25/09/2023
๐๐๐ผ๐๐๐ผ๐๐ may not be the "๐๐๐จ๐ฉ" record for others' ears. But for me, it is ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ of the "๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ" important record that I made 5 years ago.
๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ง 2016, nang sinimulan kong i-conceptualize ang album na ito - ๐ฌ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ ๐๐ง๐ซ๐; ๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ค๐ฌ; ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข-๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐; ๐ข๐ต ๐ฌ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฌ๐.
๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ 2017, I went to Brgy. Baraoas Norte, Naguilian, ("a late appointment") just to meet the recording engineer of ๐๐๐ฏ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐๐ค at that time, named ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐ฏ๐ค๐ฃ. Yes, the man who is also known as the ilokano rapper, ๐๐ฝ๐ (๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข ๐๐ ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ด)
That time of the day is also my ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฐ. Kabado at nae-excite kung anong kalalabasan ng boses ko sa track. And that track, is called "๐๐๐ก๐ช๐ ๐จ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐๐ "
"๐๐๐ก๐ช๐ ๐จ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐๐ " (๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐จ ๐ด๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐บ "๐๐๐ก๐๐ฉ ๐๐ ๐ค") ang isa sa mga awitin na kasama sana sa ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ก album and noted to be ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ช๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ in the album. Ang plano ko din sana ay si ๐๐ฝ๐ ang guest artist ko sa track. But after the whole song was finished, naisipan ko na huwag na lang isama 'yung kanta sa album dahil sa paniniwalang may mas magandang kalalagyan pa ito.
"๐๐๐ก๐ช๐ ๐จ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐๐ " took into the next level, as the ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ joins ๐๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐ (๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐บ ๐ด๐ช ๐ผ๐ง๐ฉ๐๐ก) ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ช ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ก-๐ (๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ด๐ข ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ n๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐
๐ค๐จ๐ ๐๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐จ๐๐ ๐). Nagawan din namin ito ng ๐๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฐ. Through connections, ay na-perform namin ang "๐๐๐ก๐ช๐ ๐จ๐๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐๐ " ng live sa isang ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ at sa kung saan-saang lugar kapag may imbitasyon. And the rest is ๐ต๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐.
๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ encouraged me to have a ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฐ studio ๐ฃ๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต-๐ถ๐ฑ way back when and he once called it as the "2โฟแต ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฐ". So, when I've had my free time already in 2018, binuhos ko na lahat sa ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด for ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉ.
Feeling pressured, kase hindi ko alam kung paano ang approach ng tao sa 'yo pagkatapos mong i-release. It wasn't easy for me to do this, pero seryoso akong tapusin ang project. This recording was released in 2018 but the sound quality seems like it was recorded in 1968, LOL!
Ang concept ng "๐๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ" is like a ๐๐ก๐ช๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐๐จ (๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฌ๐ถ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ข ๐จ๐ช๐ต๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ๐ถ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ)
I gave myself a deadline, marked ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ 25 as the ๐๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ's date of release - not through digital platform but on ๐๐, trying to sell it, in hopes na may tumangkilik kahit hindi naman tayo sikat. โ๏ธ
๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ 25 ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ ๐ธ๐๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐?
Dahil sa paniniwalang baka wala nang magiging interesado sa album, dahil baka abala na rin ang lahat para sa Noche Buena - and as if naman, sold out agad ang CDs kapag nilabas ko sa pasko. Kaya malayo pa lang ang ber months, naglalabas na ako ng teaser ng mga tracks atleast once a week yata, to inform everyone na may album akong paparating. And to me, month of September is a good date of release kase first ber month, eh. Umabot man sa January to February, parang paskong pinas pa rin 'yun dahil maginaw pa.
I called the ๐๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ as ๐ผ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐พ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐จ๐, kase plano ko talagang ilabas din siya sa digital platform soon after man ako umabot sa aking ika-14th studio LP, which is nangyari na nga.
The main reason why I chose to release the album on September, is that, umaasa ako na 3 months before December 25 ay na-dispose ko na ang mga CD. I just knew it to myself na mahihirapan akong magbenta since independent artist lang ako sa Elyu.
At bakit sa 25แตสฐ day ng September? Dahil sa 25แตสฐ ang birthday nitong inaalalayan ko ng album (sa April nga lang, hahaha)
To my ๐๐ค๐ก๐ก๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐จ who made time doing this record --- Mr. ๐ ๐๐ธ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ (on "๐๐ข๐บ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข"), Ms. ๐๐๐ผ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ธ๐ผ (on "๐๐ข '๐ ๐ฐ"), Mr. ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ผ๐ป (on "๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ"), Ms. ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ด๐ผ (on "๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฐ"), Ms. ๐๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ผ (on "๐๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ"), Mr. ๐๐น๐ฒ๐
๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ถ (on "๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ต?"), Ms. ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ (on "๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต"), Ms. ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฎ (on "๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ข ๐๐ข"), Mr. ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ (on "๐๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ") and Mr. ๐๐ผ๐๐ต๐๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ด๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ (on "๐๐ญ๐ข๐ข๐ญ๐ข") Guys! I will always be grateful na kayo ang nakasama ko sa album na ito.
Special thanks also to Ms. ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ค๐๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ for her amazing backing vocals in the other 5 songs in the album. And of course! Mr. ๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ for accommodating me at his studio with Ms. Jasmine and Mr. Joshua.
๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฎ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐น๐ฏ๐๐บ?
Simplehan ko na lang ang sagot d'yan. Ito 'yung ikaw na na-๐๐๐ก๐ก sa taong itinutiring mong ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ng buhay mo.
๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ก ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐?
Tungkol lang naman sa dalawang taong pinagtagpo ngunit hindi itinadhana. Patunay na hindi lahat ng love story ay may happy ending. Sometimes, we need to face these mother*****n' consequences para doon tayo mas titibay bilang indibidwal.
๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป ๐ป๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐๐น๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ผ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ก?
Huwag kang maduduwag na ilahad lahat ng nilalaman ng damdamin mo. Tandaan, ang pag-ibig ay parang sugal. Pwede kang manalo, pero sa laro ng pag-ibig hindi ka matatalo bagkus ay matututo ka. Matatalo ka lang naman kung hindi mo sinubukan.
Para sa taong naging inspirasyon ko sa likod ng tema ng ๐๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ญ, itago na lang natin sa pangalang "๐๐๐ก๐", maraming salamat sa 'yo. Mag iingat ka saan ka man naroroon.
Sa mga may kopya ng album na nilabas the past 5 years ago, salamat at sinamahan n'yo ako sa kwento ko. At sa mga hindi pa nakakadinig, ito na ang pagkakataon ninyo dahil nasa digital platform na!
Plano ko sanang i-remaster pa lalo itong album bago i-release. Ang kaso, madami akong nakatokang proyekto o gawain sa labas ng studio that I need to finish before 2023 ends. Although, my aim right now is to share this record for those who haven't heard of the 2018 Mix. And so, here it is! ๐๐๐ 5แตสฐ ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ฃ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก of this experimental and concept album by yours truly - which is meant to be my 15th studio album!
Welcome to... ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ฎ๐น๐น!!!
