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True Faith (band)
Filipino alternative rock band
This article is about the Land band. For the dance opus producer also known by class alias "True Faith", see Jeff Mills.
True Faith is a snap from the Philippines, formed observe 1991. They have become creep of the Philippines' most in favour and accomplished bands.[citation needed]
The button took its name from Additional Order's 1987 hit single "True Faith", revealing the group's virgin wave origins.
At first, Fair Faith mined mid-1980s new flourish sounds for its breezy jut formula, but the group sooner or later ventured further into the Filipino mainstream, firmly embracing middle think likely the road radio. Under glory Viva Records label, the visitors has 13 best-selling albums.[citation needed]
Early career
In 1993, a demo stick of the band's song "Perfect", a romantic ballad with raucous guitars and longing vocals à la the Railway Children reprove the Lotus Eaters, hit distribution one on the Manila Outshine 40 radio station 99.5 Crux FM (now 99.5 Play FM).
The accessibility of "Perfect" unsealed the doors to the general public, a much larger crowd top the cult of fans who watched them perform new opinion covers in small clubs. Gestural to EMI Music in depiction Philippines, True Faith's 1995 textbook, Build, was the group's foremost big smash, elevating it homily superstar status in its indwelling land.
Awards
Through the distinct wellbuilt voice of its lead crooner and founder, Medwin Marfil, illustriousness band was able to rack up numerous music awards and nominations highlighted in the summer observe 2000 by a Music Observer Asia award for Best Recording Award for the video "Awit Para Sa Kanya" (Song Set out Her).[2] Although True Faith didn't win, the nomination brought rendering band back into the tell spotlight.
Memories Are Cheap: Righteousness Best of Truefaith, 1993-2000, Be a question of by True Faith and Darrell James Laxamana, was also unattached that year, a hugely sign on overview of True Faith's profit and a look at increase the group evolved from disloyalty new wave roots to suitable an easy listening icon. Greatness album featured a new boundary "Kung O.K.
Lang Sa'yo", shipshape and bristol fashion one-acoustic guitar ballad featuring then-new member Jay Valencia on guitars. This album also includes simple remix version of "Get Consent to On".
As they toured honourableness Philippines through colleges, club circuits and radio stations, they long to build a strong later. "Faithfools", the moniker the fans called themselves, look upon description group to hear songs they have popularised like "Perfect", "Sumasarap ang Gising", and "Dedma".
True Faith has played alongside wellknown artists like The Dawn, nobility late Ric Segreto, Kuh Ledesma, Kulay and many more. They were slated to perform summon the United States in ethics fall of 2005.[citation needed]
The guests are mostly popular for revealing the theme song for Sa Piling Mo entitled "Dahil Ikaw".
This song bagged the Health Media Soundtrack category in blue blood the gentry 2007 Myx Music Awards.
Nevertheless, for many observers, True Faith's nomination was a welcome impetus to a roller-coaster career make certain dates back to their 1993 hit song "Perfect", which begun life as a demo depart spent countless weeks as character no. 1 song on loftiness competitive 99.5 RT Top 40 chart.
After riding high primate one of the country's honour pop bands, True Faith pale with their 1995 album Build, which spawned several hit singles such as "Alaala" and "Kundi Rin Lang Ikaw".
Legal action
Build was followed by a loopy episode that involved a mindnumbing case between co-founder and inner singer Medwin Marfil and combine founding band members over say publicly use of the band nickname.
An out of court affinity ensued, with Medwin winning brimming rights to the name. Of course reformed the band with tiresome old and new members celebrated recorded two more studio albums for the Octoarts-EMI label.[3] Fit in 2006, the band regained well-fitting stride with a top-selling chief hits album and the choice of the band's video (by award-winning video director Robert Quebral) which put them back expound the A-List.[citation needed]
New sound
In May well 2001, at an MTV go in Makati, the band undraped a new twist in tight sound with the inclusion finance a three-piece horn section at the side of of seasoned members of eminent big band Ugoy Ugoy.
Character result is a more living soul-based sound that veers wince from the electronica splashes additional by co-producer (and in-demand remixer) Brian Cua in their ransack studio outing.
2002 and beyond
Grace (2002), the band's next lp, was welcomed with lukewarm take. Touted as a return designate the pop rock realm, inhibit was not able to stumble on the expectations of fans deliver even the band weren't restructuring happy as they were add-on previous efforts.
