DATU
Electronic-indigenous dance collective by Alex Punzalan & Romeo Candido. EPIK OUT NOW
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DATU is Alex Junior and Romeo Candido. Best known as the godfathers of modernizing Filipino cultural music - integrating indigenous Kulintang music with contemporary hip-hop and electronic sounds - DATU is evolving beyond its roots to explore new sonic landscapes, tempos, stories and textures. In short: they’re taking things global. Under DATU, the duo’s music was featured on TV shows, ad campaigns, and hit Wavelengths music’s Top 100 Canadian Songs List in 2017. Since then, they’ve racked up over a million video views and performed at music festivals including NXNE and Summerworks. As decade-long collaborators, Lex Junior and Romeo Candido have struck success in the music industry both together and as individuals. Lex Junior, an established composer, has worked with the likes of Just John, Ralph, Maylee Todd and Jessie Reyez, and has been featured on commercials for Apple, Crown Royal, Google and Champion. His signature sound can be heard on Hollywood trailers, TV series and commercial campaigns. Similarly, Romeo is a composer for the critically acclaimed stage musical ‘Prison Dancer’, and is both the
creator and composer of the upcoming CBC musical series ‘Topline’. As a unit, Lex Junior and Romeo Candido are known as the godfathers of contemporary Filipino music, having ushered traditional FIlipino music into the modern world by integrating indigenous Kulintang music with electronic, hip hop and modern sounds.
We kick off the album with the song Riverbed featuring Waway Saway Waway Linsahay Saway II with his vocal chants, Lex Junior’s dad Ah Punzs & Jen Maramba playing flute. Click the link in bio to listen to the track
Artwork by Jo Maramba ᜋᜇ᜔ᜊ
09/09/2026
Jo Maramba ᜋᜇ᜔ᜊ created a zine for the EPIK album artwork for every song that’s on it. A huge thank you to all those that were involved in making this one happen.
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John Paul Escubido
Jen Maramba
Ah Punzs
Waway Linsahay Saway II
Carl Angelo
D O M I N I Q U E 🔮
C Y 🩵
ᴋᴜʟɪɴᴛʀᴏɴɪᴄᴀ | 𝘬𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘋𝘔
Lydia Querian ᜎᜒᜇᜒᜌ • ᜃᜇᜌᜈ᜔
House of Gongs | ᜊᜎᜌ᜔ • ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜅ᜔ | Balay Kulintang
Tiger Muzik
TruRaw
𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙤
lørra
Mikhail Cronin
Alvin Wee
Lex Junior
Nota Guyuno
Book - Mischa Chillak
Jo Maramba ᜋᜇ᜔ᜊ
Folklorico Filipino Canada
Romeo Candido
Lex Junior
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts
Multihyphenate artist Jo Maramba Jo Maramba ᜋᜇ᜔ᜊ created our Album Artwork showing us how he imagined the world of EPIK in visual form. Bypassing AI, Jo returned to his roots as a painter, combining traditional techniques to bring the project’s precolonial futurism to life.
Enter the 💿 TEMPLE 💿 featuring Carl Angelo ᴋᴜʟɪɴᴛʀᴏɴɪᴄᴀ | 𝘬𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘋𝘔 in the DNGRRM
Out now 🌎
The story begins. Enter the “TEMPLE” featuring Carl Angelo & Kulintronica. Additional vocals by Cyrena Fiel and Lex Jr. We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council Of The Arts.
This one’s an island vibe - Echoes of the Sun featuring ☀️ 💿 OUT NOW for all our Kababayan 🇵🇭
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