OPM Sundays / June 2023

“Starting Five” is a collection of the future pop/RnB sound that popularized Nieman.
These are a collection of songs from his Instagram “Draft Day” series. What started as drafts and
ideas were brought to life with full production. A play on basketball terminology, “Starting Five”
takes five of those drafts to the main stage. From heartbreak to first loves, this album covers it all!

Starting Five

Butterflies

Pagibig Na Lubus-Lubos [Feel Like Making Love] D'angelo x Celeste Legaspi bootleg mashup

Heart and Breath: Rhythm and Tone Fields (OFFAIR)

Field IV: Gong

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Are You That Somebody (Eko Zu remix)

Heaven Sent

SALAMAT MISTER REY. We love you, Tol. A True Friscopino Legend from Makati to the 415.

A mixtape by ET IV // @et_iv

Please consider donating to Rey's family:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-novicio-family

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Reynaldo T. Novicio Jr. also known as Mister REY is a FRISCOPINX artist, music producer, father, community & cultural worker and mental health advocate. Born in Makati City, Philippines, he immigrated to the US when he was 12 years old and moved into the Mission District of San Francisco. As an urban immigrant youth, he adopted a Hip Hop identity that has become the impetus for his activism, and a framework for community. He has collaborated with fellow local heavyweight artists and community workers, including Denizen Kane, Nomi of Power Struggle, RO3LAY and Ruby Ibarra.

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Check out more of Mister REY's music:
www.misterrey.bandcamp.com
www.ro3lay.bandcamp.com
www.rockyg.bandcamp.com

Salamat Mister REY // ET IV

Baby Medicine (Camille & AstraLogik)

Just Say – Coco & Breezy ft. Tara Carosielli
Down4me (KALIPAY Clean Intro) – jsilos remix of I Wanna Be Down by Brandy
American Boy (Jafunk Remix) – Estelle ft. Kanye West
Be Your Girl (Kaytranada Remix) – Teedra Moses
Off My Mind – Coco & Breezy, Sam White
Girls Don't Cry (KALIPAY Intro) – Young Franco
OLLA (Only Lovers Left Alive) – Jhené Aiko ft. TWENTY88
Make It Look Easy – LION BABE
U. – Coco & Breezy, Dawn Richard
Slow It Down – Jarreau Vandal
PDA (We Just Don't Care) (KALIPAY Edit) – John Legend
Full Moon (KALIPAY Clean Intro) – Brandy
Closer (DJcity Intro Dirty) – Saweetie, H.E.R.

Flirty Dance Mix (Her DJ Club Showcase)

Arohanui to The Morning Shift for the feature,
Long Live Neo-Soul & Long Live D'angelo

Lady (Matt Max Edit) (featured on The Morning Shift)

Joe Cruz & The Cruzettes - Love Song (1973)

For the last few years, I've been lightweight collecting Original Pilipino Music, or OPM, on vinyl. Problem is, OPM is not very easy to find in the States, so i can only dig when i’m in the Philippines. When my man ET IV asked me to play his party ASTIG, I was hyped, but also kinda nervous because I wasn’t sure if I even had enough records for an entire set. But I did, and had a blast playing some of my fav OPM joints out in public! This mix was inspired by the set I dropped that night... Listen to ASTIG, a mix of sweet Pinoy Soul, Manila Disco, and classic OPM from the 70's and 80's. Enjoy!

Purchase the limited edition cassette (incl free download):
http://www.livin-proof.com/store/astig-cassette

If you dig what you hear, check out ASTIG: A TRIBUTE TO OPM party EVERY 4TH THURSDAY at 7th West in Oakland . Bigup @astig.opm crew!

ASTIG: A TRIBUTE TO OPM

Love Returns (Acoustic)

Originally posted on March 3, 2008 on UpsetterSound.com’s Los Relics Radio curated by good friend filmmaker, DJ, musician, urban scholar, skater and family man Lakandiwa de Leon.  His call out to selector friends to make mixes to share for Los Relics allowed me to share my growing collection of Pinoy (Filipino) centric records.  Not a lot of venues I can play VST or Eva Eugenio, but I can always play Bataan or Barabas though. 

