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Limiters Of The Infinity Pool
''Limiters of the Infinity Pool'' is the third studio album by Filipino alternative rock band Pupil The pupil is a black hole located in the center of the iris of the eye that allows light to strike the retina.Cassin, B. and Solomon, S. (1990) ''Dictionary of Eye Terminology''. Gainesville, Florida: Triad Publishing Company. It appears black ..., released on December 13, 2010. It was the band's last album released through Sony Music Philippines as the latter closed shop the following year. Accolades Track listing References 2011 albums Tagalog-language albums Pupil (band) albums {{2010s-alt-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pupil (band)
Pupil are a Filipino rock band consisting of singer and rhythm guitarist Ely Buendia, lead guitarist Jerome Velasco, bassist Dok Sergio and drummer Wendell Garcia. History Early years and formation (2004–2005) Pupil was formed when former Teeth bassist Dok Sergio joined The Mongols' line-up in late 2004. The Mongols' bassist Yan "Yanni" Yuzon moved to third guitar duties while Sergio handled bass. The transitional five-man line-up was witnessed in The Mongols’ last single and music video entitled “Heroine”. In May 2005, guitarist Jerome Velasco, a.k.a. J. Astro, left to pursue a career in producing, recording and studio engineering. The group's last gig under the name "The Mongols" was on July 7, 2005. Velasco’s departure shook things up for the group as they were trapped into the decision of whether to stay as a band or not. As they decided to continue and as they progressed, the band noticed that they were producing a different sound without Velasco on the lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States and United Kingdom.W. E. Studwell and D. F. Lonergan, ''The Classic Rock and Roll Reader: Rock Music from its Beginnings to the mid-1970s'' (Abingdon: Routledge, 1999), p.xi It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the blues and rhythm and blues genres of African-American music and from country music. Rock also drew strongly from a number of other genres such as electric blues and folk, and incorporated influences from jazz, classical, and other musical styles. For instrumentation, rock has centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a time signature using a verse–chorus form, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternative Rock
Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstream or commercial rock or pop music. The term's original meaning was broader, referring to musicians influenced by the musical style or independent, DIY ethic, DIY ethos of late-1970s punk rock.di Perna, Alan. "Brave Noise—The History of Alternative Rock Guitar". ''Guitar World''. December 1995. Traditionally, alternative rock varied in terms of its sound, social context, and regional roots. Throughout the 1980s, magazines and zines, college radio airplay, and word of mouth had increased the prominence and highlighted the diversity of alternative rock's distinct styles (and music scenes), such as noise pop, indie rock, grunge, and shoegaze. In September 1988, Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' introduced "alternative" into their charting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertelsmann Music Group
Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) was a division of a German media company Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Sony Corporation of America on 1 October 2008. Although it was established in 1987, the music company was formed as RCA/Ariola International in 1985 as a joint venture to combine the music label activities of RCA's RCA Records division and Bertelsmann's Ariola Records and its associated labels which include Arista Records. It consisted of the BMG Music Publishing company, the world's third largest music publisher and the world's largest independent music publisher, and (since August 2004) the 50% share of the joint venture with Sony Music, which established the German American Sony BMG from 2004 to 2008. Acquisition In March 1998, BMG sold its video game publisher BMG Interactive to Take-Two Interactive, with Bertelsmann taking a 16 percent stake in Take-Two. BMG Interactive published the ''Grand Theft Auto'' video game series. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sony Music Philippines
Sony Music Philippines, Inc. is a record label based in the Philippines, which was founded in 1995 as an imprint of the international music label Sony Music Entertainment and a part of its Asia-Pacific chain. After the closure of the local label caused by widespread piracy problems in the Philippines in 2012, it resumed its operations in 2018. History In 1995, after OctoArts International (now PolyEast Records) signed a distribution deal with EMI, Sony Music Philippines was established with its first office at the Shaw Boulevard in Mandaluyong. In 2005, as an after-effect of the Sony BMG merger (which happened a year earlier), it merged with Bertelsmann's local label BMG Records (Pilipinas) Inc. (itself founded in the early 1990s) to become Sony BMG Music Entertainment Philippines. A few months later, its offices were transferred from the Equitable Bank Building in Cubao, Quezon City to the Taipan Place in Ortigas, Pasig for even lower taxes and better work amenities. In 2009, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wild Life (Pupil Album)
''Wild Life'' (2007) is the second album by Pinoy rock band, Pupil. The album features Wendell Garcia as the band's new drummer. The band's former drummer, Bogs Jugo, still plays drums in the track, " Set Me Apart," the band's last song with him. The carrier single of the album entitled "Sala" has reached the top spot in NU 107's Stairway to Seven daily countdown. Even before the release of the album, the song "Set Me Apart" also reached the number one spot in the program. The album cover was designed by Mia Singson and Dok Sergio. It also features photography from Francis Magalona. It was co-produced with The Mongols' Jerome "J. Astro" Velasco, who also played additional guitars on most of the tracks. Guitars for "Bato" was purely done by Velasco without Yuzon. The album was recorded and engineered in Soundsrite studio in Kalayaan Ave. in Makati City, owned by Boyet Aquino, the original drummer of Francis Magalona's band called Hardware Syndrome, where Wendell Garcia also se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zilch (album)
