Tarsius has been played on NTS shows including Manila Times w/ Vex Ruffin & Possiblemusic, with Nightlife first played on 6 May 2014.

There are at least two artists sharing the name Tarsius;

The name is used by a Norwegian rock band and a new Filipino electronic duo.

Tarsius is an experimental and energetic hard rock band from the suburbs of Bodø who wants to liven up things with a musical frontal assault of unprecedented proportions. Ranging from psychedelic adventures to heavier riffs, we believe that this music contains something enjoyable for any open minded music lover.

Unless you have been completely brainwashed by the mainstream, Tarsius is very likely to awaken your inner primate!

Manila-based duo Tarsius, composed of Diego Mapa and Jay Gapasin, combines electronic music and live instrumentation to produce psychedelic-electronic dance tracks influenced by hip hop, big beat, house, jungle, and indie/alternative dance.

Mapa, who fronts riot-inducing indie rock outfit Pedicab, and Gapasin, who plays drums for the critically acclaimed jazz band Radioactive Sago Project, met in 2006 while touring in Geneva and Hong Kong as part of Rock Against the Round: Musicians Against the WTO. Mapa and Gapasin reconnected in 2011 during a Daedelus show. During this time, Mapa had been doing DJ sets and working as a music arranger, and Gapasin had just recently returned to Manila after teaching music in Singapore. They formed Tarsius as a project combining both musicians’ love for electronic music.

Originally conceived as a solo outlet for the material Mapa was producing outside his numerous other projects, Tarsius’s current incarnation involves live drums, soft synths and laptop-generated soundscapes.

Their album Primate is their first release under Number Line Records.