My Latest EP from Danish Label Subtec

To the techno-heads :) My latest EP entitled Stronger from Subtec Records in Denmark just came out!

Check it out here and support it by buying if you dig the tunes :)

http://www.beatport.com/release/stronger/816360

God bless!

Cy

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The Yours Truly Remix

I won't talk about how I got to meet silverfilter of course hehe

If you were fortunate to grab a copy of the Nokia compilation CD that included the original Astig Pare, you'd definitely like this new version...

This remix I did is a total shift from the original track I did. The original was fast and quite progressive whereas this remix is a real groove monster. It's not banging but I'd like to say there's enough funk to shake you. 

My favorite here is the overall feel on that semi tribal drums and most especially how the arpeggiated synth picks up. I enjoyed it immensely. 

I called it the shut up mix because in the original mix, I only brought in the vocal line once or twice I think and you'll hear it thrice in this version so it's like saying shut up! hehe

I hope you enjoy this. I'd recommend this if you're a DJ because I've tried this already in clubs and it received a great response hehe :)

If you haven't downloaded it yet, get the album for free at http://www.silverfilter.com/interpreter2.html

Enjoy!

Cy

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The Wolfmann Remix

This is quite an emotional remix. I did this after Wolfmann passed away. Wolfmann or Wilf was my closest friend in the electronic music scene especially when I was starting out. We somehow grew up together in our own sounds and scenes. I remember our gear talks and such and it was such a tragedy when he passed. In my upcoming album toward the end of the year, there's actually a tune I wrote for him.

For this remix, I called it a soundtrack mix because there's that feel all throughout with the progression. the tune starts with a triplet feel then drops into some string orchestration in the middle part, and rips into a massive breaks tune towards the end like an action sequence type of thing. Listening to the end part now reminds me of early Chemical Brothers :)

I also used the vocals from the original for this remix. I remember the limitations I had here was the time limit given that's why some of my friends found the breakbeat part a bit hanging since I was working with a 4:30 min limit I think. 

My favorite parts are the strings and that massive filtered synth I had ripping through at the breakbeat part. If you'll notice, it's not really as synced as it should be. When I started making electronic music, I was so precise and always locked in everything to the dot. But after reading a lot about how electronic artists can humanize their tunes, one thing we can do is to not do everything in sync or locked or quantized. Let's also let our human feel take over and leave it at that to avoid the mechanical sound timed beats bring.

If you haven't downloaded it yet, get the album for free at http://www.silverfilter.com/interpreter2.html

Enjoy!

Cy

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The Spazzkid Remix

I believe I was on a nostalgia trip when I did the Spazzkid remix. The remix may sound a bit late 90s early 2000s even if it was done around 09 I think. If you notice, the remix was called underground mix, which is truly a reworded title for what I was influenced with... Underworld. The whole remix actually was something from my inspiration being a huge fan of underworld from the techno loopy beats, to the vocoded sounds ands arpeggiated synths.

I used the guitars from the original track and the vocals were run into the vocoder. 

My favorite part I guess is the arped synth :)

If you're into Underworld, I'm hoping you'd dig this tune :)

If you haven't downloaded it yet, get the album for free at http://www.silverfilter.com/interpreter2.html

Cy

 

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The Narda Remix

This remix came out during a sad point in their career. I believe they released this remix as part of their farewell/last record/vid launch :(

I personally requested for Gasolina because I liked the song since we've played alongside the band in a number of shows around the metro at that time with my band. 

I did another nu skool breaks style mix for this remix, which is one of the styles I really like doing. I then called this I Crush You Mix because everyone had a crush on Narda's vocalist whenever she was rockin on stage.

I used just the vocals for the original for this. My favorite here are all the shifts in the remix like it's a different remix per section, which may work ok for some but not for others hehe my favorite segment is that shuffly feel in the middle... it's also one of the parts I had difficulty with when I did this.

If you haven't downloaded it yet, get the album for free at http://www.silverfilter.com/interpreter2.html

Enjoy!

Cy

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The Names Are For Tombstones Remix

I made this tune for Nono aka NAFT who is also a brother in Electronica Manila. I've actually seen the live version of this a couple of times before I worked on the remix. I remember he was working on an online release and I wanted to help out with a remix. 

I called it Atari mix just because it's "wataris" and how Atari is associated with early computer generated electronic music.

I approached the remix in a nu skool breaks fashion that gets a head bobbin' twist in the middle, which I truly enjoy everytime I listen to it. I guess that's my favorite part :) there's also a hoover synth in there, which I rarely use but I felt being challenged at the time and told myself to use a synth sound I don't use that's why there's one in there, which turned out pretty good if I may say :)

If you haven't downloaded it yet, get the album for free at http://www.silverfilter.com/interpreter2.html

Enjoy!

