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The 12-track album tells the journey of the character Liwanag in the direction of interior peace
MANILA, Philippines – OPM band Ben&Ben launched a brand new album Friday, November 29, titled The Traveller Throughout Dimensions. The 12-track album — divided into three chapters — additionally got here with animated visuals.
An animated music video of the primary single, “Triumph,” supplied a sneak peek into the idea of the entire album. In a Rappler Speak interview, the band members stated they wrote it to be their very own battle music, and hoped that it could possibly be different individuals’s battle music, too.
Within the album, listeners can observe the journey of the central character Liwanag, and her adventures to seek out interior peace. She goes by way of the three symbolic realms – Mild, Power, and Really feel (that are the album’s chapters). There are additionally different characters that enrich the story: Gabay, a clever traveler; Puhon, Liwanag’s loyal pet; and Mahiwaga, one other traveller on a parallel quest.
Band vocalist Paolo Benjamin stated they needed to inform the story of the human expertise. “We start with wide-eyed innocence, after which we encounter ache, after which we encounter struggles. After which exit of that, hopefully, with a renewed sense of hope, however this time, with maturity,” he stated.
Within the means of finishing The Traveller Throughout Dimensions, the band members additionally stated they’ve been fascinated by visible storytelling for a very long time and actually needed to discover having animated movies to enhance their music. This prompted the collaboration with animators from Puppeteer Studios.
Trying again on their relationship as a band, Toni Muñoz shared their music is drastically affected by their friendship as a bunch. “Para na talaga kaming magkakapatid. Na-witness namin paano nagbabago ang mga life happenings namin individually, paano kami nagbabago bilang mga tao. At hindi ‘yun madali. Pero ‘yun ‘yung nag-glue sa ‘min collectively… Malaki ang issue n’un sa pagbuo ng album na ‘to,” she stated.
(We actually really feel like we’re siblings. We witnessed how our particular person life happenings have modified, how we modified as people through the years. And that was not straightforward, however that glued us collectively. That was a giant think about finishing this album.)
The 9-piece act will maintain its first enviornment live performance on December 14, 2024, on the Mall of Asia Enviornment, promising followers an “modern, multi-dimensional expertise.” The band members stated the present will create an immersive, audio-visual expertise that takes the viewers by way of the album’s narrative in actual time — touting the LED wristbands just like those used in the course of the live performance excursions of Coldplay and Taylor Swift.
Ben&Ben began with the twins Paolo Benjamin and Miguel Benjamin. In 2017, the opposite members joined in: Poch Barretto on guitars, Jam Villanueva on drums, Agnes Reoma on bass, Pat Lasaten on keys, Andrew de Pano, Toni Muñoz on percussions, and Keifer Cabugao on violin. – Rappler.com
