Madz Abubakar
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| Madz Abubakar | |
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| Also known as | "Neon8" "Abdel Aziz" |
| Born | October 20, 1980 |
| Origin | Manila, Philippines |
| Genre(s) | Progressive House Minimal Electro |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Website | Official website |
Madz Abubakar is a respected Music Producer/Remixer in Metro Manila.
A prominent name in the Philippine Electronic Music Underground scene. His electronic genres range from progressive house, break beats, minimal and electro. He is particularly known for his progressive house and breaks productions as Neon8, and adding a new moniker “Abdel Aziz” for his minimal electro productions.
Being in the Philippine local electronic music scene for 6 years he has played a major role in shaping the local electronic dance scene. Madz alongside known pioneering Philippine (colloquially a.k.a "pinoy") electronic artists in the likes of Wolfmann, Rubber Inc, Drip, Silverfilter, Brian Cua, Morse, Squid9 and Juno Awardee Sekoya aim to educate the young Filipino's on the booming culture of electronica. Known to influence Pinoy Electronic Music scene, they put electronica as a convergence of all musical genres, from classical to rock, from hip hop to dub. Showing that Filipinos are capable of producing their own flavor of the popular dance scene.
His musical ingenuity was stimulated in 2001 out of soul searching in Chicago. It was where he was first introduced to Fruity Loops. Musically influenced by Global Underground and Hooj Records, he began creating his own blend of music. Coming home in Manila placed him in the path of the Pinoy electronic music scene through Electronica Manila's "EM Live" events where he played side by side with other live electronica artists.
In 2003, He was credited for the soundtrack of Game Channel, the first interactive mobile arcade game show in the Philippines. On the same year, Madz Abubakar released a limited smooth headphone candy EP album "Breakfast Loops" which, was later on released again by high demand through QED records in 2006. By 2004, he became a finalist in the Ministry of Sound, BEDJ Mixmaster Competition in the Philippines. By 2005,with blessings of one of Manila's Electronica Pioneer Malek Lopez and Sweetspot’s Mark Laccay, undertook a greater challenge by collaborating with Nyko Maca. Producing, remixing and DJing "live" electro samba or popularly known as drum n’ bossa for Nyko Maca + Playground is one of his current projects. Nyko Maca + Playground is also composed of Nicole Severino, Rick Sanchez, Juno Awardee -Alvin Cornista of Sekoya. Madz Abubakar is also a core member of Electronica Manila and Local E:\. An official M-Audio (M-Powered) Artist in the Philippines. He expands his musical productions and perspectives with Ableton Live and M-Audio.
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Remixes
- Depeche Mode – Enjoy the Silence (Neon8 Bootleg Remix) (2003)
- Beanfield - Tides (Neon8 Bootleg Remix) (2005)
- Drip - Song 9 (Neon8 Sleazy Remix) (2005)
- Drip – Turning grey (Neon8 Remix) (2006)
- Nyko Maca + Playground– At the Summit (Neon8 Break that Beat Remix) (2006)
- Wolfmann+ feat. Raimund Marasigan - Forgotten Method (Neon8 Remix) (2006)
- Alessandra Tinio – Golden Touch (Madz Abubakar Remix) (2007)
- Satoshi Tomiie vs. Nyko Maca – Glow My Head (Neon8 Remix) (2007)
- Nyko Maca + Playground – Turn My Head (New Born Flip Remix) (2007)
[edit] Original productions
- Madz Abubakar – Underwater Experience (2002)
- Nyko Maca + Playground – Turn My Head (Madz Abubakar) (2005)
- Neon8 – After Sun (2002) (Available as a free download at Q.E.D.)
- Neon8 – End of Summer (2002) (Available as a free download at Q.E.D.)
- Neon8 – Couch (2003) (Available as a free download at Q.E.D.)
- Neon8 – Deep Deep (2003) (Available as a free download at Q.E.D.)
- Neon8 – Press That Phat Bass (2003) (Available as a free download at Q.E.D.)
- Neon8 – Into Space (2004)
- Neon8 - South Super High Way (2004)
- Abdel Aziz – Make or Break (2006) (LOCAL//:e!)
- Abdel Aziz – On My Own (Faucet) (2006)
- Abdel Aziz - Ill funky Lektro (2007)
