The Insektlife Cycle "Vivid Dreams Parade"

Country: Philippines
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Psychedelic, Stoner
Label: Mega Dodo
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 5, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Unicycle Monologue (5:27)
2. Electric Sadness (4:47)
3. Schizodelia (6:43)
4. Purple Drank (7:18)
5. Insekt Circus (5:26)
6. Forbidden Earth Dance (4:35)
7. Tristful Ecstasy (4:52)
8. Dreams Unrecalled (6:17)
9. SleepCrawler (4:05)
10. SunGaze (5:33)
11. Neonderthal (5:51)

Total Time 60:54

Line-up: 
Ronaldo Vivo Jr. - Drums
Ronnel Vivo - Guitars
Jay Jumawan - Guitars
Joy Legason - Bass

Description/Reviews: 

These four guys demonstrate some fine chops over the course of an hour, combining sinewy rock with drifty dreamlike passages, interlaced with knotty prog-like structures. The songs are purely instrumental, with the band working as one on a variety of song styles...

Read the full review by Andrew Young at terrascope.co.uk

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The Insektlife Cycle "Vivid Dreams Parade"

Country: Philippines
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Rock, Psychedelic, Stoner
Label: Mega Dodo
Format: CD, digital
Release date: May 5, 2017
Tracklist: 
1. Unicycle Monologue (5:27)
2. Electric Sadness (4:47)
3. Schizodelia (6:43)
4. Purple Drank (7:18)
5. Insekt Circus (5:26)
6. Forbidden Earth Dance (4:35)
7. Tristful Ecstasy (4:52)
8. Dreams Unrecalled (6:17)
9. SleepCrawler (4:05)
10. SunGaze (5:33)
11. Neonderthal (5:51)

Total Time 60:54

Line-up: 
Ronaldo Vivo Jr. - Drums
Ronnel Vivo - Guitars
Jay Jumawan - Guitars
Joy Legason - Bass

Description/Reviews: 

These four guys demonstrate some fine chops over the course of an hour, combining sinewy rock with drifty dreamlike passages, interlaced with knotty prog-like structures. The songs are purely instrumental, with the band working as one on a variety of song styles...

Read the full review by Andrew Young at terrascope.co.uk

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tide/edit "Lightfoot"

Country: Philippines
Genre(s): Instrumental, Math Rock, Post Rock
Format: CD, digital
Release date: November 29, 2015
Tracklist: 
1. Eleven (3:21)
2. The Princess Is In Another Castle (Sorry, Mario) (2:48)
3. Whatever Floats Your Boat (3:51)
4. Aimlessness (2:38)
5. Slush (3:33)
6. Halfway House (3:49)
7. An Alternate Ending (3:13)
8. Never Forget (2:43)
9. Linen (3:31)
10. Afloat (2:54)

Total time 32:21

Line-up: 
Nlsn
Noe
Jawin
Clarence

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Drone Project "Jump Start"

Country: Philippines
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Djent Metal
Format: digital
Release date: November 10, 2015
Tracklist: 
1. Window (3:47)
2. Creepy House (5:00)
3. Jumpstart (5:08)
4. Wreck (5:30)
5. Mutiny (4:26)
6. Dealing With The Mud (5:35)
7. Drive Me (4:40)
8. High (5:23)
9. Sober (5:46)
10. Alive (5:14)
11. Outside (4:32)

Total time 55:01

Line-up: 
Rey Janolino - guitars, bass, drums

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tide/edit "Foreign Languages"

Country: Philippines
Sub Genre: Instrumental, Math Rock, Post Rock
Label: LIFE2Short Productions
Release date: June 14, 2014
Tracklist: 

1. Ten 04:32
2. Always Right, Never Left 03:11
3. Another Yes 03:24
4. Dog Years 04:38
5. Was It a Cat I Saw? 00:56
6. Odd & Even 03:54
7. Nicholas 03:03
8. I'm Angry Too 03:15
9. Technicolor 02:55
10. HAIYAN 03:36
11. Was It a Rat I Saw? 01:17
12. Northernmost 03:19

Line-up: 
Nlsn
Noe
Jawin
Clarence

Description/Reviews: 

Here, ‘happy music’ equates exhilarating chord progressions, a fully amped drum section, thicker bass sounds, and a distinctive kinetic quality to Foreign Languages that shifts relentlessly until you find yourself running out of breath. Listening to the first few notes of the opening track, ‘Ten’, feels like an airplane gaining altitude, or how one would imagine skydiving feels like: when all you can feel and hear is the strong gust of wind and adrenaline is filling up your entire system. ‘Always Right, Never Left’ follows suit, with the lead guitars melodically thrusting through at the right moments, alternating in force, as if you’re warming up for a marathon. With ‘Another Yes’, however, tide/edit spared no expense with regards to its guitar arrangement, all string instruments complementing each other, with the drums jostling right in place. The same can be said with ‘Dog Years’, one of the standouts in the album, which bore some traces from ‘Pagbangon’ – a cut from their first EP. This particular track feels like a run-through of a busy day: everything going in warp speed, blurring out the important details of our lives unless we go back and run them again like a motion picture in our mind.

 Read the full review by Mary Christine Galang  at vandalsonthewall.com

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