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Tucked into the sonic landscape of the Philippines, tahanan unfolds as a regional music note rooted in the ethos of intentional, cross-contextual sound weaving that defines its classification as Music/Mix. This classification, which rejects the rigid boundaries of more narrowly defined sonic categories, allows the work to move freely across the range of localized sonic practices that exist across the country’s varied island groups, without being forced to align with any single established tradition or stylistic framework that might limit its scope. The Philippines, as the foundational frame for this sound, grounds every choice that shapes its identity, ensuring that all of the creative threads that come together to form the mix are rooted in the specific context of sonic exchange within the archipelago, rather than being shaped by external pressures to fit global genre standards that often erase the nuance of regionally created sound.
