Salamangkero @unknwn July 2023

Warming up from 10pm, no one in the club yet..

Salamangkero @ Time July 29 2011 part 1

Nights of Rizal - Passport (Salamangkero Club Mix)

Work in Prgress:

Noel aka the Salamangkero (the Filipino for witch doctor) started DJing sometime around 1996 after discovering jungle after a trip to London.  With Manila's rave scene just taking off clearing dance floors that were just starting to understand house was not unusual.  Even though; he became part of the production crew Kinky Sphere renowned for throwing underground jungle parties in strange locations and developing a consistent following. Once the scene really took off if was not uncommon to see him playing in the "other" room alongside artists like Ken Ishii, Pure Science etc.  

Also a member of the pioneering live PA Rubber Inc (http://www.soundcloud.com/rubberinc , http://www.rubberinc.multiply.com).  After and during pushing the idea of live electronic music in the Philippines Noel became one of the owners and residents of the small but very influential club Kemistry; the only place in Manila where dj's could do whatever they wanted. Being a resident meant expanding his sound to everything from Techno, House, Breakbeats, Drum n' Bass etc.)

After moving into more serious production with Rubber Inc. doing strange experiments with Ballet Philippines and The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra Noel became a full time record producer working on some of the most respected albums released in the country.  With the start of Sweetspot Progressive Audio Solutions"; a studio devoted to producing good but commercially questionable bands his relationship with djing lost its priority but every 2 years he would come back championing a new sound and developing new disciples.

After several trips to Koln and Berlin with Rubber Inc.  He has started to move away from the studio curse of working on other peoples music for money and back to self production, Rubber Inc., DJing and a healthy dose of experiments with custom midi controllers and max/msp programming.

These days his dj sets can vary intensely based on venues, he is as comfortable playing Acid Jazz, Funk and Rock as he is playing long techno sets.  Though always with a distinct dose of IDM, psychedelia and other tunes that always work but never seem like they should.  

Salamangkero

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