Episode 223 – TFAL x Toronto – Sounds of the 6ix with Pantayo and Ruru

If it’s a music episode, you know Producer Mike is behind it!

In our 3rd and final episode in our Toronto series, we got to get a hangout with Michelle and Kat, two members of the “queer Filipinx kulintang gong punks” crew Pantayo whose incendiary yet soulful music defies even the sheer idea of a genre. We also got to check in with bedroom pop purveyor Denice Quimbo AKA Ruru, a more recent Toronto transplant by way of Manila who describes herself as a “multi-disciplinary artist, producer, and singer-songwriter,” a description as you’ll soon hear is an incredible understatement.

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Do you know any other artists from Toronto we should listen to? Keeping in mind that Producer Mike already listens to Broken Social Scene constantly…

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Song clips used in this episode with artists permission:

Pantayo – “Heto Na”

Pantayo – “Sapa(n)ahon”

Pantayo – “One More Latch (Give It To ‘Ya)”

Ruru – “Chewing Gum”

Ruru – “Tonight!”

Ruru – “It Matters Until It Doesn’t”