MilesExperience

An amalgamation of reverberations and personalities, MilesExperience–shortened as MSex–started out as modest and as laidback as they carry themselves: by skipping a morning class and developing the posse of Miles Bondoc (vocals/guitar), Justin Teano (guitar), Ian Diaz (bass), Guido Hizon (keyboards), and Timothy Odulio (drums) at their alma mater in University of Santo Tomas, where they majored in music. A beginning to a now-long-term friendship, the band’s name was initially MilesExperience69, which was later altered into its latest form. “That’s MilesExperience with no space and the word ‘sex’ in the middle. We removed the ’69’ to make it more simple since it sounds too much like a username,” says Miles. When asked about the genre of their band, they all held to the same thought: Fusion. Ian adds, “We’re each other’s influences. A fusion of different genres–that’s what we’re trying to instill.”

MSex’s sound is a deep dive of hazy, heartstrings-tugging, arch expression of love, art, and life. With tunes that ring out different shades of artistry in each other, their harmonious stimuli involve rock, jazz, blues, classical, and hip-hop music. Their psychedelic experimentations spectacle in their recently released music video, “Silakbo,” along with their first ever MV released last August 2015, “Love Supreme,” equally resonating vibes from musical influences such as Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney, Eraserheads, Rico Blanco, and As Tall As Lions, to name a few. Epitomizing their own brand of eccentric and off-the-grid customs, the quintet boosts themselves from the clutch of new native music acts, evidently placing them on the heyday of their career at the moment.