Written by Louis Pelingen

In the Philippines, noontime variety shows capture the attention of the general public. For the past few decades, every household looks forward to shows like Eat Bulaga and It’s Showtime for a few hours of joy. These shows have become mainstays in our entertainment consumption, observing different segments featuring games, contests, and acts of kindness that are all too familiar but at the same somehow different from the last. It’s like pulling something out of a box filled with chocolates, not knowing what we will get.

With It’s Showtime still going strong for 13 years, no wonder that the fond memories of its past stand strong up to this day. Showtime Official Club, a collective comprised of 6 DJs (DJ MharkTzyOnTheBeatTV, DJ vicegandako143, DJ NASH_AGUAS, DJ fHunny_One1, DJ PusongBato04, and DJ XanderCoins) embraces those memories through their various club dance mixes that have surfaced since last year. It’s a way to not just bond over the moments but also appreciate how much they mean to them, the local communities that they’re a part of, and the dance music that brings life to each worthwhile occasion.

This “Paligoy-ligoy” remix is not just a mini-mix between 4 of the DJs or a nice entryway for anyone who’s new to this collective, but it’s also a love letter where each DJ write their musical paragraph on Nadine Lustre’s “Paligoy-ligoy” that serves as the paper for their clingy, impassioned sides. DJ PusongBato04 opens this mini-mix with a shy demeanor, inputting frantic guitar samples that swivel around the pulsing club beat. He musters his courage after that drum break with the pounding beats all the way through, presenting that courage fully exposed for everyone to hear. DJ vicegandako143 follows suit with a subtler grasp of the tones, adding glacial synth pads sparkling around the beat. He prioritizes those subtle details as a build-up for the beat to spark bright like fireworks. DJ NASH_AGUAS keeps his part short yet concise, effectively going all out with explosive drum n bass rhythms. It never slows down as he embraces that confident passion under the 40-second duration of his composition. Then DJ MharkTzyOnTheBeatTV ground things down as he concludes the mini-mix, harking it back to the budots sound with the squawking rhythm and the maximalist synth touches. It emphasizes the love of the things we adored from the past that will be given to someone else, a continuous exchange that will become timeless.

This Paligoy-Ligoy remix from Showtime Official Club continues their path of appreciating golden memories that these DJs find clear and enamored in stasis. Accompanying it with a cohesive mini-mix that nevertheless reveals how the 4 DJs involved in the remix compose their paragraphs with their own colorful approach while still allowing that bouncy budots rhythm to thump its heart out. After all, to appreciate something means clinging to that love that you have, never letting go no matter what.

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