I recently meet an artist that no matter what happen, no
matter what she had choose before, she eventually give in to what her heart
desires; and that’s to sing . She may have the same surname with a famous
artist, she may be a sister of this artist but she is in her own right an artist
herself. I was privileged to meet Lally Buendia.
The artist: This woman’s music career started in grade
school, when she sang a Filipino folk song on stage. A few years after, she
then recorded her first album “Fair Tales”, in which she realized that music was
indeed her lifelong calling. She’s definitely no diva or pop princess though.
If you see Lally Buendia aka Domino in person, you know that with her
leather-wearing vibe and blunt, edgy ‘do, she’s sharp and feisty and she surely
won’t sing you any love song. But worry not because she just might, in her
latest album Mantis.
On Mantis: Two years in the making, Lally would
write songs on days when she was on either side of her emotional spectrum. She
believes this album is her unabashed attempt to come out and kick ass. She was
also tremendously lucky to have worked with a motley crew of brilliant artists
in the music scene – Ely Buendia (Pupil, The Oktaves), Pat Tirano (TOI),
Jerome Velasco (Daydream Cycle), Jazz Nicolas (The Itchyworms), Mikey Amistoso
(Ciudad, Hannah+Gabi), and Eric Perlas (COG) who co-produced the album. Japs
Sergio (Peso Movement, Daydream Cycle) co-wrote 2 songs and Aldus Santos
(The Purplechickens) wrote a track and recorded guitars and vocals for it. Clem
Castro (The Camerawalls) and Wendell Garcia (Pupil) also played on a couple of
tracks. Having grown up in a family where everyone’s into music of all
sorts, you’ll be able to hear strains of these genres in all her songs. And as
she is never one to box out her band in one category, she defines Domino’s
music as a fusion of everything, easily one that she would like to listen to,
just probably with more bits of pop in it, as this is her biggest influence.
Mantis includes the following tracks: “I Love You, But I’m
Driving”, “His Song”, “Veil”, “I Die Each Time”, “Eight Days”, “Farichild”,
“Oath”, “This Furious Now”, “To Thunder” and “Dites-moi”.
So ladies and gents, enough said. How about we skip the
pleasantries? Buckle up and prepare for a sexy sound trip. If you’re in
for a funking out
,
eargasmic time, Mantis won’t disappoint.
Always remember that Mantis is Domino ( Lally Buendia)
