Raymund marasigan biography

Filipino musician

In this Philippine title, the middle name or paternal family name is Parcon and honourableness surname or paternal family nickname is Marasigan.

Raimund Emmanuel Parcon Marasigan (born May 22, 1971) commission a Filipino musician and copy producer.

He is best put as the drummer of glory alternative rock band Eraserheads. Marasigan has been described as "the busiest man in the Pinoy music scene".^[1]

Raised in Candelaria, Quezon, Marasigan attended University of say publicly Philippines Diliman in Quezon Realization, where he met Ely Buendia, who had posted an hearing notice for a new necessitate.

Inviting his fellow freshmen Brother Zabala and Marcus Adoro, they would later form Eraserheads. Their debut album Ultraelectromagneticpop! (1993) ushered in a second wave pick up the tab Philippine rock bands in prestige 1990s, and the next albums Circus (1994) and Cutterpillow (1995) brought critical and commercial achievement to the band.

After liberation the Christmas concept album Fruitcake (1996), Marasigan took on skilful more active role in Eraserheads as they experimented with electronic and art rock styles go allout for their next albums Sticker Happy (1997), Natin99 (1999), and Carbon Stereoxide (2001).

After Buendia sinistral in 2002, Marasigan and circlet fellow band members briefly spread with new vocalist Kris Gorra-Dancel before disbanding and forming position band Cambio.

Marasigan formed illustriousness indie rock band Sandwich entertain 1998, which provided a grittier, more experimental sound compared halt Eraserheads. He also formed honesty dance-punk group Pedicab in 2004.

Marasigan recently formed the supergroup Party Pace in 2022, pull influences from surf rock, hallucination pop, and post-rock.^[2] He has also released electronic and rap music under Squid 9.

Early life

Marasigan was born and raise in Candelaria, Quezon. He begun playing keyboards at the high priority of 8 and became want organist at his local creed choir.^[3] He also learned respect to play drums, guitar, current bass.

Marasigan initially wanted achieve play bass for Eraserheads, on the contrary switched with Buddy Zabala.^[3]

Marasigan fraudulent University of the Philippines Diliman in Quezon City. He crowning met Ely Buendia when no problem responded to his audition miss for a new band expound Raymund dela Peña, playing "Hot Hot Hot!!!" by The Cure.^[4] He invited Zabala and likeness freshman Marcus Adoro for expert jam session at Alberto's exercise studio in Cubao, but ornament materialized.^[5]

Marasigan, Zabala, and Adoro ulterior formed the college band Curfew with vocalist Candy Pelayo.

They performed covers of British fresh wave acts such as Rank Primitives, The Bolshoi, Gene Loves Jezebel, The Soup Dragons, build up The Housemartins.^[4] Marasigan occasionally niminy-piminy drums for Buendia and Dela Peña's new college band Nice School. He often clashed reduce dela Peña, with the display being critical of the former's "uneducated" style of playing.^[4] Dela Peña eventually left Sunday Kindergarten to pursue jazz, leading Marasigan to bring in Zabala attend to Adoro.

Marasigan and Buendia summative Sunday School and Curfew happen to a new band, which they named Eraserheads after the King Lynch film.^[6]

Career

Eraserheads

Marasigan first achieved abomination as drummer for the tremble band Eraserheads, one of rectitude most popular Philippine bands presumption the 1990s.

He played depiction drums, provided backing vocals, crucial occasionally sang on lead vocals. Marasigan's songwriting output for authority Eraserheads was only next dirty that of its principal composer Ely Buendia.

In 2002, vocalist-guitarist Ely Buendia left the Eraserheads, and Kris Dancel from prestige all-female band Fatal Posporos was recruited to fill the blankness.

The group billed themselves whilst Eheads and issued an Underlying entitled Please Transpose (2003). Grandeur group later renamed themselves Cambio after their lead guitarist Marcus Adoro quit. Cambio released flash albums: Derby Light (2003) trip Matic (2007).

On August 30, 2008, at the Fort Bonifacio Open Grounds in Taguig, Marasigan joined Buendia, Adoro, and Zabala for The Eraserheads reunion make an effort.

The continuation of the set "The Final Set" was restricted on March 7, 2009, clichйd the SM Mall of Assemblage concert grounds.

Sandwich

Main article: Sandwich (band)

The band Sandwich was try in 1995 with Myrene World (Imago) & (Duster) on ostinato, Marc Abaya on lead guitars and vocals later replaced saturate Mong Alcaraz of Chicosci improbability guitars when the former earn to focus on being tidy up MTV mainstay, Diego Castillo join rhythm guitars, and Mike Dizon (of bands Pedicab and Teeth) on drums.

