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I love music whatever genre as long as it appeals to me! I just can’t begin to imagine what I do without music because I know I might not be this ’inspired *’ if I can’t have a mood altering song or two to accompany me in the things I do. I just bought me a copy of Urbandub’s new album last Nov. 22 and I’m listening to it together with other songs like Kyla’s Heartfelt.
URBANDUB: Under Southern Lights
They’re back! Urbandub doesn’t disappoint and they have proven it in the past as fans feared that the band will loose its luster and sell out after seizing a major record label deal but fears were shattered with their successful ‘Embrace’ album under EMI Phil. The new album entitled, ‘Under Southern Lights’ is a metaphor for their hometown, Cebu and the ‘guiding light’ that is their family and friends as what Gabby Alipe said, the lead vocals of the band. They retreated back to Cebu just to write the tracks and let the creative juices flow and got back to Manila for recording of the album. I just love the music style of Urbandub, the heart-pounding head banging beats and the genius lyrical poetry that you can’t help but relate to. The Album boast 10 fresh tracks and includes a duet with lead vocals of Sinosikat in ‘Inside the Mind of a Killer’ which tells story of a couple who are at the end of their relationship first the blaming then the compromise to give it another try. ‘The Fight is Over’ tells the bittersweet fate of lovers that can’t be mended not even through time. ‘Cebuana’ is a song about finding new love. The catchy chorus of ‘Evidence’ is for someone who caught his/her significant other cheating and literally ‘in the arms of another’ (chuckles! 
karma!). The perfectly entitled ‘Anthem’ is just that, giving you a nice feeling of letting go and moving forward after a storm. The first single off the album is ‘Guillotine’ which is doing well in radio, they also shot a music video and will be aired soon. I like it that the songs plays around relationships and love in general which I think is has the potential to grab and reach wider audience.
KYLA: Heartfelt
You have seen her awesome performance as she sang our national anthem with pride in Manny’s fight and now Kyla, dubbed as the Philippine’s R&B Princess, returns with her ‘Heartfelt’ renditions of classic love songs that you love but with a fresh and distinct touch that only she can provide. Kyla is not a stranger in the music business in fact with 6 albums under her belt, numerous awards and commendations, performances and TV hostings - she’s really one busy woman. As they say the lady is now a woman evident in the new sexy and edgier look and the kinds of songs she chooses. The Album has 16 tracks plus one alternate version of a song and includes one original ‘Someone’ an upbeat tempo track about someone asking those lingering hard-to-ask questions that sticks in the mind whenever you’re committed with someone. The carrier single ‘Love will lead you back’ updates a Taylor Dayne original with her soothing and soulful voice that pierces through the heart. My other favorites includes ‘Home’, Idol Elliot Yamin’s ‘Wait for you’, ‘With this Tear’, ‘I don’t have the heart’, ‘Last Chance’, ‘Always and Forever’, and ‘One day in your life.’ All in all, Hearfelt is not just great remakes with Kyla’s stamp on it – it’s Kyla growing and maturing in every sense of a Woman.
So if you’re a music freak like me check these two albums out and please buy the original copies not the one you find in streets…
* INSPIRATIONS: The Art of Paolo Ramirez
It’s finally coming! The Wait is almost over - well that is for me and the others who are anticipating it hehehehe! Updates and new information to follow.
