Sawat Dii Khap
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Sawat Dii Khap is the short-lived Filipino Experimental Rock / Art Rock band formed in late 2004 and disbanded in 2005. The band gained popularity and notoriety for experimenting and mixing natural sounds like breaking glass and pouring water in their music.
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[edit] Members
- Julia Clarete - lead vocals
- Mic Lura - drums, backing vocals
- RJO Taduran - bass, backing vocals
- Nas Reyes - guitars, special effects
- Buck Pago - guitars
[edit] Influences
Major influences are Radiohead and Portishead.
[edit] Discography
- Shattered Glass (Words and Music by Mic Lura and RJO Taduran)
- Untitled (Words and Music by Julia Clarete, RJO Taduran and Mic Lura)
[edit] History
After the suicide of its original guitarist Chico Molina, Sawat Dii Khap started writing original experimental music, and in early 2005 the band played gigs around Metro Manila. In mid 2005, some of the band’s recorded demos were leaked on the Internet, and web music commentators compared their music to the likes of The Vaselines, Nancy Sinatra, Galaxie 500, Pink Floyd, and The Velvet Underground.
However, Sawat Dii Khap turned out to be short-lived, as band members called it quits by late 2005. Irreconcilable differences among members Julia, RJO and Mic, the band's creative forces, led to its demise--Julia wanted to pursue a more commercial and popular approach while RJO and Mic wanted to push the experimental envelope further.
[edit] Shattered Glass
Shattered Glass, the band’s signature and swan song, topped in number of downloads in different websites and gained massive airplay in radio stations in Cebu, Davao, Cagayan De Oro, Ilocos, Butuan, Dagupan, Baguio, Iloilo, Bicol, General Santos, Cotabato, Batangas and others outside Metro Manila.
With just only one song, the band also gained cult followings most notably in America, France, Australia and Germany. The website Totalmanipulation.com stated that Sawat Dii Khap "created the sound of a generation." Psychedelicskin.com even called them "arguably the greatest band in the world."
