Bins
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- Bins has endlessly shown how a masterful grasp of timing and mood can elevate any set. Being able to put his wide range of influences on display, it isn't a surprise he's often regarded as a DJ's DJ: No fluff, just taste.Bins is a Manila-based DJ and producer. Immersed in the metro’s underground music scene, he’s accumulated a deep understanding of rhythm and mixing. He uses this knowledge to traverse between genres—jazz, house, disco, and techno—each track blending into the next, moving minds and bodies on the dance floor. Born and raised in Manila, music has always been a part of his life, but he only found his place in it when he discovered electronic music. Frequenting events such as “Dubplate” and “Subflex,” two cornerstones of the left-field music scene in the late aughts and early ‘10s, he learned more about this new expansive world. In 2012, he co-founded the BuwanBuwan Collective, an artist collective and record label. Their mission was to create a platform for other producers and DJs in the Philippines to connect and express themselves through their music. With their own long-running series of events called “Bakunawa,” they were able to expand the electronic music community and open doors for aspiring artists. The opening of XX XX in 2016 marked a new chapter in Bins’ ongoing musical journey. As one of the club’s resident DJs, he continued to push the accessibility and appreciation of electronic music, further sharpening his skills in mixing in order to jump across the plethora of tastes that he’s since integrated into his own personal style. Since then, Bins has been entrenched in Manila’s nascent but growing underground music scene, being one of the selectors that continues to push for the growth of the community through the expansion of the city’s palette. And while his sound is ever-evolving, you will never find any of his sets incomplete or unfulfilled. As he puts together everything that he’s learned to this point, there will always be something for everyone, that everyone now shares. Just how music is supposed to be.