Makiling Pledges Support to Buttons to Hope

Not so many of us have probably heard of the world-class music group Makiling. We're missing a lot.

Makiling was formed by five high school buddies back in December of 1997. Diwa, Otto, Dave, Evan and Wed all met and were classmates at the Philippine High School for the Arts in Mt. Makiling. After finishing high school in summer of 1997, fate put them all together once again as college students at the University of the Philippines in Diliman and Makiling was formed.

The music of Makiling is generally classified as world music. But the band likes to call it “Pinoy world music” for its unique Filipino flavor mixed with influences from Indian, Celtic, Country, Oriental, Moorish, Arabic, Rock and Latin music.

Evan, Otto, Dave, Wed and Diwa

Evan Britanico (bass and vocals), pledges to help his hometown Baao by supporting F.A.R.M. and Buttons to Hope. He offers to give a a portion of every Makiling bundled-album sale, out of his personal copies.

The bundle contains three albums with four CDs and sells for Php1,000 ($20). 10% goes to Buttons to Hope.

Medyo Modern
Release Date: October 01, 2000
Label: Independent
Synopsis: Makiling's first album released year 2000. In this album, Makiling sounds very fresh and very raw, incorporating purely acoustic sounds and still hesitant to use electronic sounds.



Patintero sa Ilalim ng Buwan
Release Date: December 01, 2002
Label: Independent
Synopsis: Makiling's sound starts maturing by incorporating new instruments. Specifically electric guitars and bass. More musical styles were explored such as Latin and Spanish music.The album is also star-studded with special guest artists such as Noel Cabangon, Hannah of Session Road, and Bo Razon to name a few.

Malakas at Maganda
Release Date: December 05, 2008
Label:I ndependent
Synopsis: Makiling's 3rd album, Malakas at Maganda took 6 years in the making. The band is now more confident about their creative direction.Malakas at Maganda is a double album containing 24 original songs. As reknowned Filipina fashion designer Dita Sandico-Ong puts it, "in Makiling's first two albums, they were still rooted to the ground, but in their third album, they took off and flew sky high!"The band's 3rd album features a very diverse track selection but the core Makiling sound is still dominant. This time around, only the band is at work here, intentionally not including any guest artists.

F.A.R.M. is extremely pleased that more and more Baaoenos are willing to help Buttons to Hope in any creative way they can. We, in turn, pledge to support Makiling and Pinoy world music. And to our fellow Baaoeno Evan, we are proud of you and thank you for your goodness!

Let us all buy Makiling! If interested, contact Cathy at 0922-8699264 or email us at farmbaao@gmail.com