By Lydia Neff |INQUIRER.net US Bureau 9:56 am | Monday, September 22nd, 2014 Kulintronica’s Ron Quesada at Plural Music’s The GetDowns dance party in Stockton. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO SAN FRANCISCO — Recognized as a San Francisco Bay Area artist who is fusing the “kulintang,” a venerable Filipino instrument, with electronic dance music, Ron Quesada is touring this year to make Kulintronica the next big thing in the EDM genre. Quesada of Kulintronica, a one-man electronic dance music icon, has played several instruments, starting out with the piano. He used to play the keys with “annoying sounds” until he had his formal lessons when he was eight. Five years of learning led him to performances in Los Angeles and Monterey. “Our family has a well-established background in the entertainment industry in the Philippines. It wasn’t long until I realized that I would go that route,” Quesada said. “Among all three siblings he’s the “makata” (poet), and I’ve always supported him to succeed in music,” said his mother, Evangeline Quesada, who was also his first artistic influence. “That was our special bonding together.” As he explored the music world, Quesada eventually became a guitar player and a bass player, influenced by rock and roll uncle, Tim Quesada. He played with several bands in the Bay Area bar gigs. “It was all rock and roll. I used to be known to jump off the stage during guitar solos. The biggest break I had was during the Earth Day Festival in Concord in 1998,” Quesada Read More …