Cy

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The Kaz Remix

This remix is an odd one. 

My friend Dan passed this remix on to me for Kaz. I've met Kaz early in my live PA days though i don't know if she'd still remember me. The original of this piece is not a tune but a spoken piece, that's why it's called prose mix. This is actually one of the oldest remixes in this release, that's why you'll somehow hear that classic house sound in the feel of the tune. I'd say fatboy slim influenced :)

If you feel there's something wrong with the vocals in the stutter edits, there really aren't any. I intentionally made those in the final re-edit for this release. When I did the remix back then, I was pretty open and I just let the words flow through but at this point in my life, as much as I see and appreciate the art in it, I feel I have a social responsibility toward my listeners so I had to somehow censor some words especially those with sexual undertones. I may have not represented the lines fully but that's why it's called my remix hehe I can do whatever I want with it haha

My favorite is the part "pilllssssss to forrrrgeeeettt" I just love it. hehe It reminds me of that stretched voice in Higher State of Consciousness.

I really do hope Kaz gets to listen to this :)

If you haven't downloaded it yet, get the album for free at http://www.silverfilter.com/interpreter2.html

Enjoy!

Cy

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The Kala Remix

This one originally appeared on the Nokia compilation CD and I believe Kala's album. this version on Interpreter is re-mixed and remastered though but nothing's changed really. 

I actually can't remember how I hooked up with Kala. I believe they contacted me for a remix for their album. It's been years and I just recall meeting up with them in greenbelt discussing the direction of the remix. 

To be honest, this remix surprised me. I didn't know it would turn out this way. It's a bit on the deeper, light, jazz, pop, and mixed bag of house. I really can't describe it but all I can say is I love it. One of the best remixes I've done if I may say. I really enjoyed doing this and how it came out!

My favorite, as biased as it sounds, is the guitar solo hehe I used my (now gone) black Epiphone Les Paul Custom for the solo. The inspirations for my remix were the Miguel Migs tunes and the Nude Tempo releases and one sound you can always find in those is the guitar and there are quite a few favorites of mine on those releases where it had a guitar solo and so I felt it was fitting for me to include one in the remix as a nod to my influences at the time. It is also why it's called Deep Sands mix since those releases were commonly heard in beach house compilations, mixes.

If you haven't downloaded it yet, get the album for free at http://www.silverfilter.com/interpreter2.html

Enjoy!

Cy

 

 

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The Funkavy Remix

We're back. 

Funkavy and I go way back playing gigs back to back and more. I actually first saw him in a gig I did in Tagaytay. One thing I cannot forget is how Funkavy thanked me for getting him back on the saddle since he gave up producing at the time and when he saw me do a live PA gig at the club he was playing in, he somehow got inspired and tried his hand again and developed himself and later on got his deal with Fusion Recordings. I guess that's a real accomplishment for me, that I get to inspire people with music and later on find themselves grabbing hold of their dreams. It's a real humbling experience and a huge blessing as well.

This particular remix was initially supposed to be for Funkavy's label as a possible remix of one of his tracks for the label. Unfortunately, it didn't pass their standards at that time. This was I think around 4 yrs ago. Man, when I listen to the original one I sent, I realized I had more to learn so what you hear mixwise in the release is a vast improvement over the original one I sent. This is not to say that the track I did was crap to my ears. I actually loved it at the time which is why among all the remix studies I did, it's the one that made it to them. But then again, it's all about taste and they weren't so much into it... which is why I call it the silverfilter's Reject mix. (now you know why). The remix is done under the electro house genre coz it was huge at that time and that was what they required so it's the direction I took.

I remember the only thing I used for the remix were the vocals, bass synth, and some loops, from the tune that got passed on to me from their end. 

I'm interested to find out how this sounds in a club especially once it picks up in the middle... If you're a DJ, let me know if you try to play this out hehe

Hope you enjoyed this remix I did for my buddy Funkavy.

Cy

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The Nyko Maca Remix

When I did this, my good friend, Madz was still with Nyko Maca. 

Among the remixes on Interpreter, I believe this is the one that really differs in style as it's a bit on the deeper, jazzy, house style, which is quite refreshing and I am hoping it can also tap into an entirely different listener base.

The remix is made up of rhodes sounds and a funky bassline (which I loved making). I think one of my marks is how I make my basslines... I just love programming my own. I remember being told before that my basslines are too playfull and that I should try something more under. But for this particular tune and style, the playfulness of the bass works to the track's advantage!

