Junior Kilat is a Filipino

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, ska and dub band based in

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. The name is taken from the 1970s Cebu band

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, which the latter group claims, was first to sing about "

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". They are a popular reggae band in

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, winning a "Song Of The Year Award" in NU-107's Rock Awards for ''Ako Si M16'', their first single from the album ''party pipol ur on dub tv''. The bandais composed of Errol "Budoy" Marabiles on

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, Tiano Evangelista on

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, Archie Ybañez on

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, Bangin Atienza on turntable, Gina Pestaño on keyboards, Cleofas Quijano on

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and Diana Freese on

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. Former guitarist Jad Dapat is now part of the Electronica/Dub group Kahibaloo and The Science Project, a

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group, in

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Albums

The group's first release was on the 2004 album ''Island Riddims'' which featured two of their tracks: ''K-Fyne'' and ''Original Sigbin''. Both were performed live at The Baseline in

. Their second appearance was in the ''Island Krismas'' album with their track ''Kling Klang''. Their first album, ''party pipol ur on dub tv'', was released in 2005. Some of the tracks in this album were studio-recorded, others performed live at Idiot Board, also in Cebu City. Their second album was entitled ''Buwad Suka Sili'' and contains five tracks, two

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s and ''The Making of Ako Si M16'' video. The video of ''K-Fyne'' is also included in the album. The lineup of Junior Kilat changed for this album. Jad Dapat, formerly the group's guitarist, left the band and Arcie Ybañez took over his duties. Currently, they have a new album, Enrique De Malacca. The carrier single of the said album is "1-2-3".

ABS-CBN collaboration

Junior Kilat currently features in a Cebu-based channel RCTV show, ''Ismol Tym'', in which Diana Freese, Tiano Evangelista and Gina Pestaño are staff members. Errol "Budoy" Marabiles also joined Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Edition, an

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production. He has written two songs for the show, ''Maligo Na Jam'', which began as a poem he wrote while inside the Pinoy Big Brother house, and ''Budoy Ako'', the Cebuano version of ''Pinoy Ako''.

Discography and Track Listings with Duration

*''Island Riddims'' **K-Fyne **Original Sigbin *''Island Krismas'' **Kling Klang *''party pipol ur on dub tv'' **Sigbin dub (4:59) **Party pipol ur on TV live **Lansyaw Gimadkaw **A.k.a. Otap live **Agta dub (3:46) **Agta live **Kling klang dub **Suyop live (5:06) **K-Fyne live (4:17) **Kung di pa lang sala (4:50) **Suyop dub **Ako si M16 (4:37) *''Buwad Suka Sili'' **Buwad Suka Sili (5:13) **Lubot sa Yawa **Sigbin Rekonstruktion **Budoy Ako (4:02) **Buwad Suka Sili (Radio Edit) *''Enrique De Malacca'' **Lumay **Katyubong **1-2-3 (4:23) **Lumay **Ungo Dub

Awards

References

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