Reklamo + Hilera MotoMashup's Site

LC de Leon (guitar/vocals/banjo/acoustic guitar) started Reklamo in 2007. “It started with my growing abhorrence to my uncle Pat who just sits around the house and does nothing to help out around the household or with the bills,” he shares, “and to top it all off he backstabs us—me and my brothers Marco of Paramita and Ciro, drummer of Reklamo.” He captured this hatred on paper and turned it into a song called Pat’s Problem. He felt that he ought to play the song with a band and so got his brother Ciro (drums/whistle/backing vocals) to play the drums, and common friend Mig Dayanghirang (bass/backing vocals) on bass. Amy Rosalyn soon went on board the management team, and all four of them eventually quit their jobs to focus on the band.

Pat’s Problem climbed to #1 at NU 107’s countdown (up to this day the uncle doesn’t know that such a song about him exists). The song was also nominated as “Song of the Year” at the NU Rock Awards, while Reklamo itself won the In the Raw Artist of the Year award.

LC felt the honest to goodness truth of rants so he wrote more songs based on his personal complaints, as well as grievances about the society. The band’s outcry is “Everybody has complaints—we are here to bitch for change!” Obviously, this is how they came up with the name Reklamo. They are quick to add, though, that the music is not negative. They are putting frustrations, or “tough reality” as they like to call it, at the forefront in the hope that people will appreciate it and do something about the problem. As they make songs that are plain, simple and hard-hitting, they are hoping that change will come from it at the same time.

After Pat’s Problem, the band’s second single, 3 for 100, also went No. 1 for 7 straight days at NU 107. Lahat Bawal, their fourth single, stayed strong at No. 1 for several weeks. Then they joined the World Battle of the Bands in 2007 and won the Philippine division. Last April 2008, Reklamo independently released their first debut album, aptly named Bitch for Change.

Reklamo’s music is basically “rock with a twist,” covering other areas like funk, jazz and country. LC says, “Our music is pretty much straightforward rock or hard rock, a couple of times we were called new punk but I don’t really know what new punk sounds like though.” He adds, too, that he’s not someone who fancies “deep stuff that needs to be deciphered, or really long songs,” so he tries to keep everything simple.

Reklamo is grateful and excited to be working on Moto Mashup 2.0. The band believes that it’s an excellent idea to mashup songs because the songs then become “more interesting and it also helps artists, specially the struggling ones, get their music through and work with fellow artists.”

Hilera is an independent three-piece rock band composed of Chris Padilla as vocalist, his brother Bobby on drums, and Ivan Garcia on guitars. The band is the 2005 Nescafe Soundskool grand champion. The contest was an inter-collegiate competition among bands from more than 100 top universities and colleges in Metro Manila. As part of their prize, Hilera signed up with EMI Philippines, making them the youngest band to have a contract with a major record label.

Formed in 2004, the young band thinks mashups are “cool and very different, which makes it good.” Hilera’s music doesn’t stray away from the concept of mashups since their output basically depends on stuff the band listens to. “From punk to rockabilly, to 50s doowop and cheesy alternative songs—it kind of depends on what state we’re in,” they share.

Chris, as the group’s main songwriter, gets his inspiration from “old sayings and people from history who were different.” It starts with a melody, he says, and then the arrangement follows.

Hilera released their self-titled debut album in 2006 under EMI Philippines. Rhyme Without Reason, the first single from that album, quickly became an OPM favorite and soon landed on the top spot of NU 107’s daily countdown. It stayed on the top slot for three weeks. Their other songs, Define and Pot of Gold have also been met with enthusiasm.

The band took part in the second APO Hiking Society tribute album Kami nAPO Muna Ulit, released in 2007, with their version of Mahirap Magmahal ng Syota ng Iba. They were also an In The Raw awardee at the NU 107 Rock Awards in 2006, and also NU 107 Rock Awards’ Best New Artist in 2007.

LC de Leon (guitar/vocals/banjo/acoustic guitar) started Reklamo in 2007. “It started with my growing abhorrence to my uncle Pat who just sits around the house and does nothing to help out around the household or with the bills,” he shares, “and to top it all off he backstabs us—me and my brothers Marco of Paramita and Ciro, drummer of Reklamo.” He captured this hatred on paper and turned it into a song called Pat’s Problem. He felt that he ought to play the song with a band and so got his brother Ciro (drums/whistle/backing vocals) to play the drums, and common friend Mig Dayanghirang (bass/backing vocals) on bass. Amy Rosalyn soon went on board the management team, and all four of them eventually quit their jobs to focus on the band.

Pat’s Problem climbed to #1 at NU 107’s countdown (up to this day the uncle doesn’t know that such a song about him exists). The song was also nominated as “Song of the Year” at the NU Rock Awards, while Reklamo itself won the In the Raw Artist of the Year award.

LC felt the honest to goodness truth of rants so he wrote more songs based on his personal complaints, as well as grievances about the society. The band’s outcry is “Everybody has complaints—we are here to bitch for change!” Obviously, this is how they came up with the name Reklamo. They are quick to add, though, that the music is not negative. They are putting frustrations, or “tough reality” as they like to call it, at the forefront in the hope that people will appreciate it and do something about the problem. As they make songs that are plain, simple and hard-hitting, they are hoping that change will come from it at the same time.

After Pat’s Problem, the band’s second single, 3 for 100, also went No. 1 for 7 straight days at NU 107. Lahat Bawal, their fourth single, stayed strong at No. 1 for several weeks. Then they joined the World Battle of the Bands in 2007 and won the Philippine division. Last April 2008, Reklamo independently released their first debut album, aptly named Bitch for Change.

Reklamo’s music is basically “rock with a twist,” covering other areas like funk, jazz and country. LC says, “Our music is pretty much straightforward rock or hard rock, a couple of times we were called new punk but I don’t really know what new punk sounds like though.” He adds, too, that he’s not someone who fancies “deep stuff that needs to be deciphered, or really long songs,” so he tries to keep everything simple.

Reklamo is grateful and excited to be working on Moto Mashup 2.0. The band believes that it’s an excellent idea to mashup songs because the songs then become “more interesting and it also helps artists, specially the struggling ones, get their music through and work with fellow artists.”

Hilera is an independent three-piece rock band composed of Chris Padilla as vocalist, his brother Bobby on drums, and Ivan Garcia on guitars. The band is the 2005 Nescafe Soundskool grand champion. The contest was an inter-collegiate competition among bands from more than 100 top universities and colleges in Metro Manila. As part of their prize, Hilera signed up with EMI Philippines, making them the youngest band to have a contract with a major record label.

Formed in 2004, the young band thinks mashups are “cool and very different, which makes it good.” Hilera’s music doesn’t stray away from the concept of mashups since their output basically depends on stuff the band listens to. “From punk to rockabilly, to 50s doowop and cheesy alternative songs—it kind of depends on what state we’re in,” they share.

Chris, as the group’s main songwriter, gets his inspiration from “old sayings and people from history who were different.” It starts with a melody, he says, and then the arrangement follows.

Hilera released their self-titled debut album in 2006 under EMI Philippines. Rhyme Without Reason, the first single from that album, quickly became an OPM favorite and soon landed on the top spot of NU 107’s daily countdown. It stayed on the top slot for three weeks. Their other songs, Define and Pot of Gold have also been met with enthusiasm.

The band took part in the second APO Hiking Society tribute album Kami nAPO Muna Ulit, released in 2007, with their version of Mahirap Magmahal ng Syota ng Iba. They were also an In The Raw awardee at the NU 107 Rock Awards in 2006, and also NU 107 Rock Awards’ Best New Artist in 2007.