URB.COM It’s good to have friends in far-out places. Person is guitarist Miguel Lacsamana, who released a fine indie-dance solo album, Entitled, last year, and here lets a couple of notable acquaintances loose on it. Melodic’s Outputmessage sexes up ‘Pharisee Pride’, welding Lacsamana’s vocals to an industrial dancehall riff, while Spank Rock’s Alex XXXChange kicks out some nicely warped synth-disco on ‘Business Class.’ A fine package.--Si Hawkins
THE FADER "Person is bringing a fresh sound to DC's underground music scene with their soulful brand of indie rock. The remix of recent single "Business Class" by Spank Rock producer Alex XXXChange never fails to get even the most uptight clubbers into party mode. Trust me."--DJ Stereo Faith
IReallyLoveMusic.Co.Uk “not your usual run of the mill pop music, but futuristic twitching electro pop music that makes your head spin while recalling the neo-dance grooves of justin and his sound shaper friends nerd.” –mark e.
Textura.org(UK) "Alex XXXchange gets Business Class grooving onto the dancefloor in both vocal and instrumental versions. Outputmessage returns here too with an incendiary dance mix of “Pharisee Pride” that pushes the original's swinging rhythms in the direction of electro and techno."--textura.org
Press for ENTITLED
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"Miguel Lacsamana´s (aka Person) inventive process would be null if it didn't generate music you want to hear more than once. Entitled's experiments create wild and crude club dance songs and also a social criticism of the crappy glamorous pop world ("Valid Concerns" and "You Ain´t Hot"). Absorbing, creative, electronic mind-blowing beats for the hips and ears ("Business Class"). Person has produced a work that mixes pop music and electronic art, the influences are obvious (Prince, Spank Rock...), but it doesn't sound like a desperate extravagant mess. It's an achievement that´s worthy of your attention. Person brings something crowded, smart and private -- stylish grooves, 90´s beats and perverse electronica." Sabas.jud.as
"Lacsamana's innovative fusion of electropop and hip hop is both confident and cool. Smart ass synth-soaked raps rock like the bastard child of a sleazy one night stand between Alison Goldfrapp and Har Mar Superstar. Embodying the entire album's concept, "You Ain't Hot" is a sultry rip on everyone from the Pussycat Dolls to their glitzy club-girl fanbase, which includes just the type of girls who might be willing to spill out of their tube tops drunk dancing to such songs on a saturday night. Now this is the kind of ironic exploitation you can really get down to." Hip Pop Hooray
"Hot and sexy electro-pop emanating from Washington, DC with beats as thick as Italian mafias necks is the dirty groove known as Person. This Person might seem anonymous but its so alluring that itll feel as close as the feelings that rush through your body when you see a long lost lover. Funky grooves with dirty synths and catchy hooks, the vocalist rhymes with the best of them." Smother.net J-Sin
"Miguel Lacsamana has been in many area rock bands, but only recently released his first solo album of electronic music under the name "Person." "Business Class" is a mid-tempo trip-hop track of distorted drum beats and ambient keyboards. Miguel's voice sits perfectly within the music. His voice is not too strong or overpowering; it is smooth and melodic, the perfect complement to the subtle complexities of the background track. His lyrics poke fun at his unfortunate luck in attracting girls who would rather "ditch the nice guys and go for the liars." This witty lyricism and his music know-how give this track real personality." Washington Post-Sound Check Emily Travis
"STANDOUT TRACK: No. 10, "Business Class," a tongue-in-cheek pop ballad that pays tribute to Miguel Lacsamana's childhood obsessions: Michael Jackson and Prince. Lacsamana, who also plays guitar in Stamen & Pistils and Metropolitan, strips things down considerably with his one-man band's guilty paean to shallow relationships. A simple drum break and a bit of IDM noodling set up the infectious chorus: "The girls I like only care about the cash, the hype, the excess/The girls I like dont care about the love, the truth, the romance." " Washington City Paper-One Track Mind Nick Green
