LASI

Angelo LASI Macaraeg (also known as LASI) is a Filipino-American mix engineer, music producer, arranger, and bandleader from the Bay Area, CA.

He is classically trained in piano since age 5 and expanded his musical horizons and eventually became self-taught in a number of western instruments and indigenous & traditional Filipino instruments (kulintang).

In 2018, he joined The Balikbayans, a live band formed by rising Pinay rapper Ruby Ibarra, and serves as a musical director and bassist. In collaboration with Ruby, LASI has performed for sold-out shows in the Bay Area, in Los Angeles, and has toured internationally in the Philippines being featured on Wish107.5, Rappler, SaGuijo, and the Malasimbo Music Festival.

When it comes to traditional Filipino music, LASI is also a musician and member of the House of Gongs and has performed at international folk festivals in Belgium and Croatia with LIKHA-Pilipino Folk Ensemble. Also in 2018, he had the opportunity to conduct field research in Mindanao to study the music of various indigenous groups.

He also produces and engineers music out of his self-built music studio in Union City, CA. In 2019, LASI engineered Ian Santillano’s EP 1856, which has now garnered almost 800k streams on Spotify. He has also produced & mixed Ruby Ibarra’s “A Thousand Cuts,” the title song for Ramona Diaz’s documentary A Thousand Cuts, which was premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2020.