Music song Bumbong

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According to local Filipino accounts, Musikong Bumbong was an attempt by 19th-century nationalists and revolutionaries to create a uniquely Filipino sound. These efforts led to the creation of all-bamboo ensembles organized along the lines of marching bands, performing music composed by Filipino composers.
The “Musikong Bumbong” project, presented in Manila and Hamburg, blends traditional and experimental music. Reviving Katipunan-era marching bands with handmade bamboo instruments, five composers from the Philippines and Germany will create experimental and contemporary protest songs using these specific bamboo instruments.
All composers will craft protest songs for 15 performers who will present all pieces as a newly formed band. The project bridges historical and contemporary expressions, fosters cross-cultural collaborations, and will serve as the starting point for a collection of experimental notations and scores for these specific instruments.
The project is financially supported by ifa, the Hamburg Authority for Culture and Media, Musikfonds e.V., and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media

Artists:
Tintin Patrone is a German-Filipino sound and performance artist. She is captivated by the exploration of interconnections among music, art, sound, and experimental forms of expression. Her creative works revolve around the visual aspects of music and the ways in which personal and societal connections are established through it.
By incorporating robots and artificial intelligence into her artistic practice, Tintin Patrone challenges established notions of human subjectivity and physical presence. Through the integration of these technological elements, her goal is to move beyond outdated concepts of “human nature” and foster fresh perspectives that continually evolve alongside contemporary advancements in science and technology.
Incorporating non-human entities as participants is a deliberate endeavor for Tintin Patrone, aimed at disrupting conventional understandings of human subjectivity and embodiment. Her performances, installations, and plays draw inspiration from genres such as musical Concept Art, Fluxus, and experimental music.
Another profound source of inspiration that shapes Tintin Patrone’s artistic approach is the culture of associations and collectives. She frequently collaborates and engages with fellow artists and groups, creating an environment of mutual exploration. In 2009 she founded the noise ensemble Krachkisten Orchestra; in 2012, the International MusicMotorcycleClub, a regular event for sound art and mobile sound reinforcement; and in 2018, the performance collective The Ambassadors of Disappointment in collaboration with the Goethe Center in Guadalajara, Mexico. In 2021, she opened a temporary “fake” Asian snack bar in Hamburg called german Rice, a space for experimental music and experimental food. Since 2022, she has been increasingly interested in artificial life forms, singing robots, and their integration into nature-related ideologies.

Charlotte Simon is a composer, visual artist, multi-instrumentalist, and singer with a love for the sounds and words of the ’80s. She is a co-founder of the electronic experimental music label MMODEMM and has been enriching the lives of Frankfurt residents for years by bringing brilliant, joyful musicians (along with cassettes and vinyl) to this city of office workers and sharks. Simon works with her collaborator Toben Piel, aka FM Aether, in the band Les Trucs, founded in 2009 and internationally known for their endless electronic wiring and outlandish choreography.
Operas, radio plays, and theater music are among Simon’s solo musical specialties, and she is equally adept at organizing events in the countryside. She has also recently become the operator of the Rheinhessischer electronic music club.

Michael Barthel grew up in (East) Berlin and has lived in Leipzig since 2002. Since 1994, he has been working with electroacoustic and experimental music. Since 2008, his own voice has been his sole instrument for concerts and recordings. The poetry collection *Prunk* will be published by Vexer Verlag St. Gallen/Berlin in 2018, presenting the work in its written and graphic form for the first time.
In Michael Barthel’s works, location is the central theme: protection, refuge, home—the possibilities that seek to be embodied in these terms. In his performances, it is language that circles around, touches upon, and hesitates over these possibilities; it seeks shelter and leaves itself to itself—with itself, a choir.


Joee Mejias is a musician and multimedia artist from Manila, Philippines. Her music combines field recordings, traditional and found instruments, electronics, and voice, creating songs that evoke inner memories, altered dream states, and fragments of real or imagined journeys. Joee’s live performances are influenced by her theater background and vary in their use of projections, videos, installations, and live performers. She has performed at various venues in Southeast Asia, Canada, Japan, and Taiwan and has toured extensively in the Philippines.
In addition to her artistic work, Joee is co-producer of WSK: Festival Of The Recently Possible, an international digital art and electronic music festival in the Philippines, and co-founder of HERESY, a platform for women in sound and multimedia.


Pette Shabu is a trans rapper and DJ from Quezon City who first explored her passion for creative writing, which evolved into songwriting and performing, with a focus on experimental and alternative hip-hop. With an artistry brimming with lived queer experience and transgression, she seeks to convey her message. Delving deeper into boombap production, metal, industrial, electronic dance, ballroom, and techno sounds to create immense, high-energy performances, her original written material plays a vital role.
She began performing at the queer underground party (Elephant) and SadoMasoDisco, which deeply inspired her. She uploads all of her other works to SoundCloud.
With her recent single release titled “BINGO!,” she incorporates the Filipino electronic dance genre “Budots” into her hip-hop sound. The music video for “BINGO!” is now available on YouTube, and the single is available on all streaming platforms.

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