The Slave Drum
About the band:
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Formed in Manila, Philippines in early-2001, The Slave Drum was originally Jerome Velasco (Daydream Cycle, Citrusphere, Teeth) on ambient guitars and drum machine, Paulo Pacia (Digitalis) on bass, and Ramon Mayor (Digitalis, Trailsweeper) on vocals and acoustic guitar. Heavily influenced by most of the early atmospheric bands of the 80s and 90s, the band debuted at the old Intramuros spoken-word batcave, Sanctum Unmasct...mesmerizing the bohemian contingent with their minimalistic rhythms, folksy lamentations and hypnagogic ambient drones...eventually leading to their involvement with the experimental event production group 'An Elysium' and releasing an eclectic debut under Dissonance Recordings in 2003...
The band is currently in the studio (The Drone Loft), writing and rehearsing for their 2nd album...so far, about 5 songs have been arranged and recorded. Pacia left early-2006 to pursue other things and has been succeeded by Chris Concepcion (Inflikt) on electronic drum programming and sound textures.They hope to release the album late-2007.
(site concept & design by C. Concepcion / main band photo by Y. Sabalvaro / live photos by R. Ong / 'nature' photos by R. Mayor)
