“What a journey it has been.”
Autotelic
This is what Autotelic keyboard player and vocalist Kai Honasan said when asked how it’s been for the six-year-old band.
The original vocalist and guitarist Josh Villena recalled that in the beginning, they were just so eager to perform that they did it without pay. What kept them together and saw them through is respect and common love for music.
The other members of Autotelic are guitarist Neil Tin, synthesist EJ Edralin, bass guitarist Timothy “Pabs” Vargas, and drummer Gep Macadaeg.
“Being in a group is challenging,” Josh said. “In our case, because we are six, it means we have six different opinions, six hearts each with different feelings all the time.”
With all the songs they have released, which one could sum up their journey and best describe them as a band?
“‘Laro’ and ‘Languyin,’” Josh said. “Both also define our sound which is a mix of new wave or modern ’80s with a touch of pop rock.”
They’re thankful for their manager, Urbandub’s Gabby Alipe.
“He always reminds us to remain humble whenever we reach certain milestones in our career,” Kai said.
Josh thinks that at this point, it’s anything goes for Autotelic. “We’ll just make music that makes us feel good,” was how he put it.
“We’re comfortable with our sound,” Kai explained. “There’s so much to explore within that sound alone. So we’re not rushing things to change genre or to change it up because we’re still new in this scene, still establishing who we are. We don’t want to surprise people by constantly changing our sound.”
Asked if they want to make it big in the mainstream music scene, Kai said that’s not their mindset at all.
“We just want to be able to keep playing. I think our main goal is just to be able to do this for a very long time. We want to grow old playing music and being able to do that as a living.”
Bulletin Entertainment caught up with Autotelic after their performance in the first Pinoy Playlist Music Festival.
Co-curated by Maestro Ryan Cayabyab, Moy Ortiz, and Noel Ferrer, Pinoy Playlist brought together over a hundred artists to perform in six days.
Some of the other featured artists were Abra, Acapellago, Banda Ni Kleggy, Ben & Ben, The CompanY, Dulce, Gloc-9, Gracenote, Imago, Itchyworms, IV Of Spades, Keiko Necesario, Kiana Valenciano, Moonstar88, Nar Cabico, Neocolours, Nicole Asencio, Noel Cabangon, Nyoy Volante, Robert Sena and Isay Alvarez, Sam Concepcion, Sandwich, Shanti Dope, Bullet Dumas, 5th Gen, and 6Cyclemind.
Autotelic
This is what Autotelic keyboard player and vocalist Kai Honasan said when asked how it’s been for the six-year-old band.
The original vocalist and guitarist Josh Villena recalled that in the beginning, they were just so eager to perform that they did it without pay. What kept them together and saw them through is respect and common love for music.
The other members of Autotelic are guitarist Neil Tin, synthesist EJ Edralin, bass guitarist Timothy “Pabs” Vargas, and drummer Gep Macadaeg.
“Being in a group is challenging,” Josh said. “In our case, because we are six, it means we have six different opinions, six hearts each with different feelings all the time.”
With all the songs they have released, which one could sum up their journey and best describe them as a band?
“‘Laro’ and ‘Languyin,’” Josh said. “Both also define our sound which is a mix of new wave or modern ’80s with a touch of pop rock.”
They’re thankful for their manager, Urbandub’s Gabby Alipe.
“He always reminds us to remain humble whenever we reach certain milestones in our career,” Kai said.
Josh thinks that at this point, it’s anything goes for Autotelic. “We’ll just make music that makes us feel good,” was how he put it.
“We’re comfortable with our sound,” Kai explained. “There’s so much to explore within that sound alone. So we’re not rushing things to change genre or to change it up because we’re still new in this scene, still establishing who we are. We don’t want to surprise people by constantly changing our sound.”
Asked if they want to make it big in the mainstream music scene, Kai said that’s not their mindset at all.
“We just want to be able to keep playing. I think our main goal is just to be able to do this for a very long time. We want to grow old playing music and being able to do that as a living.”
Bulletin Entertainment caught up with Autotelic after their performance in the first Pinoy Playlist Music Festival.
Co-curated by Maestro Ryan Cayabyab, Moy Ortiz, and Noel Ferrer, Pinoy Playlist brought together over a hundred artists to perform in six days.
Some of the other featured artists were Abra, Acapellago, Banda Ni Kleggy, Ben & Ben, The CompanY, Dulce, Gloc-9, Gracenote, Imago, Itchyworms, IV Of Spades, Keiko Necesario, Kiana Valenciano, Moonstar88, Nar Cabico, Neocolours, Nicole Asencio, Noel Cabangon, Nyoy Volante, Robert Sena and Isay Alvarez, Sam Concepcion, Sandwich, Shanti Dope, Bullet Dumas, 5th Gen, and 6Cyclemind.