Mga Awit ng Magdaragat
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This thematic, ensemble album is programmed like a theater piece. The twelve songs here, all lyrics by Joey Ayala, have as central image the sea as source of life and livelihood. Eight of the songs were composed by various collaborators: Noel Cabangon, Mlou Matute, Cynthia Alexander, Bayang Barrios, Mike Villegas, Onie Badiang and Irma Tengasantos. This album was produced with the assistance of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources’ Fisheries and Resource Management Program as a marker to the program’s end.
Awit ng Magdaragat is composed and performed by Noel Cabangon. The song-epic traces a fisherman’s lineage from sea-farer to present-day sea-farmer. Magmasid, magbantay, magpayabong ng buhay…
Pagsalok Ko sa Dagat is a children’s counting song that introduces the concept of ecosystem, the relationship of fish-home to fish-food and, finally, to more fish. Words are set to music by Mlou Matute using a k’lintang kayu or wooden kulintang. Other performers are Grace Bugayong and Mlou’s young nieces. Gagawa ako ng bahay, bahay ng isda, upang may makapitan ang kinakain niya…
Santwaryo, composed and performed by Cynthia Alexander, is a soaring anthem to a practical solution to food security, the natural sanctuary. It plays with the ideational-spiritual aspect of “sanctuary” with the literal aspect of resource management-by-letting-be. Santwaryo sa dagat, santwaryo sa puso. Santwaryo ng buhay at biyaya…
Tuba or Not Tuba, is a tongue-in-cheek rock-lament featuring Jingle Buena as the irate wife of a habitual drinker. Composed by Bayang Barrios and Mike Villegas who also masterminded the instrumentation. Tuba or not tuba, that is the question…
Simpleng Yaman is a laconic declaration of everyday wealth composed and performed by Onie Badiang. Mental setting is a kubo by the sea. Ako’y milyonaryo sa buhangin…
Lason is a hard-driving reminder of interconnectedness delivered by the energetic Kevin Roy to the music of Bayang Barrios and Mike Villegas. Ang lason sa inani mo’y lason ng bayan…
Butanding is Joey Ayala’s account of his meeting the famous whale-sharks, the biggest humanly-accessible congregation of which occurs in Bicol, Donsol. Another classic from the storytelling Ayala. Muntik kong maapakan higanteng nagdaan, malapad pa ang ulo sa bangka…
Kulang-kulang Ayala takes us to a barrio where many of the residents are missing body parts, an unfortunate consequence of dynamite fishing. Ang aral na itoy’ simbigat ng bato, huwag pasasabugan ang bubuhay sa ‘yo…
Tulad Niyo The voice is Dessa Rizalina F. Ilagan, JA’s inaanak, reminding parents that they, like the sea, are givers of life and sustenance. Tulad ng dagat, kayo ay bumubuhay sa akin, Inay, Itay…
Dagat ay Langit Cynthia Alexander takes us on a mystic, gliding journey to the depths of our inner sea of creativity. Ang dagat ay langit at ang langit ay ito – anyo ng Malikhain sa pagkatao ko….
Umilalim Na is a rousing all-star-cast production number exhorting us to dive and bear direct witness to the wonders of the ocean. Umilalim na habang may hininga, ika’y mamamangha sa sarisarimbuhay…
We Are Never Alone is the album’s denoument with a raunchy-raspy reggae Mama Irma Tengasantos acting as a motherly mangrove tree. My feet are in the ocean and I feel like a tree, I am never alone ‘cuz the fishes love me…
Note: There are twenty tracks on the album – 12 songs and 8 minus ones!