It’s the classic trip-hop set-up: three quiet Filipino guys in the background to tweak knobs and play instruments, with a hot Filipina female vocalist to enthrall the audience with her voice. But Manila, Philipines based DRIP goes beyond mere trip-hop band clichés: they are meta-glamorous, a little dark, and seductively experimental. “Capable of giving you simulated bliss,” wrote the Manila Times about the former trio and now a quartet. With an EP independently released in August of 2003 and constant live performances, Drip’s cult status grew with Manila’s musical cognoscenti.

Drip’s full-length album called “Far Side of the World” is out now as Terno Recording’s third release. DRIP is: Beng Alcazaren y Calma on Vocals, Malek Lopez on live keyboards, sound design & programming, Arvin “Caliph8″ Nogueras on turntables & FX and Ian “Morse” Magbanua on beats, samples & programming.

Tracks:

1. Far Side
2. Dig
3. Copy
4. Hobbit
5. In Between
6. Camille For Now
7. Hey Preppie
8. Sweet Cheeks
9. Song Number 9
10. Pushing Him Away
11. To You