:42 -0800

Check out "trust" by Filipino electronica artist g.no from Tampa, FL. The killer stutter effects (ala BT) is pretty cool! I wanna learn how to do that.

Everything Is Under Control (Coup D'etat Mix)

Tue, 06 Dec 2005 20:34:37 -0800

Ableton is currently hosting a remix contest featuring Coldcut's "Everything Is Under Control". I downloaded the files here and loaded it in Ableton Live 5.

Here's the result: "Everything Is Under Control [Coup D'etat Mix]". 6.6mb MP3 format.

Rock on!

-kyo-

Cling, Clang, Psssstwssprrrt, Toing, Fwrrrp!

Tue, 06 Dec 2005 12:25:27 -0800

I'm venturing in electronica music composition. Got some "raw" tracks in www.soundclick.com/sinistralmonk. Feedback greatly appreciated. Vote in soundclick if the tracks are "hot" or "flop". Please vote "hot", hehe... Thanks!

my current favorite song

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 16:55:31 -0800

listening to arizona energy fm station lately. they play dance music. heard this song called "it's all vain" by magnolia... dunno if i can post a link to a video here, but here it goes...

http://www.MusicVideoCodes.com/?song=3238

07-09-2006
UPDATE: Above link does not work anymore, but I found the video in youtube.com:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEjrMhHD-FU&search=Vain

enjoy!

New Track: Beach House

Mon, 14 Nov 2005 00:11:44 -0800

New house track "Beach House" in MP3 format (4.4mb).

MTV Overdrive

Mon, 07 Nov 2005 19:56:23 -0800

MTV has a cool new site (OK, I only freakin realized this was out since April today but to me it is still NEW) called MTV Overdrive. Windows Media Center users should find it under Online Spotlight. Although it requires a broadband connection and the latest Macromedia Flash plugin, the user interface is pretty intuitive and works nicely inside the Media Center environment. The web version (see link above) looks a little different. Here's a screenshot:

They got a pretty big library of music videos up online and I actually found several from New Order (one of my faves as you can see). They even got one of Gillian Gilbert and Stephen Morris's pet project a.k.a. "The Other Two" as well as Bernard Sumner's Electronic: