With the fourth edition of All of the Noise this year, The Rest is Noise PH co-founder and creative director MC Galang hoped for the event to champion music education for artists and listeners.
In an exclusive interview with PUSH ABS-CBN, MC shared that the event is far from the typical music festival since it will allow artists, producers, and even listeners to learn more about the landscape of music industry.
“There’s so many things when we first started out in 2015 that unfortunately are still I would say challenges, particularly with the artists themselves and how they can have sustainable careers. Back then in 2015, obviously, streaming was there but it was not the main driver for the artist to have found some value in terms of how well they are doing. I think maraming gaps in terms of music education like some artists, they do really good music but they don’t know what to do after that,” MC explained.’
She added, “Those things take some knowledge, take some connections to happen and that is the goal of All of the Noise and also The Rest of the Noise. We wanted it to be an all-encompassing music culture event.”
All of the Noise 2026 will feature 30 emerging and established artists from the Philippines and around the Asia Pacific region along with a conference program as well as highlighting local and international music documentaries.
Local acts include BP Valenzuela, Fitterkarma, SOS, Ourselves the Elves, Elijah Canlas, DJ Love (Davao), VVINK, Playertwo, fern, August Wahh, School Girl Classic (Cebu), Delinquent Society (Davao), Alyson, Novocrane, Amateurish (Baguio), Carousel Casualties, Magiliw Street, and kyleaux while international performers are New Zealand’s Phoebe Rings; Indonesia’s Grrrl Gang, Arash Buana, and Gavendri; Singapore’s Shye and Pines; and Taiwan’s Heng Jones.
As per MC, the lineup of artists that are part of this year’s event came from who they believe represents the different genres in the music industry now.
“For us, yung artists kasi namin, it's very genre diverse so we want a representation of different types of music expressions which is yung different genres. We want good artists from those type of music,” MC said.
“We are not looking out for those who are always the sikat or the one who has a million monthly listeners on Spotify. For us, at the end of the day, it will always be the one who make good music and then artists who are in different stages of their careers,” she added.
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All Of The Noise will take place in three venues across Metro Manila: Astbury Makati (April 17 and 19), Sari-Sari in Makati City (April 17 and 19), and 123 Block in Mandaluyong City (April 18). Tickets are priced from ₱400 to ₱999.
the event will discuss several topics about the evolving status of the music industry as well as navigating career paths for artists. Since the event features the current hot topics in the music landscape, will they discuss the use of AI?
“I think, for me, it’s also hard to approach it in an ethical manner because there are so many aspects of technology, not just exclusive to technology but also in other industries. Because it's a hot topic in terms especially of creations and arts. For me, I really want to approach it carefully and meaningfully and not in a way na token panel lang siya,” she said.
She added, “For me, it’s what can we do to actually make sure na it’s actually benefiting us collectively and not just one person trying to take advantage of the technology to take away rights, copyright from other artists or creatives. It’s actually how we can make it work for us.”
MC said, “Hopefully, we will have people coming from different angles to open different perspectives and once we have, we will be able to do it next year. For us, how can we talk about it constructively na talagang we can learn from it. I really wanted to do it right.”