''Zilch'' is the fourth studio album by Filipino alternative rock band Pupil, released on March 6, 2015. It is the band's first album released through MCA Music and their first one to feature guitarist Jerome Velasco. Accolades The music videos for "Out of Control" and "Why" were nominated for Favorite Rock Video at the Myx Music Awards 2015 and 2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ... respectively. Track listing References 2015 albums Pupil (band) albums {{2010s-alt-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myx Music Awards 2012
Myx Music Awards 2012 is the 7th Myx music awards since it started in 2006. Unlike the other Myx Music Awards, it has no Favorite Indie category, and for the first time fans can vote online through myxph.com, Twitter and Facebook. List of nominees and winners ''Winners are in bold text'' Favorite Music Video * "20/20" – Pupil (Director: Jason Tan) (Winner) * "Gaano Ko Ikaw Kamahal" – Itchyworms (Director: King Palisoc) * "Hey Daydreamer" – Somedaydream (Director: Bianca King & Envo Valdez) * "Pangarap Lang Kita" – Parokya Ni Edgar Feat. Happee Sy (Director: Avid Liongoren) * "Pera Pera" – Sandwich (Director: Marie Jamora) Favorite Song * "20/20" – Pupil * "Ako Na Lang" – Zia Quizon * "Hey Daydreamer" – Somedaydream * "Pangarap Lang Kita" – Parokya Ni Edgar feat. Happee Sy (Winner) * "Walang Natira" – Gloc-9 Feat. Sheng Belmonte Favorite Artist * Christian Bautista * Gloc-9 * Parokya Ni Edgar (Winner) * Somedaydream * Yeng Constantino Favorite Female ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
25th Awit Awards
The 25th Awit Awards were held on November 27, 2012, at the Glorietta located in Ayala Center, Makati. They gave excellences to the best of Filipino music for the year 2011. Jonathan Ong led the nominations with seven. He was followed by Noel Cabangon, Ebe Dancel and Jonathan Manalo, each receiving five nominations. The awards ceremony was hosted by Denise Laurel, Krista Kleiner and the twins Anthony and David Semerad. Jonathan Ong took home most of the awards with three. Special citation was given to Jose Mari Chan for being the first Filipino artist to receive a tribute album created by foreign artists. The album was known as ''The Manhattan Connection, The Songs of Jose Mari Chan'' by the American vocal group, The Manhattan Transfer. Special citations were also given to Ronnie Ricketts, the Optical Media Board chairman and James Dy for their campaign against piracy. Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold. Nominated producers, composers an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rappler
Rappler (portmanteau of the words "rap" and "ripple") is a Filipino online news website based in Pasig, Metro Manila, the Philippines. It was founded by 2021 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa along with a group of fellow Filipino journalists as well as technopreneurs. It started as a Facebook page named MovePH in August 2011 and evolved into a website on January 1, 2012. In 2018, agencies under the Philippine government initiated legal proceedings against Rappler. Rappler and its staff alleged it was being targeted for its revelations of corruption by government and elected officials, the usage of bots and trolls favoring Rodrigo Duterte's administration, and documenting the Philippine drug war. In October 2021, Rappler co-founder Ressa, alongside Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for safeguarding freedom of expression in their homelands. History With the idea of professional journalists using social media and crowd sourcing for news dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
News5
TV5 News and Information, known on-air as News5 (formerly ABC News and Public Affairs and TV5 News and Public Affairs), is the news and information programming division of the TV5 Network Inc., Philippines. News5 produces its news and information, infotainment, and lately entertainment content for free-to-air analog and digital channels TV5, One Sports and One PH, the flagship radio station Radyo5 owned and affiliate television and radio stations in the Philippines, the satellite channels One News and Colours, internationally through Kapatid Channel, AksyonTV International and media portal News5 ''Always On'' and InterAksyon (which recently absorbed to the PhilStar Group). It is headquartered at the TV5 Media Center, Reliance cor. Sheridan sts., Mandaluyong. Firsts News5 set a number of firsts in news reporting in the country. These include the use of Live-Pack and a virtual news set, the first news FM station ( Radyo5 (Singko) 92.3 News FM) and, prior to December 2013, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Tirano
Patrick Darroles Tirano, best known simply as "Pat Tirano", is a Filipino musician and, notably, an audio engineer and record producer. He plays music with numerous acts in the Philippine music scene, including Monkeyspank, Archipelago, Soaked in Scissors, and TOI. As a producer, his most notable works include albums by Sponge Cola, Mayonnaise, Cover Me Quick!, and Pupil's ''"Beautiful Machines"'' album, for which he was nominated as "Producer of the Year" in the 2006 NU Rock Awards. TOI and other projects In 2007, Patrick Tirano, singer/writer/host Pauline Diaz, and interior designer/visual artist, Mei Tayengco collaborated to form the project TOI, calling it a "plaything created by three minds". Tayengco acted as manager, Tirano did guitars and Diaz supplied the vocals. Writer Gabrielle De La Rama-Talan, called TOI's music "''a compelling, strange and heady mix of blues and jazz.''" All of the duo's collaboration efforts took place in Wombworks, a record studio founded by b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