My favorite part is the progression of the whole track on how it gently picks up and just adds on to the overall groove. I loved the vocals of course. 

I called it Funky Maca mix just because I found the groove of the track funky... and funky maca sounds nice hehe

If you haven't downloaded it yet, get the album for free at http://www.silverfilter.com/interpreter2.html

Enjoy!

Cy

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The Daily Remix Stories

As some of you know, I'll be announcing and releasing my remixes album tom. With that, I decided to let you in on some of the little stories behind those remixes on how it came about and how I approached it and more. It will be a remix a day posted around noon daily (except weekends hehe).

Hope you can check it out and I hope you can pick up some interesting facts about the remixes and possibly learn a thing or two if you are into remixing as well. 

Enjoy the stories!

Don't forget to get the album! There's something in store for everyone!

God bless :)

Cy

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UK label press release for my single :)

From the press release of the label

 

"Silverfilter ‘Disko Dive’ including remixes from Anarchy Rice and ACADA. Support from Far Too Loud, Access Denied, Ben & Lex, Hexadecimal, General MIDI, B Phreak, Neurodriver, Kickflip and more."

Click here to preview and buy now:

https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/con ... disko-dive

Hailing from the Philippines, Silverfilter has been given the nod with his track ‘Disko Dive’. Dirty ‘Flat Eric’ bass grooves cut against some deliciously soft focus synth layering. Fat breaks and euphoric fluffs galore.

On remix duties, Anarchy Rice cranks up the squelch factor with a bullish cut of leftfield breaks. Colossally thick bass revs garnished with a generous topping of bleeps, zaps and claps that’ll have your brain bouncing off the walls.

Completing the trio, The Sonic Deviant and Perpetual Present team up to form a new collaborative moniker – ACADA – and serve up a devilishly floor-crunching cocktail of tech-breaks, low slung rock plated basslines and a devious hit of heavy portamento at the last.

AP

“Wow. anarchy rice remix is total win!!!!” Far Too Loud

“Wow…flat beat bass, i like it! original and anarchy rice remix for me!” Access Denied

“Reeeeealy like this release. Proper fat chunky breaks action. Full support!! DISCO!!” Ben & Lex

“Very nice!” General MIDI

“I like the original mix, nice, will get some plays from me!” Hexadecimal

“Good trio of tracks here, nice one! Hard to pick a favourite…” Neurodriver

“Nice work on the Anarchy Rice remix!” Kickflip

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My 1st International Chillout Track on Needwant Records UK

It's such a blessing to have another release on a UK label. This time, under Needwant Records and it's a chillout tune!

I sent a demo to them and they liked it and so begins the story... I sent my tune out without any idea where it will go and now it's gaining momentum towards the release. It'll be available all over the world and there'll be a CD of the compilation too! I'm just so excited about it. I would've been quite happy actually just to be released digitally but a vinyl and CD release was way more than I expected... such a blessing indeed!

This is one of the nicest reviews I've read of my track on the compilation... heck, it's nice to know people dig my original tunes :)

http://www.thecouchsessions.com/2011/06/review-future-balearica-vol-2-a-new-w...

Here's the announcement on Resident Advisor

http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=14169

Hope you can check it out once it comes out! I can't wait to get my copy of the CD from the label!!!

Cy

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silverfilter live PA remix set Fete De La Musique 2011

This was my set at Fete De La Musique 2011.

But I wanna talk more about how I got to making this. 

I call it my best compromise for now because as much as I want to play out original stuff I've done, it's hard getting gigs locally as a live PA. I decided it would be fun to "sandwich" stuff I made as well as play around with some known tunes and have plain fun doing it. This is how I came up with this set of mine. It's a work in progress but I'm enjoying doing this now. I am hoping to improve on it more in the coming weeks :) All are live remixes I've done of the tunes you'll hear since it's a short set but for long sets, I'll have more original tunes of mine in between the remixes.

I have used Propellerhead Reason/Record to produce my lines and rearranged them for live use in Ableton live. I play out with an APC40, KP3 and a Pioneer EFX500. I'd integrate Maschine in the picture eventually but I'm still preparing that side of the set. Trying out this software hybrid set for now since I'm enjoying it now. Been doing all hardware for almost a decade so I'm having fun with the change at the moment until I save up for some Elektrons :)

Enjoy the music!

Cy

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The Single I'm Really Excited to Release!

Hi Guys and Gals,

After months, I can finally formally announce my latest single Disko Dive. 