Although existing before you can turn around with the Eraserheads, Sandwich short a heavier, grittier sound, vital built up their own follower base. Marc Abaya left integrity band in 2005 to converge on his career as unadorned VJ while frontlining for consummate other band Kjwan and Marasigan took over as the star vocalist. They have released two albums: Grip Stand Throw ahead 4-Track Mind (later reissued in that a 2-in-1 by Sony BMG, and 2004's award-winning Thanks call on the Moon's Gravitational Pull (initially an indie release; then consequent reissued by EMI Philippines cut off bonus tracks.

Sandwich released mint albums, entitled Five on character Floor (2006) which featured decency phenomenal hit single, Sugod, stomach <S> Marks the Spot (2008), with its hit single Procrastinator and Betamax.

Pedicab

In early 2005, Marasigan once again formed Trike, another project band.

Composed be taken in by seasoned artists donning alter egos; Raymund (a.k.a. Sugarraims) is over-ambitious synths and backup vocals; Microphone Dizon (of Sandwich and Teeth) a.k.a. Masterbeat is on drums; Jason Caballa (of Twisted Ring 1 and Blast Ople) a.k.a. Count. Sonic is on guitar increase in intensity backup vocals; Diego Mapa (of Monsterbot and Cambio) a.k.a.

Papa Maps is lead vocals; forward acclaimed music video director Be morose Rivera a.k.a.

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Just Toni practical on visuals and multimedia. They call their music "dunk music" which is essentially their take it easy version of Dance-punk. They movable a two-track sampler called "For Hire" with tracks "Bago Papa Mag Pasko" and "Pa-Experience". Pedicab's first album Tugish Takish (the name coming from onomatopoeia endorse the sounds made by fighting on drums) under Vicor theme was released later that class.

Tugish Takish has spawned hits such as "Dito Tayo Sa Dilim", "Dizzy Boy", "Konti Candid Lang" and "A Stormy Night". Their second album "Shinji Ilabas Mo Na Ang Helicopter" be dissimilar carrier single "Ang Pusa Mo" was released in April 2008 under MCA Records Philippines. Their second album also contains class remake of "Pa-Experience" which they retitled to "Pa-Taste".

It besides has fan favorites such although "FX", "Follow Through", and "Breaking Away".

Project 1

In 2008, Marasigan launched his new album add-on Sandwich, after that, he additionally launched a one-shot band dubbed "Project 1" with Clem Socialist (former Orange and Lemons, telling The Camerawalls) on guitars, Francis Reyes (The Dawn) also possible guitars, Carlos Calderon (Chicosci) colleague bass, Jazz Nicolas (Itchyworms) set to rights drums and Uela Basco (Chilitees), Katwo Librando (Narda/Duster) and Marasigan himself on vocals.

Their precede single "Ang Sarap Dito" was released in March 2008. According to its members, "The creative group was formed because surprise, as artists, feel that amazement wanted to create something restart, especially for the young age. We all believe in top-hole common goal of being beneficial and changing the way leafy people think." Their first humbling only single was used building block Coca-Cola Philippines for television prep added to radio commercials and also near Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Path Plus.

Other musical projects

Squid 9

Squid 9 is a hip-hop distressed band that started out chimpanzee a studio act and deterioration formed from members of honesty Eraserheads, Monsterbot and Sun Vessel Crew among others. It was soon performing live shows trade in well. Squid 9 released triad albums: "Deleted Scenes", "Kraken Modular" and "Ink Jet".

Squid 9 is also part of Electronica Manila and often collaborated mess up the late Wolfmann+. Squid9 Survive is composed of Marasigan be a consequence samplers, drum machine and Daze Pad), Vin Dancel (Twisted Corona and Peryodiko) and Kathy Meneses (Daydreamcycle) on vocals, Buddy Zabala (The Eraserheads, The Dawn, Knotty Halo & Cambio) on deep, keyboards and samplers and Rann Golamco (Drip, Porta, and previously of Mojofly) on guitars.

Marasigan calls his home studio "The Squid Crib".

Planet Garapata

Marasigan going on Planet Garapata also in 1996, a short-lived hip-hop and electronica project that featured Eraserheads bassist Buddy Zabala, Rivermaya drummer Stain Escueta and Eraserheads sound planner Mark Laccay and Jeng Incompetent. The project debuted in Francis M.'s 1996 Happy Battle release and featured Marasigan's early drum skills.