"Person's effort sounds like an inviting earful of electro-punk-pop. The standout track, You Ain't Hot calls out the major label porn of the industry, with fingers pointing directly at the Pussytwat Dolls, but implicates not only the figurehead/mistresses, but also the shadow-producing behind them by reputable artists (shame on you Cee-lo, but you know we're all feeling that Gnarls stuff). The beats and vocals remain crisp, even when the glam-pop vibe gets dark at the end of the evening and the high wears off. Person keeps the party moving in a sexxxy, informed, adult kind of way, evoking an almost honey-dipped S&M feel, if you will." Left Hip Magazine (Canada) Angelica LeMinh
"Lascamana's mastery of the soul falsetto makes this an honest party album--and just like every good party brings out the crazy in some shy soul, this album traces an aesthete's lonely path from introvert to slut in ten easy tracks." IndieWorkshop.com Sean Kennedy
"Entitled stylishly merges the indie-rock bravado of LCD Soundsystem with Prince-styled funk-soul and glitch-pop treatments...and it largely succeeds as a fresh and sexy amalgam of dance rock, electro, funk, and hip-hop." Textura.org(UK)
"6/10 (Entitled) is all deliberately bent out of shape, but a host of undeniably beckoning pop songs, riddled with attractive hooks and memorable melodies ensure that Entitled just about crosses the finishing line with a ribbon." Future Music (UK) Issue 187
"On "You Ain't Hot," this nattily dressed synthesizer (band) rips a page outta Morris Day's little black book and then ups the ante by using enough feelthy lingo to make Prince turn three different shades of lavender. Are you ready for the new sex-soaked Bee Gees?" Metro Times Detroit Jeffrey Morgan
"...innovative and quite different from what we're hearing in mainstream pop today...("Entitled") is very refreshing." POPtastic! (Canada)
"...Entitled may have a lot of ties to previous acts, but is qualitatively different from anything else that is and has been on the market...electronic noises that make such a compelling backing beat should be another missive to listeners that Person is not your average band with a set of techno albums and a dream." Neufutur.com James McQuiston
"...a little mysterious and exotic, but at the same time, incredibly normal...(Entitled) is a disgusting display of utter confidence..." Treble Zine Paul Bozzo
Person is the D.I.Y. pop brainchild of guitarist Miguel Lacsamana of Stamen & Pistils (Echelon Productions) and Metropolitan (Crank Automotive). The band aims for a similar territory of danceable indie rock -- such as the Notwist, LCD Soundsystem, and the Postal Service -- but with a more soulful approach, reaching the likes of the Neptunes, Timbaland, and beyond to create a glitchy, electro/hip-hop backdrop.
The Person full-length, “Entitled,” is a comment on the fallibility of humanity, its duality illustrated through a set of songs playing off of one another in an ostensibly contradictory fashion. Both denouncing and succumbing to the insatiable desires of the sensory overload within a hyperreal environment. Person struggles, but finally concedes, and tells of reluctantly surrendering to the ideals of today’s consumer-driven culture in the beautifully honest “Business Class.”
Enter Spank Rock. Typically wielding a case full of block rocking party beats, Spank Rock opts for a slightly more austere take on their method. Alex XXXChange chooses to add a subtle punctuation, which subconsciously gets asses moving. His production perfectly complements the understated beauty of this track, and brings it from the bedroom to the dancefloor. Taking us home is a roaring remix of “Pharisee Pride” by Outputmessage. On previous releases through Melodic, Ghostly International, and Echelon Productions, this young prodigy gained critical acclaim for the refined pop sensibility of his production. This time around, Outputmessage warns innocent bystanders that if they don’t want to dance, they really need to get out of the way.
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All right, ya'll! Outputmessage, Triobelisk, and I host a monthly dance night in the District of Columbia!
You should head on over to our new myspace MARQUIS and keep up with our remixes and our sets! Every month we'll also be featuring guest djs from DC and beyond!
So if you're in the mood, our dance night, MARQUIS is on the First Fridays of every month!
