Munimuni is a Filipino
indie folk
Indie folk is a music genre that arose in the 1990s among musicians from indie rock scenes influenced by folk music. Indie folk hybridizes the acoustic guitar melodies of traditional folk music with contemporary instrumentation.
The genre has its ...
band from
Quezon City, Philippines
Quezon City (, ; fil, Lungsod Quezon ), also known as the City of Quezon and Q.C. (read in Filipino as Kyusi), is the List of cities in the Philippines, most populous city in the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a populatio ...
. The band currently consists of Adj Jiao (guitar, vocals), John Owen Castro (flute, vocals), Jolo Ferrer (bass), Josh Tumaliuan (drums), and Ben Ayes (guitar).
History
Formation (2012-2013)
Munimuni were formed in
UP Diliman
, image = University of The Philippines seal.svg
, image_size = 175px
, caption = Official Logo of UP Diliman
, motto = Honor and Excellence
, established = February 12, 194 ...
, where TJ de Ocampo met Adj Jiao who was, at that time, doing a musical project with Red Calayan. They figured out that they had similar tastes in music, so they started writing and arranging songs together.
A year after their start, de Ocampo was sent to Japan as an exchange student, and the band added John Owen Castro as the band's session keyboardist. Munimuni kept on doing gigs while de Ocampo was away.
''Simula'' EP (2017)
In 2017, Munimuni released their debut EP titled ''Simula''. The EP featured the songs "Sa Hindi Pag-alala", "Sa'yo", and "Marilag".
''Kulayan Natin'' (2019)
Two years after releasing their debut EP, Munimuni finally released their debut album. Titled ''Kulayan Natin'', it featured the songs "Tahanan", "Oras", "Kalachuchi", and "Solomon" (featuring Filipina singer
Clara Benin
Clara Benin (born February 19, 1994) is a Filipina indie singer-songwriter best known for her track "Parallel Universe". As of October 2019, Benin has amassed tens of millions of streams in Spotify.
Personal life
Clara Benin is the eldest daught ...
).
Hiatus (2020)
On September 30, 2020, the band announced on Twitter that they will be on a hiatus.
The comeback ''#MaligayaAngPagbabalik'' (2021)
On June 9, 2021, the band announced their comeback with a social media hashtag, along with a new song titled "Maligaya" and TJ de Ocampo's departure from the band.
Band members
Current members
* Adj Jiao – guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals (2012–present)
* John Owen Castro – flute, backing vocals, occasional lead vocals (2014–present)
* Jolo Ferrer – bass, backing vocals (2017–present)
* Josh Tumaliuan – drums, backing vocals (2018–present)
* Ben Ayes - guitar (2023-present)
Past members
* Red Calayan - drums, backing vocals (2012–2018)
* TJ de Ocampo - guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals (2012–2020)
Discography
Studio albums
* ''
Kulayan Natin'' (2019)
EPs
* ''
Simula
Simula is the name of two simulation programming languages, Simula I and Simula 67, developed in the 1960s at the Norwegian Computing Center in Oslo, by Ole-Johan Dahl and Kristen Nygaard. Syntactically, it is an approximate superset of ALGOL 6 ...
'' (2017)
*''búhay/buháy'' (2021)
Singles
* "Tahanan" (2018)
* "Oras" (2018)
* "Kalachuchi" (2018)
* "Pop Machine: Minsan" (2019)
*"mga kantang isinulat mag-isa" (2020)
*"Talinghaga" (2020)
*"Alat" (2020)
*"Sanggol" (2020)
*"Maligaya" (2021)
*"Ambag Ko" (2021)
*Matimtiman (2022)
*Sikat ng Araw (2023)
Accolades
References
Filipino pop music groups
Sony Music Philippines artists
Musical groups from Metro Manila
Musical groups established in 2013
2013 establishments in the Philippines
Musical groups disestablished in 2020
Musical groups reestablished in 2021
{{Philippines-band-stub