A moniker does more than mark a creator’s output as separate from the crowds of people making and sharing sound; it acts as a first thread that ties every piece an artist releases to a consistent, recognizable core, one that audiences can return to as they trace the span of a creative career. For fitterkarma, that thread runs through every work the artist puts forward, including the sound titled Kalapastangan, a piece rooted in the creative landscape of the Philippines, a nation with a long, layered history of independent creators turning self-selected monikers into stand-ins for the uncompromising vision they bring to every sound they release.