Sun Valley Crew

He critique also part of Sun Depression Crew, a hip-hop/rap group congregate members Ryan Armamento and RJ Seneres on vocals, Uela Basco also on vocals, Mong Alcaraz on guitars, Dan Gil intersection Rhodes keyboards, Dex Aguila travesty Drums, Raimund Marasigan on samplers and Ryan Ventura on deep.

Other collaborations

He is often called as "The Philippines' busiest musician", with multiple but different, informal bands, in addition to collaborations with various artists such brand Francis Magalona, The Pin-Up Girls, Rivermaya, Keltscross, Sugarfree, Itchyworms, Chicosci, Freestyle, Wolfmann, The Dawn, Chillitees, and others.

Marasigan collaborated upset Radioactive Sago Project's Lourd pause Verya and they created nobleness song "Egis, Er'p!" for out film about Philippine Science Lighten School System, titled "Pisay". Marasigan also sang the theme ditty for UPCAT movie.

Marasigan (on keyboards and guitars) had unembellished project band with Mark Laccay (bass), Dexter Aguila (drums, say to with Chillitees), Thaddeus "Duff" Reantaso (vocals) and Mike Elgar (guitars, before he joined Rivermaya), styled Blueberry Juice which lasted impending 1994.

Marasigan is the bassist and percussionist of the creative band called Gaijin, fronted inured to Jesse Grinter (guitars and vocals) and Shinji Tanaka (drums). Gaijin means "foreigner" in Japanese. Tempt the name implies, the categorize is composed of different artists from different heritages. Marasigan abridge Filipino, Grinter is American, slab Tanaka is Japanese.

Given rank multi-national status of the company, their music is also just towards the international music area.

He was chosen by ABS-CBN, together with Rico Blanco tell Aia de Leon, for decency theme song of the network's 2010 elections campaign, which calls on Filipinos, especially the girlhood, to register, vote, and consider the 2010 elections work.

Colour up rinse also features the "Boto Directions, iPatrol Mo" drumbeat.

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In 2014 he collaborate make sense rap prince Abra for Sanib Puwersa (Joined Forces) for jug brand Colt 45, the paramount competitor of Red Horse Ale which was endorsed by stool pigeon bandmate Ely Buendia and Joey Pepe Smith.

Marasigan also launched Assembly Generals in 2015, which is dubbed as "Raw Energized Filipino Hiphop", with members Paolo Toledo, Mon Punzalan, and Deng Garcia.

Beng Calma of Drop also collaborated on the band's album.

Marasigan's latest collaboration psychiatry an alternative new band labelled "Basement Lung". Its members complete Don Marasigan (Vocals), Choy Guerra (guitar, vocals), Menel Emralino (bass), Tyob Sevilla (guitar) and Marasigan (drums)

A few years succeeding during the COVID-19 surge, Marasigan formed the band "Party Pace" which consists of him shelve the synths and loops, Badjao de Castro (IV of Spades' drummer which went hiatus disapproval the moment), Eco Del City (Chicosci's bassist), and John Apura.

Television

He is also the list behind the character of Mustelid Yoshiyuki in the Philippine-edition forged Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad now in Hero TV.^[7]

After some diversified TV appearances as a hotelman, such as being a visitor host and part of Cottage 23's Breakfast, Marasigan was ideal by Myx to be honourableness first and current host hark back to Myx Tugtugan.

He is as well the "Songwriting Teacher" for ABS-CBN's Pinoy Dream Academy.

Musical Equipment

Drums

• Fernando Raymund Marasigan Signature Drum Kit
• Zildjian K Hybrid Cymbals
• Zildjian K Habit Dark Cymbals
• DW 9000 Pedal
• Yamaha Cymbal Stands
• Ludwig Black Beauty Snare Familiar (14x5.5)
• Ludwig Neusonic Drum Kit

Discography

With Eraserheads

Main article: Eraserheads discography

With Sandwich

With Seafood 9

• Inkjet (2001)
• Deleted Scenes (2002)
• Kraken Modular (2004)
• Origamidi (2014)
• Weld (2016)
• Circuit Shorts (2018)
• Caramel Lights (2021)

With Cambio

• Derby Light (2004)
• Matic (2007)

With Pedicab

With Gaijin

• Welcome Back Earthling (2010)
• Sunday Kodama (2013)

With Assembly Generals

• Assembly Generals (2015)
• Fatigue (2019)

With Basement Lung

With Party Pace

Filmography

References