Joshua Ansale
@ansalejoshua.bsky.social
Actual living Filipino composer! One-fifth of MusiKolektibo. Classical Music Expert working for FUGA and Naxos.
www.musikolektibo.com
www.musikolektibo.com
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My album "The Mock Orchestra" is now available for streaming on Spotify, YouTube Music and other platforms!
Don't have a subscription or don't want to support streaming platforms? The album is also available on the MusiKolektibo Bandcamp page! musikolektibo.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo...
#newalbum
Don't have a subscription or don't want to support streaming platforms? The album is also available on the MusiKolektibo Bandcamp page! musikolektibo.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo...
#newalbum
Refined the Kulintang Pd patch a bit. Incorporated a 0th order Bessel function as a vibrato model (Used the power series, because Pd doesn't support differential equations.) Anyway, sounds great!
Plays the jingle whenever a show in Abelardo Hall starts.
Plays the jingle whenever a show in Abelardo Hall starts.
February 9, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Refined the Kulintang Pd patch a bit. Incorporated a 0th order Bessel function as a vibrato model (Used the power series, because Pd doesn't support differential equations.) Anyway, sounds great!
Plays the jingle whenever a show in Abelardo Hall starts.
Plays the jingle whenever a show in Abelardo Hall starts.
This is a Pd patch I made based on the Kulintang, a bossed gong instrument from Maguindanao, a province in the southern Philippines. I used a 3-bit number for the ictus (beat 1 is always on) and a 12-bit one for the subdivisions to create weighted and random rhythms idiomatic for Kulintang playing.
February 9, 2026 at 8:30 AM
This is a Pd patch I made based on the Kulintang, a bossed gong instrument from Maguindanao, a province in the southern Philippines. I used a 3-bit number for the ictus (beat 1 is always on) and a 12-bit one for the subdivisions to create weighted and random rhythms idiomatic for Kulintang playing.
My album "The Mock Orchestra" is now available for streaming on Spotify, YouTube Music and other platforms!
Don't have a subscription or don't want to support streaming platforms? The album is also available on the MusiKolektibo Bandcamp page! musikolektibo.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo...
#newalbum
Don't have a subscription or don't want to support streaming platforms? The album is also available on the MusiKolektibo Bandcamp page! musikolektibo.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo...
#newalbum
February 7, 2026 at 12:19 PM
My album "The Mock Orchestra" is now available for streaming on Spotify, YouTube Music and other platforms!
Don't have a subscription or don't want to support streaming platforms? The album is also available on the MusiKolektibo Bandcamp page! musikolektibo.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo...
#newalbum
Don't have a subscription or don't want to support streaming platforms? The album is also available on the MusiKolektibo Bandcamp page! musikolektibo.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo...
#newalbum
Spotted on my way back. Hmm…?
January 15, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Spotted on my way back. Hmm…?
Sneak preview of all five tracks in my latest album "The Mock Orchestra."
Check out the album's Bandcamp page for more details! musikolektibo.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo...
#music #newalbum #mockorch
Check out the album's Bandcamp page for more details! musikolektibo.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo...
#music #newalbum #mockorch
January 15, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Sneak preview of all five tracks in my latest album "The Mock Orchestra."
Check out the album's Bandcamp page for more details! musikolektibo.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo...
#music #newalbum #mockorch
Check out the album's Bandcamp page for more details! musikolektibo.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo...
#music #newalbum #mockorch
DSP deliveries confirmed and pre-orders are live... it's happening! A two-year labor of love will finally come out next month, Feb. 7, 2026! I really hope that anyone who's even a bit curious will gander a listen.
#newalbum #musikolektibo #mockorch
#newalbum #musikolektibo #mockorch
January 5, 2026 at 9:16 AM
DSP deliveries confirmed and pre-orders are live... it's happening! A two-year labor of love will finally come out next month, Feb. 7, 2026! I really hope that anyone who's even a bit curious will gander a listen.
#newalbum #musikolektibo #mockorch
#newalbum #musikolektibo #mockorch
Ah, Jollibee. The taste of their cornstarch chicken almost masks the sick I feel from their numerous labor code violations. Well… *almost.*
Jollibee began as a response to demand for American fast food in a postcolonial Philippines. Now, the chain has designs on becoming one of the top restaurant companies in the world—and is reshaping the American palate, Yasmin Tayag reports:
Postcolonial Chicken
The U.S. introduced fast food to the Philippines. Now Jollibee is serving it back to America.
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December 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Ah, Jollibee. The taste of their cornstarch chicken almost masks the sick I feel from their numerous labor code violations. Well… *almost.*
I have a new album coming next year, Feb. 7 "The Mock Orchestra."
