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The Philippines’ vibrant, interconnected musical ecosystem has nurtured rock and roll as a core part of its popular cultural landscape for decades, positioning the genre as a space where local perspectives and the global history of rock and roll intersect to create works that carry meaning both within the islands and far beyond their shores. Rock and roll’s hold on Philippine creative circles has never waned, as each new cohort of creators builds on the work of those who came before them, refining the genre’s core elements to reflect the shifting realities of life in the archipelago, while honoring the raw, unifying energy that first made rock and roll a global phenomenon. The sound Ulan emerges from this rich, ongoing tradition, rooted firmly in the Philippines’ rock and roll lineage, contributing a new entry to a catalog of work that has shaped the country’s relationship to popular music for generations.