This is a breaks tune that I am happy to say really sounds different. It was initially done to have some vocals in some parts but due to a lack of time, I wasn't able to but it turned out better than I expected. 

I sent it out to labels and was favored to be picked up by UK label Acidphonic Records! I was really excited about that and with this single, the plus on top was that I got to be remixed by Anarchy Rice and ACADA! Who would've thought that one day, I'd get to release a UK single with artists from Europe remixing my tunes, right? It really is a blessing! 

The release is a full on trio of pumping breaks tracks with my original mix plus the 2 remixes, which is currently a Beatport exclusive so get yours now!

With that, I present Disko Dive.

Get it here :)

https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/382458/Disko%20Dive

Enjoy!

Thanks and God bless!

Cy

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Latest Tunes and Remixes Now Out on Beatport

Hi guys, 

Just wanted to share a recap on some of my new releases under various labels  

Here's a house tune under Stereofly Records 
https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/375663/Julienne%20... 

Then here are some remixes I did for a release for our very own LivePA brother Wes for Steamtown  Check out the release! 

https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/356762/B52 

And finally a hard funk breaks remix I did for Kick It Recordings' latest single 

https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/373348/Turkish%20P... 

Enjoy the sounds! 

Cy

ps. older than the first three but pretty recent as well... Chillout this time for Esemtrax
https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/348745/Our%20Trax%...

 

 

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Latest Release on US Label Kick It

Hi guys!

Check out my latest remix release! I figured it would be better if you read it direct from the label's blog. So here goes:

http://kickitrecords.blogspot.com/2011/06/new-release-kir252-rick-tyler-turki...

 

But I won't end with a link... it would make my blog post "lacking." I figured it would be nice to say something about how I ended up doing this remix for the label. 

I found Kick It online and sent in my tunes to them. They were one of the very first labels to get back to me regarding my work and was willing to take on one of my tunes and release it. A few weeks down the line, the label head mentioned their upcoming release and asked if I would be interested to do a remix for them and of course I said yes! This is where the story begins...

It's funny because my remix came out ahead of my actual single with the label but I'm not complaining! It's a treat! Looking forward to my actual release though with them, which I think a lot of you will dig and move to. I love the tune I'm  releasing with them!

Back to the remix, since they're pretty much a breaks label, I decided to do a hard funk breaks remix and I was pretty happy with what I did. Coming from me to say I was happy, that's a lot. I'm pretty hard on myself at times that's why as much as I have tons of tunes, I don't release that often. I want everything to be perfect before releasing anything. 

So there, some tidbits about the release. I hope you can support it!

Oh yeah, the weird thing about it is this... label thought my name was silver filter with a space in the middle of the 2 words and so unfortunately, people looking for silverfilter on Beatport will find me but not this particular release (bummer) but can be easily found with the name silver filter. I brought it to their attention so they won't have this problem for my actual single don't worry. Phew!

It's now available on Beatport.

https://www.beatport.com/en-US/html/content/release/detail/373348/Turkish%20P...

Enjoy and Support your local electronic artists!

Cy

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Latest release on French Label

Hi guys and gals!

Very busy this week so I'll be posting rarely. Biggest client for work is here so I'm tuned in 100%! :)

Anyway, just a short update. I just received word on my latest release on French Label Stereo Fly Records and here it is

http://www.junodownload.com/products/julienne-groove/1743449-02/

It is currently a Juno exclusive but it will be available all over by the end of the month! Hopefully by then my latest breaks tune on UK label Acidphonic will be out as well! 

Enjoy the rest of the summer!

God bless

Cy

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Some Good News About My Upcoming Release

I finally got the email for the final mastered track and updates on my upcoming breakbeat tune entitled Disko Dive under UK label, Acidphonic. 

I've been praying hard on this one when I was initially waiting for their reply on accepting my track and after a few months, here we are. 

I've been told that the release would be either end of May or early June since they're still waiting for some of the remixes from the artist roster. 

I also received a link from them for their latest soundcloud podcast, which you can also find in itunes, that includes my track already on it!

Check out the link! It's a free hourlong mix of tunes :)

http://soundcloud.com/acidphonic/acidphonic-podcast-with-the

They also introduced it via voice, and I must say, it sent chills to my spine hearing it introduced. Moreso by someone with a Brit accent! I also liked how he introduced it! :)

Enjoy! More to come, guys!

Cy

ps.  A little trivia to you electronic producers... one of the remixers, Anarchy Rice is also Rob Jones. The guy you often see doing video tutorials and demos of gear of some famous brands like Novation :)

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