Making a storm

Ladies and gentlemen, I hate to admit it, but the Philippines is a land of lost music.

What do I mean by the term? It basically means that if you want an artist's older album, you can't get it because the record company has pulled it off the shelves. Sometimes though it backfires, like with me seeing Chicosci's "Icarus" back on the shelves after a three-year hiatus (it came out in 2004) and the début album of Typecast (released in the same year).

Unfortunately, the vast majority still go missing. A prominent example that I can relate to would be looking for the début album of Kjwan.

Remember that Kjwan is one of my musical experiments (read the related LJ post if you don't). I first saw the album in question at a for-sale bin at Odyssey at Harrison Plaza, but I had to buy my grandmother's (non-functional) typing software. When I returned to the bin, the CD was gone.

Sadly, as I stormed through popular music stores (Music One in Greenbelt, O in Rockwell, Odyssey and Astroplus in MoA, the SM record bar in Harrison Plaza and more to come), as much as I saw the stores awash with copies of "2 Step Marv" (their second album), the one I was looking for is not there. The record lady at O since told me that the album was pulled out.

I find it quite pitiful. I cannot relate to future albums without listening to the older ones, since it will not reflect proper musical evolution (Thrice, Busted, Simple Plan and Hoobastank though all fall in this category). It's a bit unnatural now these days.

So now what do I do? I have to find a way to procure the album without downloading it from the Internet. So if you have seen it, or if you have a copy, please do lend it to me! I promise to take good care of it. That or I petition the record companies to do what they do in the U.S., keep good older albums on store shelves.

And oh yeah, the first potential musical experiment (unknown punk rock band whose record company is based in Japan from the LJ post) is a band named Rotten Boy. Perhaps they're Japanese, since they look the part (and because the title of one of the songs, "The Battle It Continue", exhibits Engrish at work).