Episode 019
Kumusta Kabayans, welcome back to another episode of the biggest show in history - The Chosen Dozen. You are now about to treat your ears to the best in Global Pinoy Music all thanks to your friends at Beat This Philippines and your wonderful host STEPH.
We are up to Episode 19 and what an episode we have in store for you, Manila-based Filipina soul R'n'B singer-songwriter August Wahh is this week’s #TheChosenOne with her single “Blurred Lines” making it into our playlist for a fourth week in a row!
August Wahh grew up around nature and military practices as a teen before moving to Manila to pursue music. Her unique story blends into her music that showcases the genres of Jazz, Pop, R'n'B, and all that goodness. Be sure to follow her on all social media and keep connected with her music - tell her we sent you! A BIG congratulations to August Wahh!
In other news, your awesome host Steph will be introducing FOUR brand new songs into The Chosen Dozen playlist, from artists such as Jason Dhakal (Manila, PH), Manila Grey (Canada), Ru AREYOU (USA), and HIRIE (Hawaii).
Also, SEVEN previous tracks have been kept in The Chosen Dozen for your listening pleasure including Larrenwong (USA), YNISH (Manila, PH), Tiana Kocher (USA), DACEY (Canada), Ena Mori (Manila, PH), H3rizon (Australia), and Chloe Adona (USA).
We also have our Wild Cards plus the Bonus Tracks while we look back on a release way back in August of 2021 by Manila-based singer-songwriter-producer Fern. for our FLASHBACK TRACK segment with the song “LOOPING”. Plus our latest segment is called THE CHOSEN CLASSIC where we highlight a track that was a hit for us from way way back, this time from Cebu-based hip-hop/rap artist, MCREL, called “Scarred” released in August of 2018.
It’s always a pleasure to curate the best Filipino Global music releases for you and be exposed to what’s new in the GLOPM scene. A lot of work we do on every episode so props to the team at Beat This Philippines, we would like always to thank all of our listeners, and artists that work tirelessly to bring Filipino-made music to the world!
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The Chosen Dozen is a weekly radio show that features the hottest and best up-and-coming music from Filipinos across the Globe. We guarantee fresh finds plus massive releases from established artists representing the land of a thousand islands. Each week 12 tracks will be featured on the show and the community will be the one to tell us which stays and go. The Chosen Dozen will also cover tidbits of music news in the Global Pinoy Music scene (GLOPM).
This episode is now available for you to listen to, so make sure to visit our official radio stream of choice, mixcloud.com/beatthisph to get the complete listening pleasure of what we are talking about.
The Chosen Dozen for August 29, 2022:
Jason Dhakal “can’t get enough”
Tiana Kocher “Up To You”
YNISH “convenient”
MANILA GREY “NEW STYLE WARM UP”
Larrenwong “Mama”
DACEY “STEPMOM”
August Wahh “Blurred Lines”
ena mori “DBTWO!”
H3rizon “F YOUR FLOWERS”
Ru AREYOU “WHOLE TIME”
HIRIE “Blacklist” feat. Matisyahu
Chloe Adona “Villain”
We also have BONUS tracks and releases that are eligible as this week’s Wild Cards:
Wild Card 1: Karrtii “drive safe”
Wild Card 2: Psvlm “Leave The Club”
Bonus 1: Michael Seyer “Manila Sunset”
FLASHBACK: Fern. “LOOPING” (released August 2021)
THE CHOSEN CLASSIC: MCREL “Scarred” (released August 2018)
About The Show
The Chosen Dozen is now a weekly radio show that features the hottest and best up-and-coming music from Filipinos across the Globe. The concept plays off our official Spotify playlist that we curated and updated weekly, informing the listeners of the fresh finds we have for Filipino Global releases. Each week 12 tracks would be featured on the playlist, 4 to 6 of which faced elimination by a vote of the community.