On March 31, the Concerned Artist of The Philippines will host an event at Ten 02 Bar & Resto for the 43 health workers at Morong, Bataan that was illegally arrested, handcuffed and blindfolded by 300 armed battalion of the armed forces of the Philippines and were held in isolation for days.
Please do support this benefit gig open your hearts, minds and ears and be aware of the human rights violations that the Philippine Government's been doing.
Music Speaks is a duo made up of Marika of Trash Radio Manila and columnist Erwin Romulo of The Philippine Star's The Outsider. Marika told me about this venture a week before i left for Ho Chi Minh City. And she told me about its aim and i was glad she and Erwin did this sort of stuff pushing the boundaries of what music really is. Music is Universal, Music is the ultimate language.
I for one am kinda envious about Marika's foray into event productions because Bisikleta Productions is kinda limited to a certain music genre and it caters to a certain type of subculture and at the back of my mind i always thought that it would be a lot better if i introduced some music that's worth hearing, much like Brave New World did. back in the day besides showcasing punk bands they also line up Ethnic Faces which back in the day was different.
But i did some things that i would not normally do like putting AMPON on the bill alongside a hardcore band and let the close narrow minded people that had attended some Bisikleta gigs react and laugh at their stupid comments. For me I have several music genre that i really love besides Ska and Punk. ( I like afrobeat, funk, latin, brazilian, folk, trueschool hiphop, jazz, psychedelic and the list goes on and on) and that i would like to let other people know that there's more to punk and ska music (which by the way if you dissect it got some borrowed grooves from black America and Jamaica) and if you take a real close look at it all the music that you listen to are related to each other in any which way, shape, size or form.
Its about time MUSIC SPEAKS does this sort of thing much like Trash Radio Manila does. it challenges your ear and your mind to open up and let your booty flow.
This March 20, 2010 at 8 in the evening Bisikleta Productions is bringing another The Bing Austria Show happening at Sazi's Bar. Featuring GOODLEAF as our headliner for this month they will promote their debut album entitled DUB PILIPINAS. Also on the bill are the newly formed ska group called THE STRAYGUNS featuring members of Steady Movin Beat, Pinkcow, Hopskatch and Umble Uno.
Besides The Strayguns we will be also having THE STEADY MOVIN' BEAT, THE MARCOS CRONIES CONSPIRACY, EARTHLINGS, PULIKATS, POISONOUS MUSHROOM, TOLONGUEZ DEATH SQUAD and THE YOUNG INSTIGATORS.
And we will be having some guest from the families and friends of the 43 Morong Health Workers to shed light and to ask for our support on the forcibly arrested and tortured individuals collectively known as MORONG 43. Please open your eyes, ears and hearts and let us support them I am asking you to kindly bring some relief goods to donate to the individuals who are still illegally detained.
The 43 health workers were arrested by 300 armed military and police (overkill isn't it?) under a false warrant. Hope to see you all on the 20th of March.
This April 2010 The legendary Scottish DJ KEB DARGE is coming back to Manila for a brief 3 day DJ stint on April 23rd and 24th to be held at TEAM MANILA in Makati City and is hosted by my good friends from EXPANSIONS and for the last leg of his Manila tour on April 25 he will end up at TEN 02 BAR & RESTO in Quezon City for a Matinee and All Nighter event. Hosted by BISIKLETA PRODUCTIONS, ROOKIE RECORDS and SOUNDBLASTERS
This event will also feature two Rockabilly bands namely Bembol Rockers and Pusakal and for the soul part of the Matinee event the Manila soul pushers Juan Pablo Dream will be playing plus Minister Mark Zero will be there to serve up Funk, Jazz, Psychedelic and other rarities on the wheels of steel.
Expect to hear REAL RHYTHM AND BLUES and ROCKIN' ROCKABILLY and of course some floor shaking NORTHERN SOUL from Keb. So mark your calendars! File your vacation leaves! Make Excuses, Tell a lie anything that you can do to be in this event! For more info regarding the April 25th event please log on to www.soundblasters.blogspot.com.
Here is the the main man himself dancing to lack of Afro's Touch My Soul video.
On March 31, the Concerned Artist of The Philippines will host an event at Ten 02 Bar & Resto for the 43 health workers at Morong, Bataan that was illegally arrested, handcuffed and blindfolded by 300 armed battalion of the armed forces of the Philippines and were held in isolation for days.
This March 20, 2010 at 8 in the evening Bisikleta Productions is bringing another The Bing Austria Show happening at Sazi's Bar. Featuring GOODLEAF as our headliner for this month they will promote their debut album entitled DUB PILIPINAS. Also on the bill are the newly formed ska group called THE STRAYGUNS featuring members of Steady Movin Beat, Pinkcow, Hopskatch and Umble Uno.
This April 2010 The legendary Scottish DJ KEB DARGE is coming back to Manila for a brief 3 day DJ stint on April 23rd and 24th to be held at TEAM MANILA in Makati City and is hosted by my good friends from EXPANSIONS and for the last leg of his Manila tour on April 25 he will end up at TEN 02 BAR & RESTO in Quezon City for a Matinee and All Nighter event. Hosted by BISIKLETA PRODUCTIONS, ROOKIE RECORDS and SOUNDBLASTERS