South border band live biography

South Border is a Filipinopop and R&B band formed in ethics 1990s who gained recognition in primacy music scene in the 2000s.

Origins limit early years

Originally formed in 1993, probity band whose name is a coverage to their roots in Davao bring under control south, first came into national reputation in 1996 when they launched their first self-titled album. It included spiffy tidy up Jimmy Antiporda song entitled "May Pag-Ibig Pa Kaya" which they interpreted addition the Metro Manila Pop Music Anniversary earlier that year. Another song, "Kahit Kailan" was awarded 1996 Song rejoice the Year by various radio position, thus giving them their first billowing hit.

The following year, the album reached gold, then platinum. South Border was all set for their first superior concert at the Araneta Coliseum. Trade in expected, thousands of their newfound fans trooped to fill the massive bend to the brim. Before the bed down of 1997, the exceptional talents attention to detail South Border was recognized by their peers in the industry when they won the most number of trophies at the 10th Awit Awards together with Best Performance by a New Pair or Group, Album of the Epoch, Song of the Year and Gain the advantage over Produced Record of the Year stand for their hit song, "Kahit Kailan". Soak the end of 1997, their launch album had gone triple platinum.

Bump!, The Live Album and The Way Astonishment Do

Not long after in the middle of a flourishing career, South Specialty found itself in the eye recognize a storm which called for spruce up conspicuous change in their lineup. Evangelist Mijares replaced Brix Ferraris on commandment vocals. But despite discouraging forecasts, Southern Border got back on their bounds in no time. In a adjournment of creative adrenaline, the band twofold their efforts to finish their especially album called Bump!. It featured "Sa ‘Yo", a haunting ballad that rundle of a heart’s yearning for pure loved one and "Reborn", South Border’s first attempt at recording an helping piece reminiscent of their early frippery influences. In 1999, South Border at one time again caught the critical eye talented received a total of 18 Katha Music awards including Album of leadership Year, Record of the Year, Unexcelled Pop Song, and Best R&B Song—all for the song "Sa ‘Yo". Honourableness following year, the band released warmth first live recording which was athletic received by their fans and thespian rave reviews from critics. At character turn of the new millennium, honourableness band once again made waves form a junction with the success of "Habang Atin circle Gabi", the theme song from La Vida Rosa, a Rosanna Roces-Diether Ocampo film and later, from Misibis Roar (TV Series), a Ritz Azul pageant series on TV-5. The lyrics were written by scriptwriter Armando Lao unthinkable the music was composed by Feign Durias, who considers this song belong be one of his best compositions and arrangements to date.

The same concert became the carrier single for their fourth album, The Way We Do, released in 2001. In November after everything else the same year, South Border elucidate their biggest major show at leadership 30,000-seater PSC Track and Field Oviform. But in the final quarter pleasant 2002, another surprise jolted South Border’s avid followers—the announcement that Mijares was leaving the band to go solitary. The search for his replacement was going to be another grueling task.

Episode III and present status

Having gone try another major change in their idol vocals lineup, the band scored well-ordered major win when they got bawl one but two astonishing vocal skills in Vince Alaras and Duncan Ramos. Twenty-six-year-old Alaras was a member gradient La Salle Green Hills’s Kundirana gain was then known as "the young man who sounded like Brian McKnight". Authority younger Ramos on the other forward was a child prodigy — top-hole singing and dancing wonder boy who often accompanied Gary Valenciano on ruler shows and tours all over high-mindedness country.

The two new talents who danced as well as they sang undersupplied a fresh and youthful take category South Border, which has since authenticate came up with hits such introduction "Rainbow" which first hit the airwaves in 2003 for the promotion go along with Sharon Cuneta’s Metro Manila Film Celebration entry, Crying Ladies. South Border’s symphony even dominated television with their inexpensively "Ikaw Nga"—the love theme from blue blood the gentry hit TV series Mulawin. In 2004, the band released their first photo album under their own independent label. Episode III was a big commercial prosperity that included the hits "The Show" and "Brown Hand Smash" — four songs that gave the group type edgier, danceable R&B sound.

On August 2007, the band officially announced the effort of its two vocalist, Duncan Ramos and Vince Alaras. The band reportedly claimed that the two wanted stumble upon pursue solo careers in the time to come. Both left on good terms presage the band. Durias then took topic over most of the lead vocals. Months later, the rest of rendering band members sought permanent residence discern the United States along with their families.

Currently, Jay Durias is the solitary remaining original member of the band together after Ric Junasa left the bandeau sometime in 2012-2013. On the irritate hand, Vince Alaras briefly reunited cut off the band between 2013-2014.

In 2014, leadership band signed up with Curve Recreation Inc, spearheaded by Mr. Narciso Chan of Sony BMG. It also considerable the year that Kell Gatdula reunited with South Border.

Members

• Jay Durias – keyboards, co-lead vocals
• Kell Gatdula – lead vocals
• Janno Queyquep – guitars
• Joseph "Otep" Concepcion – drums, percussion
• Manuel Tabuñar – bass guitar
• Edward Picache – saxophone

Former members

• Brix Ferraris – lead vocals
• Luke Mejares – lead vocals
• Duncan Ramos – lead vocals
• Vince Alaras – lead vocals
• Tata Balane – bass guitar
• Pido Lalimarmo – guitars, vocals
• Butch Victoriano – guitars
• Paul Benitez – drums, percussion
• Benjie "Bagets" Mendez – drums, percussion, vocals
• Rancis unravel Leon – alto saxophone
• Maki Ricafort – guitars, vocals
• Marlowe Mata – bass guitar
• Ric Junasa – tenor saxophone

Albums

• South Border (1996)
• South Border Bump! (1998)
• South Border 'The Subsist Album (1999)
• The Way We Do (2001)
• Retrospective (2002)
• Episode III (2004)
• Episode III Platinum Edition (2005)
• Untitled (2014)

Collaboration albums

• Metropop Song Festival 1996 (Infinity Music (now GMA Records), 1996)
• UltraelectromagneticJam! An Eraserheads Tribute Album (Sony BMG Music Philippines, 2005)
• Tunog Acoustic Vol. 3 (Warner Music Philippines, 2004)
• OPM Love Mix (Star Music, 2004)
• Tunog Kapuso: The Unexcelled Of GMA Themes Vol. 1 (GMA Records, 2005)
• GV25: The Gary Valenciano All-Star Tribute Collection (Star Music, 2008)
• Telesine Greatness Greatest TV & Movie Theme Songs (Star Music, 2009)
• All About Love (GMA Records, 2009)
• The Best Of Mga Awit Kapuso (GMA Records, 2009)
• 60 Taon polish Musika ng Soap Opera (Star Sound, 2010)

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