SPIRITUAL - Xtreme Music

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flaTTbuSh
enrico Maniago
vocalist
Music either uplifts you or brings you down. It either defends your
human dignity or destroys it. It either feeds your spirit or starves it.
In my band Flattbush, our music is part of the national democratic
movement of the Filipino people in the Philippines which is also the
struggle of Filipinos here in the Unites States and in other countries.
Filipinos have been fighting for genuine freedom and democracy
in the Philippines for a more than a hundred years now. Flattbush
songs take inspiration from the rich history, experience, and music
of this struggle. For example, we sing about victims of torture, the
exploitation of migrants, landless peasants, and workers. we also sing
about fighting back against our exploiters and oppressors and the hope
for genuine change. Therefore we believe that we take part in uplifting
the spirit, defending human dignity, and feeding the soul. Because
fighting against injustice and defending human rights through music
is part of keeping our humanity and spirituality intact.
we can write songs that preach about sex, money, individualism,
and lyrics that have thousands of interpretations or make mainstream
beats that you think will sell. But we are not in it for the money.