My good friends (we share a drummer in JP of Biscochong Halimaw) from the Pinoy post-punk/goth band THE LATE ISABEL are currently on their way to wrapping up their second album Imperial.
One of the songs (and I hear the likely first single) is the song "Isabel, The Damaged," which they tell me is directly inspired by my short story in my first book. It's GTA-dark, driving music for one thing. It's also a nifty and gorgeous transliteration of the story's heart into sonic metaphor, for another.
I think Alan, Wawi, Roval and JP have outdone themselves with it. I can't wait for the video, guys : ) This is great creative serendipity (or is it synchronicity?) considering I wrote the story a year before I met the whole band -- though guitarist Alan and I were journalists in the same newspaper back then, with ex-Funeral Frost' vox Aldelm Feriols, to boot.
But don't take my word for it. Listen to a preview of the song here: http://karlrdemesa.multiply.com/music/item/7/ISABEL_THE_DAMAGED_BY_THE_LATE_ISABEL
Here's an old link to the source story "Isabel, The Damaged": http://42opus.com/v3n1/isabelthedamaged
More on THE LATE ISABEL here: http://www.geocities.com/thelateisabel/
And if you like the story, support the semi-starving author and buy the book at any National Bookstore, outlet, the UP PRESS store at UP Diliman, or order it on-line here: http://www.libros.com.ph/alphabetsrch.asp?letter=d
PS if you can't find the book at National, you can bug my publisher to put more of them in bookstores. Call them here: 925-3244
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One of the songs (and I hear the likely first single) is the song "Isabel, The Damaged," which they tell me is directly inspired by my short story in my first book. It's GTA-dark, driving music for one thing. It's also a nifty and gorgeous transliteration of the story's heart into sonic metaphor, for another.
I think Alan, Wawi, Roval and JP have outdone themselves with it. I can't wait for the video, guys : ) This is great creative serendipity (or is it synchronicity?) considering I wrote the story a year before I met the whole band -- though guitarist Alan and I were journalists in the same newspaper back then, with ex-Funeral Frost' vox Aldelm Feriols, to boot.
But don't take my word for it. Listen to a preview of the song here: http://karlrdemesa.multiply.com/music/item/7/ISABEL_THE_DAMAGED_BY_THE_LATE_ISABEL
Here's an old link to the source story "Isabel, The Damaged": http://42opus.com/v3n1/isabelthedamaged
More on THE LATE ISABEL here: http://www.geocities.com/thelateisabel/
And if you like the story, support the semi-starving author and buy the book at any National Bookstore, outlet, the UP PRESS store at UP Diliman, or order it on-line here: http://www.libros.com.ph/alphabetsrch.asp?letter=d
PS if you can't find the book at National, you can bug my publisher to put more of them in bookstores. Call them here: 925-3244
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