By: Mike Dimaano
“Organic and original,” this is how Nick Azarcon (Sinosikat’s guitarist) describes the core of their music.
Sinosikat certainly produces a different vibe. It isn't really that complex or unique but its distinctive. The craft is a mixture of soul, rock and some progressive “trip-hop”, funk, with a borderline of low and heavy fusion jazz and chunks of reggae.
“It’s really hard to label the music but it’s really original with a little bit of everything,” says Katrina Agarrado, vocalist of Sinosikat. “That’s why we call it Pinoy Soul,” she adds.
Soul is the essence of animating and vital principle in man credited with the bags of thought, emotion, and actions and music is the language that binds everything.
The layer of soul music is sexual covered with spiritual fibers and inspired with purity, sincerity, and honesty hence the name. Who’s Kat? or who’s Famous?
“It was really Nathan’s (member of Bamboo) idea why we’d come up with Sinosikat. We were just playing with words,” says Nick. “Actually, it’s the both of it: “Who’s Kat?” and “Who’s famous,” he adds.
Sinosikat is a trio of Kat Agarrado, vocalist (2007’s NU Rock’s best vocalist), Nick Azarcon, guitarist and Reli De Vera, drummer.
Their eponymous debut album is the seed and the fruit of their hardships. It is definitely one of the must-to-put-in-your-must-hear-list. You can actually take it seriously because it is really something worth listening to. You wouldn't even have to skip tracks because every track is worth the audible.
“It’s not straight ahead rock, it’s not punk. It’s versatile. It’s entirely different from other famous-poplike female artists,” Nick explains. “Iba yung dating nya. Malasa eh,” he hastens to add.
“Expect something fresh and it gives an option to the people,” Agarrado responds in a smoothly controlled voice. “It’s babymakin’ music,” she adds.
Sinosikat’s sublime music is a combination of deep-playful words, and as tagged to rollercoaster melodies of soul, funk and jazzy-rock which you rarely hear from local bands.
“Sometimes, it really bothers me when music journalists ask me, who do we sound like,” Azarcon confesses. “I always tell them, bumili kayo ng album at pakinggan nyo,”
Their album is an equation of groovy plus sexy and quality over quantity. Despite the fact that it only has ten tracks, including Praning, So Blue, Sino and Turnning my Safety Off, which is at least 38 minutes (The length of the album), it is still worth the time and effort to drop by the nearest record store.
“We’re not disco punk, we’re not skinny jeans. Hindi kami “trendy” band. We are who we are and we play what we want to play,” says Azarcon.
“We just want to play and share our music. We’re here not for the money or just for the sake of playing. We also worked hard for this,” says Agarrado.
Sinosikat? They officially got together as a band three years ago, though they’ve been making music-separately and together longer than that. Hardworking band climbs the ladder as they strive together.
Sinosikat?
Sinosikat soothe thy soul.
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