Amped! Vol. 1
This is of course, a suggestion by Mikko. Aside from an opinionated rights activist (!), I’m also a musician who bleeds with passion regarding the songs that I personally write/co-write. Now that my band is on hiatus (cue tears rolling down my cheek taking bits of kohl along the way), I have immersed myself with other people’s music. From this point on, I’ll be posting the three artists that I’ve listened the most to for that particular week as well as a little bit of an appraisal on what they sound like.
Keep in mind that I spent the week at Tarlac for a debate tourney and couple of days marooned at the Hundred Islands. How is that relevant? Good question - it’s not.
The Mars VoltaÂ
Fans of the now-defunct band At Drive-In should know that The Mars Volta is one of the most eccentric and frenetic bands in existence today (If you haven’t noticed yet, this is one of the factors that draws me towards certain artists).They have released three albums (De-loused In A Comatorium, Frances, The Mute and Amputechture) and one EP (Tremulant EP) since former ADI member Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez decided to form the hard-to-classify outfit.
Inertiatic ESP - The Mars Volta - De-loused In A Comatorium
Words will never justify how rich and jumpy the sound gets. It’s a musical odyssey that totally jolts you out of your seat. The band has all the bases covered - you want jazz fusion? latin inspired ditties with Spanish lyrics? They’ve thought about it way before you’ve wondered if it was even possible.
 WDOUJI
Chances are, WDOUJI (or the Witch Doctors Of Underground Jazz Improvisation) is the best band that has come and gone of existence without you noticing. It’s quite a shame considering the immense talent that the band packed over the span of the considerable number of years they were around. I was lucky enough to get a copy of their debut CD (Ground Zero) and even if I’m not a big jazz fan, I found it quite easy to appreciate the musical philosophy that WDOUJI was founded on.
Ron-Ron And The Flower Angel Blues - WDOUJI - Ground Zero
It takes a lot to make a song without lyrics non-background music fodder, but WDOUJI pulled it off flawlessly regardless of which approach they took.
And lastly…
Protest The Hero
Seriously, you were expecting someone else? I would be lying if I didn’t admit that half the time I was listening to music, I was busy mouthing off the words to the songs to this album.
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holy syet! meron kang WDOUJI album?! i’ve been asking many of my friends kung meron sila.. huhuhu.. buti ka pa meron..
yeah, TMV surely is one of the really interesting bands out there.. the only good thing that come out of the ATDI break-up. ^_^
and yeah, thanks for the special mention.. hehe..
rakenrol!
Yes, I got it from *gasp* Radio City. haha. 350php ata nung time na yun.
radio city? really? wow.. of all record stores sa radio city mo nakita? ayus..
Yup, but I did buy it when it was still new.
If I’m not mistaken, I got my Lateralus (back in May 2001) from Radio City as well.
mikko,
try mo si simon tan, yung bass player namin sa wdouji. i think meron pang a few na first album and good number na second album. i am quite surprised and pleased that a number of you still remember the band that was wdouji. makes me smile even though we seldom see each other that much already.
ronald
sax player/wdouji