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3rd Angle
Since the beginning of the year, three bubbly teenage girls in metropolitan Cebu have been making ripples and catching everyone's rapt attention wherever they perform. And before anyone else could stake a claim on the new singing trio, here's the country's premier record company with the girls' debut album, Pure Harmony. The girls - Skye, Rafi and Gen - call themselves, the 3rd Angle. Pure Harmony, the album, is a delicious mix of haunting ballads, R&B, pop - and why, yes, some rap. The all-original album of 10 cuts is in English and Tagalog, four of which the girls wrote themselves. 3rd Angle started out as a duet-Skye and Rafi-which performed at a hotel in Cebu. Seeing the girls' potential as a performing group, Skye's mom, Monina, was moved enough to call auditions for a third girl - "someone who had a high voice." They found Gen. The trio was formed in November of last year. The three singing girls started making the rounds of the performing circuit in Cebu-and surprised themselves by getting quite popular support. "Marami nang fans!" enthuses Mrs. Ouano, who feels no regret for having started it all. To chart the girls' career, Barney Borja has stepped in as manager. Barney, who used to handle Chad Borja (in Cebu) and Luke Mejares (before South Border), is also record producer of Pure Harmony, the girls' debut album under Sony Music. Himself a composer-lyricist, Barney contributed four cuts in the album. Even in songwriting, the girls make a perfect blend. Of the three cuts they wrote for the album, 'labor' was 'divided' thus: Skye provided the lyrics, Gen conjured melodies and vocal arrangements, whilst Rafi supplied the titles! Their collaborative products-"Say It's True," "Won't Stop," "Ooh, Boy." In addition, the girls supplied Tagalog lyrics to one of three songs which came from Sony Music Publishing ["Ikaw Na Nga"]. Music industry, make way for 3rd Angle. (source: Sony Music Philippines) Meet Skye, Rafi and Gen-better known as 3rd Angle, they're the girls behind the voices of songs currently heard on the airwaves: "Again and Again," their carrier single; and a second one, "Can We Get Out." These talented females aren't Manila natives, but instead hail from Cebu. Of course, this might not strike you as such a big surprise, considering the number of great vocal talents that have since become synonymous with the province. And these girls certainly do their hometown proud. These three girls eventually found their way to Manila, a move that proved to be the doorway to their discovery by Sony Music. Not bad for first-timers to the music scene. Their debut album is a 10-track CD of chart-friendly pop and R&B. Pure Harmony features a line-up of seven English and three Tagalog songs. It was recently launched at 8th Day at St. Francis Square, a stone's throw away from the historic People Power II rallies. But nonetheless, friends and family were present to dance and sway to the beat of their other songs such as "Say It's True," "Ooh Boy," "Can We Get Out," "Won't Stop," "Langit" and "Maaari Ba." One tune to definitely look out for is the slow yet powerful "Haunted Heart," a number that's a prime candidate for that stuck-in-our-head phenomena, better as LSS or Last Song Syndrome. Trust me on this one. But all that aside, it should be said that these girls still need to work past their novice status and learn to gel a bit more as a group. Then again, being between their tender ages of sixteen and twenty, and being newcomers to the music scene, making it big can be a daunting task. But if they can keep up their pure harmony, there's no doubt that there is a conquerable market out there for them (source: Pulp Magazine) |