2000 studio album by Ely Buendia
Wanted: Bedspacer is the debut solo album by Filipino musician Ely Buendia, released on December 21, 2000 by BMG Records (Pilipinas) Inc.
Recording.
Buendia started working on material for "Wanted: Bedspacer" in September 1999, initially writing them for Rico J. Puno. He recorded demos with a Roland VS-1680 multitrack recorder at his home studio in Quezon City (credited as Suite 16 Studios in the album liner notes). Buendia co-produced the album with his friend and housemate Romel “Sancho” Sanchez.
The album’s electronica sound expands on Eraserheads’s previous album "Natin99" (1999), with tracks such as “Kakaiba” and “Hotchik” using synthesizers and drum machine beats with fuzz guitars. Buendia stated that he wanted a “dreamy” sound for the album, listening to electronic acts such as Cassius and Massive Attack during production. He wrote the track "Acid Tongue" about his father.
BMG reissued "Wanted: Bedspacer" in 2009.
In a 2024 interview with Daily Tribune promoting his second solo album "Method Adaptor", Buendia said that he did not consider "Wanted: Bedspacer" to be an official release since ""parang laro-laro lang ‘yun, nag-experiment lang ako sa kuwarto ko" (because I was just playing around then, I just experimented a bit in the my room) and I decided to release it," he continued. He added in an interview with Rappler: “I didn’t really think about marketing it; it wasn’t promoted, and I didn’t want to.”
Reception.
Mon Castro of Manila Standard describes "Wanted: Bedspacer" as a wonderful experimental album. Poch Concepcion of Philippine Daily Inquirer noted that the album tries to sound different from Eraserheads which may elicit negative reactions among the band's fans. The album's experiments on electronica and studio effects were not warmly met by its audience.
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