While I was driving from Consolacion to the Cathedral in Cebu City last Saturday, I heard a Monster Radio DJ interviewing a band called Drip Manila. At first I did not find the discussion interesting at all because the female DJ seemed clueless about the quartet and their brand of music. But since I like the electronica and triphop genres I did not touch the tuner of my car radio.
Drip Manila was in Cebu to do some gigs and promote their “Identity Theft” album. What really caught my interest and fueled my curiosity was when Beng, the group’s vocalist, said that their latest album is released under a Creative Commons license. I thought – are they the first Filipino band to release a copylefted album? Guess what I did first when I grabbed hold of a computer with an internet connection? Yes, I visited their multiply site.
Drip Manila’s “Identity Theft” album is indeed the first full-length Filipino album to be released under Creative Commons. The license gives users the freedom to remix and share Drip’s music as long as it is for non-commercial purposes and that the band is given full credit. I am now listening to “Turning Gray” via Last.fm as I write this post. And I find the track melancholic yet relaxing at the same time. Beng’s voice is both dreamy and confident. Kind of strange yet pleasant… thus I like it.
Drip is Beng Calma-Alcazaren (vocals), Malek Lopez (live keyboards, sound design & programming), Caliph8 (turntables & FX), and Ian Magbanua (beats, samples & programming). To know more about them, you may visit their Multiply or MySpace site. Their album is available at Amazon, Napster and local music stores.
Image credit: Drip Manila at Multiply
They’re actually named DRIP.
And there are other musicians and bands that have released creative commons materials — none as high profile as Drip though.
For more Creative Commons-licensed Pinoy electronica, hop on over to the netlabel that I curate: QED RECORDS which releases free mp3 albums. The files themselves are hosted on Archive.org [http://www.archive.org/details/qed] and are all under CC licenses.
Happy listening and God bless.
Lionel, thanks so much for this invaluable info. I have just downloaded a few Demolee and your Acid42 tracks. I am going to download more from other artists.
Are you familiar with Jamendo (www.jamendo.com)? I think it’s a good hub for you to share your music to the whole world.
After my daywork today I have a time to listened few
music what u have posted. Thank u very much.
I love the song of True Faith especially DAHIL IKAW.
I dedicate this song to my very dearest special one.
Thank u, thank uuuuuuuu.
Thanks for the Jamendo tip! Will look into it. Have a great day!