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INDIE OPM / PHILIPPINES / TOKYO

ijdm

Isaiah Malenab brings emotional songwriting and a fresh indie sound from the Philippines to Tokyo, giving modern OPM a new voice.

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Sa Gitna ng Kahapon cover art with a guitarist seated along an old street at sunset
New single Sa Gitna ng Kahapon
May 6 release

Platforms go live on release day.

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Sound dossier

Small rooms. Long shadows. Guitar strings still warm from the street.

ijdm folds intimate OPM songwriting, close-mic guitar, and Tokyo-after-dark restraint into songs built around memory, distance, and the ache of looking back.

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Artist biography poster for ijdm, Isaiah Malenab
Biography

A Philippines-born voice carrying modern OPM into Tokyo.

ijdm — Isaiah Malenab — is a new indie OPM artist born and raised in the Philippines and now based in Tokyo. With emotional songwriting and a fresh indie sound, he brings a new voice to modern OPM. His new single "Sa Gitna ng Kahapon" arrives on May 6, 2026.

Origin Philippines
Base Tokyo
Single May 6
"A quiet OPM signal from the Philippines, carried through Tokyo."
Artist biography
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Rooted in the Philippines

Born and raised in the Philippines, Isaiah writes with the melodic directness and emotional pull of contemporary OPM.

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Shaped from Tokyo distance

Now based in Tokyo, ijdm lets distance sharpen the writing: memory, migration, and the small details that follow you.

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A new single arrives May 6

"Sa Gitna ng Kahapon" introduces his fresh indie sound across streaming platforms and press-ready artist materials.

Selected dates

Rooms where the songs can breathe.

Somewhere in the Philippines Manila, PH Preview set
Press

A profile that behaves like a record sleeve and a live room.

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Streaming Coming May 6
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