Two years in the making, realized through a hybrid of computer mockups and real performances. Because hiring a full orchestra is too damn expensive.
Bandcamp link for pre-orders! musikolektibo.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo...
#newalbum
Two years in the making, realized through a hybrid of computer mockups and real performances. Because hiring a full orchestra is too damn expensive.
Bandcamp link for pre-orders! musikolektibo.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo...
#newalbum
December 18, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I have a new album coming next year, Feb. 7 "The Mock Orchestra."
Two years in the making, realized through a hybrid of computer mockups and real performances. Because hiring a full orchestra is too damn expensive.
Bandcamp link for pre-orders! musikolektibo.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo...
#newalbum
Two years in the making, realized through a hybrid of computer mockups and real performances. Because hiring a full orchestra is too damn expensive.
Bandcamp link for pre-orders! musikolektibo.bandcamp.com/album/the-mo...
#newalbum
mmm chicken feet
October 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
mmm chicken feet
Please don't offload the compositional process to AI, please.
Not a lot of people know this, but the greatest thing a composer could feel while writing is to have things click in place after days, weeks or even months of stuff that doesn't stick.
AI takes away that friction and that joy.
Not a lot of people know this, but the greatest thing a composer could feel while writing is to have things click in place after days, weeks or even months of stuff that doesn't stick.
AI takes away that friction and that joy.
October 8, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Please don't offload the compositional process to AI, please.
Not a lot of people know this, but the greatest thing a composer could feel while writing is to have things click in place after days, weeks or even months of stuff that doesn't stick.
AI takes away that friction and that joy.
Not a lot of people know this, but the greatest thing a composer could feel while writing is to have things click in place after days, weeks or even months of stuff that doesn't stick.
AI takes away that friction and that joy.
Ezra Klein is the Tommy Wiseau of Journalism.
September 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Ezra Klein is the Tommy Wiseau of Journalism.
How Americans fight fires, according to DHS:
Firefighter: Are you an arsonist, ma’am?
Lady: No, I’m just lighting a cig-
*Bombards the woman with a fire extinguisher.*
Firefighter: Are you an arsonist, ma’am?
Lady: No, I’m just lighting a cig-
*Bombards the woman with a fire extinguisher.*
Firefighters, famously, have a house they all live in, where they wait for people to call them, actually.
September 4, 2025 at 2:50 AM
How Americans fight fires, according to DHS:
Firefighter: Are you an arsonist, ma’am?
Lady: No, I’m just lighting a cig-
*Bombards the woman with a fire extinguisher.*
Firefighter: Are you an arsonist, ma’am?
Lady: No, I’m just lighting a cig-
*Bombards the woman with a fire extinguisher.*
I am so, so mature…
August 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I am so, so mature…
Passed by the Windows XP hill in Sonoma Valley.
June 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Passed by the Windows XP hill in Sonoma Valley.
Happening tonight!
June 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Happening tonight!
A piece of mine will be performed by Ensemble Dal Niente. Friday, June 6, 2025 @ Qualcomm Institute! qi.ucsd.edu/events/ideas...
IDEAS: Inaudible Music - Ensemble Dal Niente - Qualcomm Institute
The final performance event for the IDEAS 2025 season features Ensemble Dal Niente, as part of their UC San Diego residency, performing a collection titled Inaudible Music. The event features origina...
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June 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
A piece of mine will be performed by Ensemble Dal Niente. Friday, June 6, 2025 @ Qualcomm Institute! qi.ucsd.edu/events/ideas...
Seth Cluett and his snare drum
May 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Seth Cluett and his snare drum
First few days in San Diego.
April 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
First few days in San Diego.
"OK, Devious, don't move!"
March 16, 2025 at 2:52 AM
"OK, Devious, don't move!"
If you’re starting to think that the wannabe strongmen of the world has everyone by the balls, just remember that the once-untouchable Duterte is now in jail for crimes against humanity. If a back-assward nation like the Philippines can do it, then so can you!
www.rappler.com/philippines/...
www.rappler.com/philippines/...
Ex-president Rodrigo Duterte arrested over crimes against humanity
(1st UPDATE) Due to drug war killings, Duterte becomes the first former Philippine head of state to be arrested through an order by an international tribunal
www.rappler.com
March 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
If you’re starting to think that the wannabe strongmen of the world has everyone by the balls, just remember that the once-untouchable Duterte is now in jail for crimes against humanity. If a back-assward nation like the Philippines can do it, then so can you!
www.rappler.com/philippines/...
www.rappler.com/philippines/...