Offshore Music

Buendia formed Offshore Music in 2016.{{cite web |last1=Caña |first1=Paul John |title=Ely Buendia launches indie record label with mix of veteran and new artists |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/hobbiesandactivities/673885/ely-buendia-launches-indie-record-label-with-mix-of-veteran-and-new-artists/story/ |website=GMA News Online |access-date=2 September 2024}} He has also taken on sound engineer and executive producer roles in its subsequent releases,{{cite web |last1=Bodegon-Hikino |first1=Kara |title=Offshore Music relaunches with honest and intelligent Filipino acts |url=https://www.bandwagon.asia/articles/offshore-music-relaunches-with-honest-and-intelligent-filipino-acts |website=Bandwagon Asia |access-date=27 August 2024}} with the label's artists being able to record in Buendia's home recording studio Crow's Nest.{{cite web |title=Man in a hurry: Ely Buendia’s unflagging heart |url=https://www.rappler.com/entertainment/celebrities/195631-ely-buendia-interview-photos-apartel-eraserheads/ |website=Rappler.com |access-date=2 September 2024}} Offshore's first releases were Buendia's soul and R&B supergroup Apartel’s debut album Inner Play (2016) and his collaborations with Itchyworms, "Pariwara" and "Lutang", which were released as a 7-inch single for Record Store Day in 2017.{{cite web |title=Ely Buendia, Itchyworms team up for Record Store Day release, "Lutang/Pariwara" |url=https://www.bandwagon.asia/articles/ely-buendia-itchyworms-to-release-pariwara-b-side-lutang |website=Bandwagon Asia |access-date=27 August 2024}}

After briefly running out of funds, the label relaunched in 2018. “We don’t sign up every band we see. We pick the ones that we believe in, and whose music we like," Buendia said in a press release. "We don’t sign anyone we know we couldn’t support, as we have very little resources, and have a very small budget to work with.”

In August 2023, the label signed a partnership agreement with Sony Music Philippines, which includes global distribution, promotion of artists, and securing brand partnerships. They also signed ten acts to their roster later in October.{{cite web |last1=Saulog |first1=Gabriel |title=Offshore Music Announces Its Latest Wave Of OPM Artists |url=https://billboardphilippines.com/market/offshore-music-announces-its-latest-wave-of-opm-artists/ |website=Billboard Philippines |access-date=2 September 2024}}

The label has rereleased Eraserheads's first three albums{{cite web |last1=Bodegon-Hikino |title=Eraserheads' 25th anniversary edition of Ultraelectromagneticpop! will be available on vinyl this November |url=https://www.bandwagon.asia/articles/eraserheads-ultraelectromagneticpop-vinyl-november-2019 |website=Bandwagon Asia |access-date=27 August 2024}}{{cite web |title=Eraserheads to release 'Circus' on vinyl |url=https://www.bandwagon.asia/articles/eraserheads-to-release-circus-on-vinyl-album-record-offshore-music-2023 |website=Bandwagon Asia |access-date=27 August 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Bodegon-Hikino |first1=Kara |title=Ely Buendia and Offshore Music's Audry Dionisio on the work that went into pressing 'Cutterpillow' on vinyl |url=https://www.bandwagon.asia/articles/eraserheads-ely-buendia-offshore-music-audry-dionisio-cutterpillow-vinyl-interview-pre-order-2024 |website=Bandwagon Asia |access-date=27 August 2024}} and their 2014 singles "Sabado" and "1995" on vinyl.{{cite web |last1=Peters |first1=Daniel |title=Eraserheads singles ‘Sabado’ and ‘1995’ to be released on vinyl for the first time |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/eraserheads-singles-sabado-and-1995-to-be-rleased-on-vinyl-for-the-first-time-2999766 |website=NME |access-date=2 September 2024}} General Manager Audry Dionisio has stated that the label prioritizes releasing its catalogue on vinyl. "It's a very tactile medium that adds to the experience of the consumption of music," she said.{{cite web |last1=Bodegon-Hikino |first1=Kara |title=Offshore Music shares their proudest moments, partnering with Sony Music, and vinyl goals for their artists |url=https://www.bandwagon.asia/articles/offshore-music-ely-buendia-new-artists-sony-music-entertainment-vinyl-audry-dionisio-pat-sarabia-interview-2023 |website=Bandwagon Asia |access-date=2 September 2024}}

• ALYSON
• Amateurish
• Apartel
• Aviators
• Bree
• Carousel Casualties
• CRISHA
• Diego's Scenes
• Eliza Marie
• Elton Clark
• Ely Buendia
• Ena Mori{{cite web |last1=Mallabo |first1=Denise |title=In the studio with ena mori, the 21-year-old classically trained Fil-Jap musician making sophisticated pop songs |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/hobbiesandactivities/718187/in-the-studio-with-ena-mori-the-21-year-old-classically-trained-fil-jap-musician-making-so/story/ |website=GMA News Online |access-date=2 September 2024}}
• Experience
• GundamFunk Aviators
• Her Name Is Noelle
• JDRX
• JR Oca
• Ligaya Escueta
• Marion Talavera
• M1ss Jade So
• MI MI
• Mt. Lewis
• neytan
• Pinkmen{{cite web |last1=Bodegon-Hikino |first1=Kara |title=Pinkmen talk about their double single release, working with Offshore Music |url=https://www.bandwagon.asia/articles/pinkmen-talk-about-their-new-singles-your-name-and-hanggang-sa-muli-working-with-offshore-music |website=Bandwagon Asia |access-date=2 September 2024}}
• Sansette{{cite web |last1=Angan |first1=Kara |title=Sansette: Bringing the Cebuano Sun To the Rest Of the Country |url=https://billboardphilippines.com/music/discover/sansette-bringing-the-cebuano-sun-to-the-rest-of-the-country/ |website=Billboard Philippines |access-date=2 September 2024}}
• Pixie Labrador
• Savannah
• Seedy and the Years
• Sulo
• Shades of Native
• Stef Aranas

• Eraserheads

• Eyedress
• Itchyworms
• The Late Isabel
• Jun Lopito
• One Click Straight
• The Ransom Collective

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• [http://www.offshoremusicph.com Offshore Music Philippines' Official site]

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