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On 5 September 2019, witness the gathering of your favorite luxury beauty brands in the much-awaited beauty event of the year! Join us for the biggest celebration of all things beauty and music at Rustan's Beauty Addict GLOW: Beauty and Beats Festival.
Artists Lineup
Get ready to move to the beat! Enjoy a fun-filled night with live performances from Nix Damn P, The Ransom Collective, and Nicole Asensio.
Being a DJ, as they say, isn’t what it used to be anymore. The link from the time of the OGs to the future they once wished for is a heavy, fragile bridge, and is held up only by a few.
Nix Damn P’s shoulders bear the weight of that bridge, along with, as he calls it, “the few who understand.” The difference lies not in the ability he has sharpened over years, or the condence he’s earned through badges deserved and dues paid. The difference lies in the most basic element of DJ-ing itself: counting.
Before every bass drop, before every big gig, before every scratch and swap of a record, is a count, a rhythm, a pace that one sets for himself: Nix understands that every beat he plays is a product of near-immeasurable, uncountable efforts, some of his own, some by others. He stands behind the decks not as a gure of his own success, but as a proud product of those before him, as a beacon for those who wish to follow.
He gets it. It requires attention, dedication, an almost-maniacal commitment to detail. It’s not about him. It’s about the music, the work, it’s about each other. That’s how DJ-ing started. That’s how it must live on.
It’s not about his name. It’s about the expression in the middle that connects it. The same expression, and spirit, and love for the game that he wishes to bridge him to you, the past to the future, the needle to the world. It’s the expression you say in joy, in sorrow, in the authentic feeling of true emotion that started all of this in the 1st place:
Damn.
After winning “Wanderband,” in 2014, a competition between the Philippines’ emerging young acts, The Ransom Collective swiftly found themselves on stages all over Manila.
The six-piece indie folk group went on to play the annual Wanderland Festival, sharing the stage with bands such as The Drums, The Royal Concept, and Architecture in Helsinki.
They then released their self-titled EP in November 2014, and their full length album “Traces” in May 2017, both to high praise from music critics and peers.
Comprised of Kian Ransom (vocals, guitar), Redd Claudio (drums), Jermaine Choa Peck (percussions, vocals), Leah Halili (bass, vocals), Lily Gonzales (keyboards, vocals), and Muriel Gonzales (violin, vocals), the band fuses unique percussive patterns, acoustic guitar driven leads, melodic violin phrases, and full vocal swells to create their distinctive sound.
In their short time as a group, the band has established a strong presence in the local music scene, played in the country’s major music festivals, collaborated with Yuna (Malaysia), GAC (Indonesia), and Gabby Alipe of Urbandub (Philippines), and having performed at their first out-of-country stage in India (ASEAN-India Music Festival 2017), are now setting their sights on making a mark in Southeast Asia.
Asensio got her professional start in musical theatre.
Asensio performed as one of the orphans in her first major production Annie with Repertory Philippines.
By age 15, she had recorded radio ads and jingles for various brands. She grew up listening to different genres but her main influences arePink Floyd and Skunk Anansie.
Her first musical foray outside theatre was as a founding member the band Crowjane.
In 2010, she played Mimi Marquez in a Philippine production of Rent. That same year, all-girl rock band General Luna formed, with Asensio fronting on lead vocals.
Asensio now has a successful career as a solo singer and vocalist.
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