In the studio with ena mori, the 21-year-old classically trained Fil-Jap musician making sophisticated pop songs

Everybody, meet ena mori, a 21-year-old Filipino-Japanese musician featured in the upcoming Offshore Vol. 2, a compilation of  singles from the roster of talents of Offshore Music, the indie music label famously associated with Ely Buendia.

She moved to Manila from Japan some four years ago and has since been quietly infecting the local music scene with a brand of pop that’s cool, catchy, and darn sophisticated. ena’s classically trained after all.

“I saw some videos of her when she was seven and she was in a piano competition in Japan, and she was ripping these piano pieces just like the stuff you see on TV,” Offshore Music A&R Director Pat Sarabia says of the musician.

ena's music is synth driven; it’s pop with a palpable presence of her classical music background through her piano playing prowess. ena has a good command of her voice, too. It's powerful when need be but keeps melodic through and through.

GMA News Online joined ena inside Crow’s Nest Studios, where she jammed her single “Telephone” with fellow Offshore musician Tim Marquez.

Offshore Music Vol. 2 will be released on December 10. — LA, GMA News