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The Philippines, a country with a longstanding legacy of centering hybrid, cross-cultural sonic creation that weaves together local and transnational creative threads, is the origin of this layered, uncategorizable sound titled Ba'To, which falls under the broad, boundary-pushing classification of Music/Mix. The Music/Mix genre designation was developed to reject the limiting, often arbitrary silos that have historically categorized creative sonic work, framing the act of blending itself as a meaningful creative practice rather than a deviation from a supposed “pure” or established genre norm. Unlike narrow genre labels that demand a work adhere to a strict set of unwritten rules to qualify for inclusion, Music/Mix honors every form of sonic work that pulls from multiple creative traditions, whether those traditions are rooted in the same regional community or span continents and decades of distinct creative output.