MARQUIS
@ Red Lounge
2013 14th St., NW
Washington, DC
FIRST FRIDAYS
10 pm - 2 am
18+ | FREE
In town for Thanksgiving? Skip the malls and bring the family to roller derby Nov. 29!
Tickets are $12 for ages 12 and up, $6 for ages 6-11 and free for kids 5 and under. On sale now through Ticketmaster (service charge applies) or for face value at the door.
Sports junkie? Our announcers will provide college football score updates throughout the bout.
Do-gooder? Bring an item from the Capital Area Food Bank's most wanted list and you will be entered into a halftime drawing.
Hey Good People, Mark your calendar for TONIGHT !! Friday September 19th as we hit the stage at
Asylum 2471 18th Street NW Washington, DC 20011 ,
DC's permiere venue celebrating 17 years of great fun, great company, cheap drinks, great bartenders, the best vegan food in the city, Official Sponsor of DC Rollergirls DC's only roller derby league and Official Sponsor of Team Hub Racing DC's premier womens cycling team
Located in the heart of adams morgan. Show starts when we hit the stage shortly after 9. If you've not visited the Asylum please do so as it a very unique venue.
For more information and directions visit their website at www. asylumdc. com We hope to see you there!
Then…..
On Saturday September 20th We jump on stage at BAM in Baltimore as part of the Baltimore Music Conference. This outdoor event held on Baltimore Beach at Rash Field overlooking the Inner Harbor, Home to Baltimore Beach Volleyball, Trapeze School of New York & the Pride Memorial, this venue will host numerous stages with both emerging and established talent as well as visual artist performances and interactive arenas throughout the day culminating all that Baltimore and the Music Conference stand for. Join us for several Stages of Music, a Live Graffiti Wall featuring local graffiti artists & muralists with an Interactive Arena, DJ Promotional Crews, Dance, Demonstrations, Artists, Vendors, Community Organizations, Volleyball, Food, Bars, a Carousel and a Rock Climbing Wall with Trapeze Artists flying high off & on during the day!
We will be performing on the Pavilion Stage with an amazing view of the Baltimore city scape!
Saturday - Sept 20th - 2pm - 9pm
Pavilion Stage -
Matt Wiggler School of Rock Will Hill Capt Coconut Dr. Birthday ( at 6:00PM ) Zoi Rose Drexler Band
The Pride Memorial Stage - Glass Shark Greenlaw The Treading Lemmings Seria Velapene Screen Joel da Vessel Em State For The People
Concrete Alchemy is a tour of 15 visual artists visiting five major urban centers on the East Coast. It is the first tour that creatively combines gallery shows, public panel discussions and numerous murals to present the artists’ unique approach to public arts.
Friday, May 23rd, 2008 – National Harbor, MD The tour will officially end with a gallery exhibit opening at Art Whino on Friday, May 23, 2008 from 6 pm to midnight. The audience will have chance to view artists’ recently finished canvases and a slideshow of photographs from the previous days of the tour.
Then Join Art Whino for an OUT OF THIS WORLD experience as we celebrate Yuri’s Night, a World Space Party commemorating Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, and the first human space flight. Yuri's Night is like the St. Patrick’s Day or Cinco de Mayo for space. It is a day when the world comes together to celebrate the power, beauty, and party potential of space. So dress yourself in your best celestial attire (prizes awarded); come see an art exhibition of other-worldly magnitude, and enjoy a Vodka of space themed libations by Stoli Vodka. Cosmic burlesque performances featuring Miss Saturn, spaced out Russian-style post-punk music by Mr. Moccasin, spacey DJ sets, and more will temporarily elevate you from your daily earthly existence.
Performances by: Miss Saturn, Gilded Lily Burlesque, L’il Dutch & selected scenes from Landless Theatre Company’s Space Battles the Musical will orbit throughout the night, hosted by the enigmatic Master Uranus
Thanks, I won't begrudge you a little bro-mancing the stone. But I am still annoyed that it took Raul that long to put the record in your hands... The dick-punching will commence...
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