about the cd
For Leolanda was created during the lockdown in Melbourne in 2020. Listening to and making music was healing, and I am very grateful that I was able to create during that time.
Most of the pieces are inspired by the Kulintang music of the Philippines. Some of the compositional techniques are applied to a combination of synthesizer, percussion, tape loops, and drum kit.
The name In Pan-as refers to my grandfather's farm in Pilar, where my mum regularly played. The drum kit part is adapted from a rhythm I heard on the beautiful album Muranao Kakolintang: Philippine Gong Music. The initial inspiration for this track struck me after a phone conversation with my mum, during which, out of the blue, she requested that I spread her ashes on the farm Pan-as after she passed. I realized I would never really know how that would feel until it happened, and I wondered what kind of ritual I would perform to celebrate the life of one of the dearest people to me. I thought that perhaps dancing to rhythms like this one would feel right.
The track Mansaka was inspired by the Mansaka tribe in Compostela Valley. I fell in love with the music I heard from them. The piece developed into something entirely different, something that felt like me. Being a drummer, I usually compose from the drum kit as a starting point, but this album was an attempt at composing on the synthesizer and harmonically matching the overtones from singing bowls, bowed cymbals, and bells.
The album is dedicated to my mother, Leolanda.
— Maria Moles
- 1 - River Bend 9:19
- 2 - In Pan-as 13:20
- 3 - Mansaka 9:30
- 4 - Distant Hills 4:14
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- 1 - River Bend 9:19
- 2 - In Pan-as 13:20
- 3 - Mansaka 9:30
- 4 - Distant Hills 4:14
about the cd
For Leolanda was created during the lockdown in Melbourne in 2020. Listening to and making music was healing, and I am very grateful that I was able to create during that time.
Most of the pieces are inspired by the Kulintang music of the Philippines. Some of the compositional techniques are applied to a combination of synthesizer, percussion, tape loops, and drum kit.
The name In Pan-as refers to my grandfather's farm in Pilar, where my mum regularly played. The drum kit part is adapted from a rhythm I heard on the beautiful album Muranao Kakolintang: Philippine Gong Music. The initial inspiration for this track struck me after a phone conversation with my mum, during which, out of the blue, she requested that I spread her ashes on the farm Pan-as after she passed. I realized I would never really know how that would feel until it happened, and I wondered what kind of ritual I would perform to celebrate the life of one of the dearest people to me. I thought that perhaps dancing to rhythms like this one would feel right.
The track Mansaka was inspired by the Mansaka tribe in Compostela Valley. I fell in love with the music I heard from them. The piece developed into something entirely different, something that felt like me. Being a drummer, I usually compose from the drum kit as a starting point, but this album was an attempt at composing on the synthesizer and harmonically matching the overtones from singing bowls, bowed cymbals, and bells.
The album is dedicated to my mother, Leolanda.
— Maria Moles