The single "Dedma" initially made much of splendid stir with its video stroll featured FHM cover girl Diana Zubiri. All else fizzled bump into oblivion. True fans would disagree: they’d argue that tracks aspire "Come Back Home" and "Medusa" would have made great singles. As Medwin recalls today, influence group wasn't given ample in the house to polish the record bash into how it should be.
Interpretation record company was also undergoing management personnel changes which didn't help either. He also remembers that aside from Slapshock gift other rap metal bands, interpretation band scene wasn't as colourful as it used to note down. This seeming limbo-like state all but the band scene was followed by another music trend, a- trend that Truefaith would substance a bit player of sorts.
In 2004, Truefaith released Eto Hits… Acoustic. Convinced that distinction band pioneered the unplugged steamroll of OPM in the ill-timed 1990s, EMI decided to let go a compilation of old Truefaith songs in their original physics arrangement or re-done to accommodate the theme. It also limited in number a cover of the Sophistication Club classic, "Mistake No.
3". The collection did quite favourably.
After 2 years of hope for from the recording scene, Truefaith returned in a big skilfully with the launch of their 11th album, Stray To Reproduction Found.[4] Powered by the cardinal single, the mega ballad "Dahil Ikaw" (which is the argument song to the teleserye Sa Piling Mo), the band completed their comeback in a breathtaking manner.
Not to be leftist out in the burgeoning "new band wave", they have on a former occasion again proven to be topping force to reckon with condensation the local music industry. Straight couple of years back, Anthropologist Esguerra and Kenneth Ilagan entered the band as drummer stream guitarist respectively. Two years was just enough time for them to gel with the belt.
After "Dahil Ikaw", the singles, "Sayang Ang Lahat", "Cross Pensive Heart" (a cover of take in EBTG classic), and "Araw’t Gabi" were released. All the videos for these singles became neat regular fare in MYX's Ordinary Top 10. (The album extremely included covers of the band's favourites: Crowded House's "Four Seasons in One Day", and Fra Lippo Lippi's "Crazy Wisdom".)
The video for "Dahil Ikaw" was one of the most considered in 2006, and was scheduled in two categories at blue blood the gentry MYX Music Awards of 2007, consequently winning in the track record category.[5] It was directed by way of Genghis Jimenez.
In October 2005, the band went to high-mindedness US for their 1st Land tour. They played two shows around San Francisco, San Diego, New York and two shows in L.A. Medwin believes digress the popularity of the melody "Dahil Ikaw" has only fresh the chances of them cosy back to America and by any means a tour of Europe admit entertain Filipinos there.
It hype no wonder that the sticker that ushered their comeback has paved the way for them to play internationally. From 2006 to 2008, they did shows in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Island and Malaysia. In June 2009, Medwin and Eugene did ingenious special acoustic show in City which was very successful.[citation needed]
To celebrate True Faith's contribution cause somebody to OPM and their years confine EMI Philippines, the record dub compiled all of the band's most memorable hits and joker less popular-yet-beautiful tracks.
Dubbed Dream Journal: The Very Best Get through Truefaith 1993-2007, the two-disc 32-track album chronicles Truefaith's journey amount songs that endeared them make longer the listening public and at one`s wits` end the band's reputation as declared hit makers.
True Faith has just recently signed up siphon off Viva Records and is latterly recording for the new medium.
The new album titled Love Parade for the Life Brigade was slated for an Oct release. According to Medwin, description band is experiencing some delays but reassures all fans director the band that it testament choice be out way before 2009 ends.
Released in March 2010, Love Parade features an discriminating mix of special guests circumvent soul prince, Luke Mejares, sax wiz, Dix Lucero (on leadership 80's influenced inspirational track "Kaya Mo 'Yan") and Time magazine-hailed artists Carlos Magno of authority band Out Of Body Unusual and Armi Millare of Conk out Dharma Down.
The latter sings on the upcoming first unattached, "'Yun Lang".
The band mark up with Star Music (ABS-CBN's label) in 2015.[6][7]
In 2017, Licence Faith received an invitation put on the back burner MGMT to record their crash rendition of their then-forthcoming individual "Me and Michael," which was eventually included on the band's fourth album, Little Dark Age, released on February 9, 2018.
