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Karl Ramirez

Rank #2 Quezon City, PH Alternative / Electronica / Protest

50% of sales go to the charity Half The Sky Movement.

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Members: Karl Ramirez

Sounds Like: Rico Blanco, Rivermaya, Coldplay, U2, Parokya ni Edgar

Label: Self Distribution

Bio: As one writer pointed out, Karl Ramirez writes music with “fresh optimism and truthful empathy ... breathing fresh air into the progressive music tradition.” A collaboration of rock, pop, and electronic, his music ventures into new ways of articulating people’s issues, collective and social actio... See Full Bio

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: Hinding hindi magagapi pakikibaka nating nag-aalab http://t.co/dqbrs1lNtN

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“Bago pa man naging campaign jingle ang kanta ni ginoong Ramirez, bumilib na ako sa mensahe ng kanyang awitin. Tama naman, dapat ang anumang hangad na pagbabago ay para sa karaniwang tao, sa tinatawag na “masa.””

— Norman Carnay, Karaniwang Tao / Hong Kong News

“My fellow songwriters and musicians in CAP and I believe in writing meaningful music that mirrors the aspiration of Filipinos for real social change. (Teddy) Casiño’s platform is the most responsive to the needs of the people right now – higher wages, land reform, national industrialization, lower prices of commodities, and a government that will defend the rights of the people. That is truly makabayan!”

— Remate, Teddy Casiño adopts indie OPM song Pagbabago

“In ‘Makibaka The Album,’ Karl Ramirez offers an hour of progressive music that will appeal to a young, mainstream audience as much it does to an older generation of Filipino activists... The songs veer away from the usual musical style of protest songs that have folk and marching beats, and instead will give its listeners half an hour of pulsating drums beats and powerful guitar riffs ... Makibaka is a rock ‘n roll album that will be greatly appreciated not only by the progressive circle but also by the mainstream audience. (I)n a time when people should be conscious about what is happening around them, creating and spreading music about society and encouraging people to take part in changing it is always timely ... Songs that liberate are always timely.”

— Bulatlat.com, Makibaka: Music Inspired by the Struggle for Change

“Everything was completely original. Songs like “Makibaka” for instance, has a tinge of the familiar, sing-song, clenched-fist march form, yet somehow towards the middle part, punches of chromatic notes in heavy distortion can be heard. ... The most important aspect of Karl Ramirez’s songs, however, is their lyrics. Ramirez’s poetry displayed a conscious departure from laconic sloganism and cliched misericordiams. Rather, it ventured new ways to articulate the immortal themes of social action. The songs are dripping with fresh optimism and truthful empathy. There is no space for meaningless jargon or mechanical, inhuman agitation. There is only pure emotion and full-fledged commitment to the undying cause for social justice and a better place to live in.”

— John Levi Masuli, A whiff of fresh air for the radicals’ ears

“When you immerse with the people, there are deeper issues ... It is where we get our inspiration to write our songs, to make visual art, to write poetry and theatre ... We cannot write effectively about our cause if we don't immerse and study.”

— Suzanne Bowen, Interview with Open Source Enthusiast, Indie Songwriter & Human Rights Activist

“Karl Ramirez is a great indie artist coming out of Quezon City.”

— Halo Halo Music

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PAGBABAGO Official Music Video (Karl Ramirez feat. Plagpul & Pedro) [HD]

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2012
Mar 13

Hard Rock Cafe Makati
Makati City, PH | 9:00pm
Hard Rock Cafe Makati
Makati City, PH
Tue Mar 13, 2012 9:00pm
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2nd Qualifying Battle of competing bands at the local Hard Rock Cafe featuring Karl Ramirez & Plagpul, Jason X, Poteyto
2012
Jan 19

Skarlet's Jazz Kitchen
Quezon City, PH | 7:00pm
Skarlet's Jazz Kitchen
Quezon City, PH
Thu Jan 19, 2012 7:00pm
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Benefit gig for the people of Corazon de Jesus.
2011
Nov 26

Bantayog ng mga Bayani
Quezon City, NCR, PH | 4:00pm
Bantayog ng mga Bayani
Quezon City, NCR, PH
Sat Nov 26, 2011 4:00pm
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Performing at the launch of Tudla Productions' short film BARIKADA at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani Auditorium.
2011
Oct 17

Peace concert at the Re…
Legaspi City, PH | 8:00pm
Peace concert at the Region...
Legaspi City, PH
Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:00pm
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Performing at a peace concert organized by the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Bicol culminating the regional caravan participated by organizations from 6 provinces in Bicol.
2011
Sep 22

University of the Phili…
Quezon City, PH | 8:00pm
University of the Philippines
Quezon City, PH
Thu Sep 22, 2011 8:00pm
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Performing with Plagpul at the solidarity concert for the student's strike against budget cut in education and state universities.