PERSON [is currently inactive]

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Member Since: 1/23/2006
Band Website: personmusic.com
Band Members: personnel:
micah vellian (aka miguel lacsamana)
outputmessage

conspirators:
young rae
metropolitan burlesque

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Sounds Like: Press for the BUSINESS CLASS EP
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URB.COM
It’s good to have friends in far-out places. Person is guitarist Miguel Lacsamana, who released a fine indie-dance solo album, Entitled, last year, and here lets a couple of notable acquaintances loose on it. Melodic’s Outputmessage sexes up ‘Pharisee Pride’, welding Lacsamana’s vocals to an industrial dancehall riff, while Spank Rock’s Alex XXXChange kicks out some nicely warped synth-disco on ‘Business Class.’ A fine package.--Si Hawkins

THE FADER
"Person is bringing a fresh sound to DC's underground music scene with their soulful brand of indie rock. The remix of recent single "Business Class" by Spank Rock producer Alex XXXChange never fails to get even the most uptight clubbers into party mode. Trust me."--DJ Stereo Faith

IReallyLoveMusic.Co.Uk
“not your usual run of the mill pop music, but futuristic twitching electro pop music that makes your head spin while recalling the neo-dance grooves of justin and his sound shaper friends nerd.” –mark e.

Textura.org(UK)
"Alex XXXchange gets Business Class grooving onto the dancefloor in both vocal and instrumental versions. Outputmessage returns here too with an incendiary dance mix of “Pharisee Pride” that pushes the original's swinging rhythms in the direction of electro and techno."--textura.org

Press for ENTITLED
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"Miguel Lacsamana´s (aka Person) inventive process would be null if it didn't generate music you want to hear more than once. Entitled's experiments create wild and crude club dance songs and also a social criticism of the crappy glamorous pop world ("Valid Concerns" and "You Ain´t Hot"). Absorbing, creative, electronic mind-blowing beats for the hips and ears ("Business Class"). Person has produced a work that mixes pop music and electronic art, the influences are obvious (Prince, Spank Rock...), but it doesn't sound like a desperate extravagant mess. It's an achievement that´s worthy of your attention. Person brings something crowded, smart and private -- stylish grooves, 90´s beats and perverse electronica."
Sabas.jud.as

"Lacsamana's innovative fusion of electropop and hip hop is both confident and cool. Smart ass synth-soaked raps rock like the bastard child of a sleazy one night stand between Alison Goldfrapp and Har Mar Superstar. Embodying the entire album's concept, "You Ain't Hot" is a sultry rip on everyone from the Pussycat Dolls to their glitzy club-girl fanbase, which includes just the type of girls who might be willing to spill out of their tube tops drunk dancing to such songs on a saturday night. Now this is the kind of ironic exploitation you can really get down to."
Hip Pop Hooray

"Hot and sexy electro-pop emanating from Washington, DC with beats as thick as Italian mafias necks is the dirty groove known as Person. This Person might seem anonymous but its so alluring that itll feel as close as the feelings that rush through your body when you see a long lost lover. Funky grooves with dirty synths and catchy hooks, the vocalist rhymes with the best of them."
Smother.net
J-Sin

"Miguel Lacsamana has been in many area rock bands, but only recently released his first solo album of electronic music under the name "Person." "Business Class" is a mid-tempo trip-hop track of distorted drum beats and ambient keyboards. Miguel's voice sits perfectly within the music. His voice is not too strong or overpowering; it is smooth and melodic, the perfect complement to the subtle complexities of the background track. His lyrics poke fun at his unfortunate luck in attracting girls who would rather "ditch the nice guys and go for the liars." This witty lyricism and his music know-how give this track real personality."
Washington Post-Sound Check
Emily Travis

"STANDOUT TRACK: No. 10, "Business Class," a tongue-in-cheek pop ballad that pays tribute to Miguel Lacsamana's childhood obsessions: Michael Jackson and Prince. Lacsamana, who also plays guitar in Stamen & Pistils and Metropolitan, strips things down considerably with his one-man band's guilty paean to shallow relationships. A simple drum break and a bit of IDM noodling set up the infectious chorus: "The girls I like only care about the cash, the hype, the excess/The girls I like dont care about the love, the truth, the romance." "
Washington City Paper-One Track Mind
Nick Green

"Person's effort sounds like an inviting earful of electro-punk-pop. The standout track, You Ain't Hot calls out the major label porn of the industry, with fingers pointing directly at the Pussytwat Dolls, but implicates not only the figurehead/mistresses, but also the shadow-producing behind them by reputable artists (shame on you Cee-lo, but you know we're all feeling that Gnarls stuff). The beats and vocals remain crisp, even when the glam-pop vibe gets dark at the end of the evening and the high wears off. Person keeps the party moving in a sexxxy, informed, adult kind of way, evoking an almost honey-dipped S&M feel, if you will."
Left Hip Magazine (Canada)
Angelica LeMinh

"Lascamana's mastery of the soul falsetto makes this an honest party album--and just like every good party brings out the crazy in some shy soul, this album traces an aesthete's lonely path from introvert to slut in ten easy tracks."
IndieWorkshop.com
Sean Kennedy

"Entitled stylishly merges the indie-rock bravado of LCD Soundsystem with Prince-styled funk-soul and glitch-pop treatments...and it largely succeeds as a fresh and sexy amalgam of dance rock, electro, funk, and hip-hop."
Textura.org(UK)

"6/10 (Entitled) is all deliberately bent out of shape, but a host of undeniably beckoning pop songs, riddled with attractive hooks and memorable melodies ensure that Entitled just about crosses the finishing line with a ribbon."
Future Music (UK) Issue 187

"On "You Ain't Hot," this nattily dressed synthesizer (band) rips a page outta Morris Day's little black book and then ups the ante by using enough feelthy lingo to make Prince turn three different shades of lavender. Are you ready for the new sex-soaked Bee Gees?"
Metro Times Detroit
Jeffrey Morgan

"...innovative and quite different from what we're hearing in mainstream pop today...("Entitled") is very refreshing."
POPtastic! (Canada)

"...Entitled may have a lot of ties to previous acts, but is qualitatively different from anything else that is and has been on the market...electronic noises that make such a compelling backing beat should be another missive to listeners that Person is not your average band with a set of techno albums and a dream."
Neufutur.com
James McQuiston

"...a little mysterious and exotic, but at the same time, incredibly normal...(Entitled) is a disgusting display of utter confidence..."
Treble Zine
Paul Bozzo

Record Label: Echelon Productions
Type of Label: Indie