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Mojofly | |
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 Mojofly in 2015 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Philippines |
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| Years active |
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| Members | Lougee Basabas Mark Reese Gelbolingo Ali Alejandro Kiko Montecillo Beejay Valera |
| Past members | Kitchie Nadal Ricci Gurango Rann Golamco Allan Elgar Junjun Regalado |
| Website | https://www.facebook.com/mojoflyofficial/ |
MOJOFLY is a pop-rock band from the Philippines.
The band was formed in 1999 by bassist Ricci Gurango after his departure from Hungry Young Poets, he added members including Jun Jun Regalado III on drums, Raymund "Rann" Golamco on guitars and Katrina "Kitchie" Nadal on vocals the band released its first single "Minamalas" written by Ricci Gurango, the single was played on radio stations and become the #2 most requested OPM song on pop station RX 93.1, and charting on other Manila FM stations as well. and their debut album "Birthday" were released in September 1999, the album consists of 14 songs 5 were written in Tagalog, two tracks (Puro Palusot & Half Wishing) were written by Rico Blanco and will be feature on the song "Half Wishing". [1] [2]
In December 2001, Guitarist Raymond Golamco left the band to concentrate on another career. [3] and their follow up album A Million Stories was released in 2002, [4] [5] The album helped propel singles such as Another Day and Scooter Boy to national recognition. In the same year, drummer JunJun Regalado left the band. [6]
In June 2003, Nadal left the group to embark on a solo career. Her last gig with the band took place at June 14 at Robinsons Metro East. [7] [8]
Mojofly then introduced Lougee Basabas as the band's new frontwoman in only a matter of days. By year's end the group joined the “indie” bandwagon with their self-titled EP (featuring the singles “Turn,” “Mata” and a recycled arrangement of their 1999 single “Minamalas“), sold-out despite being available only in gigs. Because of Mata and the revived, revv-ed up Lougee-version of Minamalas, MOJOFLY (EP) showed the new sound of their group. In January 2005, the band is back to the studio to record their upcoming album to be released in March 2005. [9]
The band went on to release an LP aptly entitled MOJOFLY Now (June 2005), still under independent label luKas Music of artist manager and music publisher Karin Araneta. [10] This time distributed nationwide by EMI Music Philippines, Lougee took over the reins in songwriting and gained MOJOFLY “street cred” through her novel, cutting-edge compositions. Currently promoting MOJOFLY Now Special Edition (August 2006), the 2-disc package marries the original ‘05 full-length and an A-VCD featuring live tracks from their first major concert at the Music Museum (September 2–3, 2005) [11] and the 3D-animated music video of Tumatakbo.
MOJOFLY is the first local artist to venture into full 3D animation in Philippine music video history. The work was previewed at the 19th Singapore International Film Festival (April 2006) and won Best Animated Video and Favorite Indie Video at the MTV Pilipinas Video Music Awards 2006] (August 2006).
Apart from once garnering the much-coveted slot for MTV Lokal Artist-of-the-Month (March 2005), MOJOFLY also boasts a list of celebrity endorsements from Del Monte Pizza Sauce to Penshoppe and Cream Silk Conditioners. The theme song Choose and vast multi-media exposure from the Cream Silk “Girl Power, Pink Power” campaign brought MOJOFLY's sound and Lougee's vivid image into every household.
On 2008, bassist - Ricci Gurango, departed from the band. The remaining members (Lougee and Ali) took in Richard Carandang and Ace Evangelista to play the bass and lead guitar respectively. With the new members, the band decided to rename their group as DeLara.
DeLara remained active from 2008 to 2011 and produced two studio albums (self-titled "DeLara", 2008 and "Just Free", 2010). After the separation of the band, Lougee Basabas went on to pursue a solo career performing in local venues and events. Shortly after, she auditioned for "The Voice of the Philippines" season 2 on ABS-CBN in 2014 and became part of Team Bamboo. A year later, Lougee married Ali Alejandro (Mojofly drummer since 2004) [12] and had a baby boy named Leon in 2016.
In 2015, Mojofly started to perform in small production events but had not publicly announced their return to the local performing circuit. It was only later in the same year that they started to record their 4th studio album (2nd studio album with the 2nd generation Mojofly members Ali & Lougee) with Yellow Room Music Philippines, headed by Monty Macalino (vocalist of Mayonnaise (band)). The band was able to release 1 single entitled "Rally" in May 2018 for online and streaming platforms invoking that Mojofly is back with members Mark Reese Gelbolingo on Bass, Kiko Montecillo on Keyboards, and Beejay Valera on Lead Guitars.
In March 2019, Mojofly released their latest 8-track album entitled Mula Noon. [13]
Their hit song "Tumatakbo" which won Best Animated Video at the MTV Pilipinas Music Awards in 2006 became the theme song of the fantasy-drama series The Lost Recipe, which aired in 2021 on GMA Network. [14]
Current members
Early members
| Year | Award Giving Body | Category | Nominated Work | Results |
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| 1999 | "RX 93.1 Year-End Awards for OPM artists" | Best New Artist | — | Won [15] |
| 2002 | NU Rock Awards | Drummer of the Year | (for Junjun Regalado) | Nominated [16] |
| 2003 | 16th Awit Awards | Best Album Package | "A Million Stories" | Nominated |
| 2005 | NU Rock Awards | Best Female Award | (for Lougee Basabas) | Nominated [17] |
| 2006 | MTV Pilipinas Video Music Awards | Best Animated Video | "Tumatakbo" | Won [18] |
| Favorite Indie Video | "Tumatakbo" | Won [19] | ||
| NU Rock Awards | Best Female Award | (for Lougee Basabas) | Nominated [20] |
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