So, one restless night at 2am I started pulling records of varying styles, origins, languages and eras but all had one thing in common, all were made by Filipinos (full blooded or not) whether solo or part of the band.  Whether it was the Morales brothers as part of Spain’s psych-funk band Barabas or Afro-Filipino Joe Bataan from Spanish Harlem, beat music from the Rocky Fellers in the US or Jaime Salazar from Cebu, Philippine dream pop from Rey Valera or blissful 70’s pop from Apo Hiking Society and Cinderella, or from the Bay Area, soul wailer Sugar Pie DeSanto and ethno-funk heavies Dakila, all of them Pinoys and all make up this diasporic mixtape.

Two years after recording this rambling and rather technically flawed mix I have made it somewhat of a mission to help re-introduce Philippine popular music to an audience that would not normally seek them out as well as re-contextualize the music for people to appreciate and enjoy again or for the first time.  A tad grandiose, but I will attempt to, at least.

One funky track at a time if I have to! ;-)

Track listing here:  http://thelivingcompilation.tumblr.com/post/423903108/beat-soul-funk-the-pinoy-groove-experience-2-year

Anyways, hope you check it out and share it with friends.

Beat Soul Funk:  The Pinoy Groove Experience

Didn't Cha Know - (Erkyah Badu Cover)

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A great mixtape moves us. They take us on a journey, with each song being a different, emotional stop along the way. And we acknowledge that making a great mixtape is not only a skill, but also a beautiful art form. Undiscovered is proud to present a new mixtape series featuring some of our favorite music selectors curating sounds that move and inspire.

We're proud to present the first UNDSCVRD Mixtape called "ISIP" by Eduardo Daza Taylor IV aka ET IV. He is the founder of ASTIG Sound, an independent label and collective that hosts events and releases from the Philippines, the Bay Area and beyond. ET IV was also the recipient of a Balay Kreative grant earlier this year. 

UNDSCVRD Mixtape
ISIP by ET IV
A mixtape soundscape. Featuring sounds from the Philippines & the diaspora.

Description
In a time of much turmoil, uncertainty, and chaos, we must protect our mental and continue to reimagine a better world for future generations.
ISIP by ET IV

Tracklist 

1. Lostagain - Venus Fly
2. Panthers in the Sky - Lustbass
3. One for Ateh - W.A.L.A.
4. Maghrib - Free the Robots
5. Kikhabits - Mndsgn.
6. Gate Code - D-Styles, Excess, Mike Boo & Pryvet Peepsho
7. Slowly - Pasta Groove feat. Kat Magic
8. Lie to Me - Rhxanders
9. Machine Language - Free the Robots
10. Nu Era - Low Leaf
11. Koi Palace - Secret Sidewalk
12. Make Me a Man - Dakila
13. Love Song - Joe Cruz & The Cruzettes
14. shades - similarobjects
15. Kometa (reprise) - Pasta Groove
16. sun - heru
17. No End - YUNG AKO
18. Shoot - YUNG AKO
19. dntstp - OVRRSRRR
20. ayala - ET IV
21. Ukay Ukay Livin - Pele Durain Funk
22. Kita (interlude) - Pele Durian Funk
23. Bank C - Mister REY
24. Kalas - Moki Mcfly
25. Porcelainpeople - Mndsgn.
26. Sleeping Garden (Manila) - Crwn
27. Ordinary Guy - Toro y Moi feat. The Mattsons 2
28. I Want You to Know - SSS KOFFEE

Artwork by ET IV

UNDSCVRD Mixtape: ISIP by ET IV

Healing Vibes - Headnodding rhythms - Ethereal guitar/vocals

Los Angeles Based/Manila Roots Arts and Culture Curator/Programmer, Filmmaker, DJ, & Filipino music and film advocate.

Love Returns (Acoustic)

AstraLogik

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