Deputy head of Mission at the Swiss Embassy in Manila Raoul Imbach together with his band Raoul & the Wild Tortillas describes the album launched “Tribute to the Philippines" last November 24th at the Marco Polo Ortigas Manila as an offer to the Filipinos after spending 3 years as a diplomat and artist in this country.
Deputy head of Mission at the Swiss Embassy in Manila Raoul Imbach together with his band Raoul & the Wild Tortillas describes the album launched “Tribute to the Philippines" last November 24th at the Marco Polo Ortigas Manila as an offer to the Filipinos after spending 3 years as a diplomat and artist in this country.
Tribute to the Philippines album contains 14 songs of which 4 are in Tagalog, 5 are a mix of Tagalog and English and 5 are in English.
Raoul's newest album sets the record in the country for its unusual format, the First ever 4 Gigabyte USB-Album in the Philippines.
All but one are original compositions. Half of the compositions are Raoul’s while the others are from the band members and from invited guest singer/composer DJ Grimm.
Two of Raoul’s songs are directly inspired by the Philippines: “Binibini” and “It’s More Fun in the Philippines”.
Watch Tribute to the Philippines Album Launching below:
About Raoul Imbach
Raoul is a carrier diplomat working for the Swiss Foreign Affairs Ministry for over 30 years. But he has been an Entertainer and Composer for over 50 years. “Tribute to the Philippines” is Raoul’s 11 th album of own compositions published around the world in English, French, Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean and now Tagalog. Some call him a Renaissance man as he has many passions and managed to be successful in most of them. However music remains his first love.
About the Wild Tortillas
Raoul created the Wild Tortillas Band in Vietnam in 2003. It’s purpose was to accompany Raoul in his concerts and have old Rock and latin music gigs. He revived it in Korea and then in the Philippines. Only in the Philippines have the band members been so active in composing and presenting their own songs. The Wild Tortillas band is composed of Jaime Vilas (Bass), Roderick Manubay (Guitar), Rennie Vargas (drums), Ferdinand Salamat (Percussion) and Marlon Fernan who recently replaced our keyboardist Victor Lim.
