New record label Bandido Rekords has entered the local music scene to further push for the beats and ideals of hip hop music, its subgenres, and the community in general. Its entry is celebrated in the form of a debut release by a group named Soultary.
With its common respect and love for Emo Trap which empowers lyricism over a driving beat, Soultary fits the bill in being at the forefront of promoting hip hop in the country.
Bandido Rekords A&R (Artist & Repertoire) executive Paulo Perez, known in the music scene as King Promdi and a member of the famed VVS Collective, is the group’s perfect collaborator for a track bound to make waves in the trap beats populace.
The quartet’s single and composition “Ayusen,” described as a modern rendition of a classic story, is dropped in popular digital stores today, July 29. It made the cut for Spotify’s Fresh Finds Philippines playlist.
“’Ayusen’ goes through many of the tumultuous emotions all of us experience when going through a break up. It especially calls out how we often look back and wish we could still fix things,” Soultary said of the song.
Music insiders are vouching for Soultary members Mirikle, Keyaru, L Frost, and Liens who “effortlessly narrate the highs and lows of wanting an explanation, searching for a way to fix things” in their track. Listeners are in for a treat with their amusing rhyming, like when they say, “Lapit na ‘kong maging crazy/ Puro malungkot na lang nangyari lately/ Kaya pala ayaw mo saten ng label/ Sya’y demonyo ang akala ko sya’y angel.”
“Ayusen” is published by Widescope Entertainment, the mother label of Bandido Rekords. It essentially means the song and the artist behind it are backed by a solid team of music industry experts headed by executive producer Vic de Vera and supervising producer Neil Gregorio.
King Promdi as the song’s co-producer only enhanced the strength of the single. His skill should definitely benefit the cause of both the new label and its roster of artists. For superior take-off, he vocal engineered, mixed and mastered the track. Another emo trap enthusiast Chan Beatz is also credited as producer.
Sentimental yet upbeat, “Ayusen” provided some profound thoughts to reflect upon, as Soultary implied, “what happens when two people decide to call things quits.”
While composed of legitimate songwriters, Soultary has the arsenal too to be known as a group delightfully experimenting with popular OPM tracks by adding trap beats.
“Pwede bang ayusin? Kahit ikaw ang mali handa akong suyuin,” says one of “Ayusen’s” key lines.
It is a good sign that Bandido Rekords, which is helmed by someone like King Promdi, is likely to open lots of doors to artists armed with pure talent and the mindset to renovate things through steady beats.
To stream and download: https://orcd.co/ayusen
