4ragadigiogo | Can’t quite explain how I ended up with what is essentially a Western soundtrack wrapped up in funk with a sprinkling of punk and other bitsies. In my mind, there’s a kind of pace and timber to all of these that feels like an 8-hour sweaty, dusty, incredibly humid and libag-ridden road trip in across Negros (between Victorias and Dumaguete) in an old Ford Cortina (Mark 3, from the ‘70s).

The Spotify playlist I made tired to talk about heat and warmth directed towards the cool embrace of a friend/a soft drink/a favorite song. “Ate Isa Ngang Mountain Dew, Yung Neon” was made with a friend. | Mac Andre Arboleda is from Los Baños, Philippines.

Basta driver, sweet lover

Beach Bus Driver

Beerhouse sa may Zapote tulay | Ito ang aking music playlist na ginasgas ko last year noong lockdown. Supposedly sa Spotify siya kaso wala lahat ng kanya sa spotify at finally binuo ko siya sa youtube instead. Ang naaalala ko kasi (at somehow namimiss ko) ay yung jeep na sinasakyan ko ng 2am from EDSA Pasay pauwi ng Las Piñas tapos kasabay ko mga taga palengke na may bayong na isda. Mabilis yung biyahe at mahangin. Usually ito yung music if hindi sa station na 96.3 ahaha. Naalala ko rin dito yung nabagok ako sa jeep tapos niyaya ako ng jeepney driver uminom sa isang beerhouse sa may Zapote (gitna ng Cavite at Las Piñas) para sakin daw yung yelo tapos sa kanya yung bucket ng beer. akala niya kasi lalake ako.

Bulong Sa Tagipusuon (Cure For The Heart)

cold karaoke | A playlist hinting at how cold (lamig, ulan, etc.) has been expressed in or through songs, either as a central theme or in passing.

Karaoke versions were chosen because of how karaoke sessions are ubiquitous communal activities typically held outdoors, on the narrow streets in front of one’s home, that can be either warm (for the participants) or inflaming (for the neighbors).

Drip Drop

GOD-DO-CEU 

Heat and love

heat waves

Init-hapdi

Kalabaw lang ang Tumatanda

love songs for the savages | Thought of heat as a spontaneous imposition of presence, which I feel is often expressed in various states of intensity by bursts of noise positioned against silence. 

Linggo sa Barberya | When I was in High School, Sundays were for 2 things — 1 for Church (w/ intense fights of my parents bec of time mismanagement; & 2 the weekly visits to the Barbershop, cause High Schools were particular about our hair length. We go to the mall, to cool down heads, more than the haircut, really.

Love Songs or something like that

Luzviminda is a radio drama and karaoke playlist that plays with telenovela tropes to talk about present political issues in the Philippines.

Mellow Touch

Mix

Mix

Mix

Mix

Mix

Morning Dew | A playlist of sounds I used to listen to while I was on commute back in college. For nostaliga purposes only, no feelings attached.

songs for the savages

Sunday Taxi | Binubuo ‘to ng mga kanta at overall feeling na nakakabit sa vivid memories ko ng taxi rides going to and from church with my family every sunday morning.

The Spotify playlist (Pare! Grabe yung init kita ko na yung heatwaves) I made tired to talk about heat and warmth directed towards the cool embrace of a friend/a soft drink/a favorite song.  | Mac Andre Arboleda is from Los Baños, Philippines.