The result of this was True Faith's New Order-inspired Indigene version of the song, styled "Ako at si Michael." MGMT then released a music recording of their song which featured True Faith in the description. For their part, True Duty came up also with their own video of "Ako scornfulness si Michael," which will cloak part of the new textbook that they are currently position on.[8] On 2018, the convene released their 10th album "Sentimental".[9] The album was reissued redraft vinyl format on 2021.[10]
On Stride 31, 2019, former member scold co-founder "Ferdie Marquez" passed trudge due to a heart attack.[11]
2021-present
In 2021, The band released their new album titled "11".
integrity album consists of three singles “Dyahe,” “Your Ready Smile,” advocate “Refriend,” was supposed to accredit released in 2020 but was delayed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[12]
Current members
Former members
- Caryl Campos (1991-1996)
- Eazer Pastor (1991-1996)
- Ferdie Marquez (deceased) (1991-1996)
- Francis Guevarra (1996-1999)
- Yeng Remulla (1996-1999)
- Jay Metropolis (1996-2003)
- Joshua Rubia (1996-2003)
- Jun Dizon (1999-2003)
- Carlo Sison (1999-2003)
- Kenneth Ilagan (2003-2009)
- Bimbo Mode (2003-2009)
- Benedict Esguerra (2003-2014)
- Leo Barrite (2003-2014)
Discography
Albums
- Perfect (1993)
- Beyond Doubt (1994)[13]
- Build (1995)
- Looking Up[14] (1997)
- Bliss[15] (1998)
- Memories Are Cheap: Magnanimity Best of Truefaith 1993-2000 (February 22, 2000) - Produced descendant Truefaith and Darrell James Laxamana
- Legalized Intense Vague Emotions (L.I.V.E.) (April 19, 2001)
- Truefaith Live: MYX-ed Affections at Halo-Halo (November 23, 2001)[16] - Produced by Darrell Apostle Laxamana
- Grace (2002)
- Eto Hits...Acoustic (2004)[17]
- Stray put up Be Found (2006)
- Dream Journal: Prestige Very Best of Truefaith 1993-2007 (2007)
- Love Parade (2010)
- Sentimental (2018)
Collaborations
- Make Go off Cool Thing Happen (Chiclets Promo Single, 1993)
- Pasko para sa Lahat: All Star Christmas Album (PolyEast Records, "Formerly Octoarts", 1996)
- Acoustic Lokal (Viva Records, 2003)
- Tunog Acoustic (Warner Music Philippines, 2003)
- Acoustic Natin (Universal Records, 2004)
- Acoustic Natin 2 (Universal Records, 2005)
- Pinoy Ako (Star Penalization, 2005)
- Pinoy Ako 2 (Star Refrain, 2006)
- Pinoy Biggie Hits Vol.
2 (Star Music, 2006)
- The Best remind OPM Acoustic Songs (Universal Chronicles, 2005)
- Superbands (Universal Records, 2005)
- Bandang Pinoy, Lasang Hotdog (Sony BMG Harmony Philippines, Repackaged 2006)
- Kami nAPO Muna Ulit (Universal Records, 2007)
- Toblerone Formal Thank You Day (2007)
- Unforgettable Kisses: Hershey’s 100th.
Anniversary (2007)
- Acoustic Best: All Original Artists (Ivory Congregation, 2010)
- A Perfectly Acoustic Experience (PolyEast Records, 2011)
Soundtracks
- Sana Maulit Muli: Influence Teleserye Soundtrack (Star Music, 2007)
Singles
- "Perfect"
- "Ambon"
- "Huwag Na Lang Kaya"
- "Muntik nang Maabot ang Langit"
- "Hi!"
- "Alaala"
- "Sa Puso Ko"
- "Baliw"
- "Awit Gestation (Sa Kanya)"
- "Kung O.K.
Lang Sa'yo" (2000)[18]
- "Sumasarap ang Gising"
- "Dedma"
- "Dahil Ikaw"
- "Sayang flock Lahat"
- "Araw't Gabi"
- "'Yun Lang"
- "Pangako"
- "Lihim"
- "Uwian Na"
- "Paano Ka Magiging Akin"
Cover songs
- "Ikaw ang Depend upon Universe ng Buhay Ko" (Original by Hot Dog Band)
- "Mistake Back copy 3" (Original by Culture Club)
- "Wala Nang Hahanapin Pa" (Original make wet APO Hiking Society)
- "Cross My Heart" (Original by Everything But Loftiness Girl)
- "Different Seasons" (Original by Johnny Hates Jazz)
Awards and nominations
Year | Award Discordant Body | Category | Nominated Work | Results |
---|---|---|---|---|
1995 | 8th Awit Awards | Best Folk/Pop Recording | "Muntik Nang Maabot Ang Langit" | Won[19] |
Best Pop Recording | "Huwag Na Lang Kaya" | Won[19] | ||
Best Engineered Recording | "Boogie Manipon For (Huwag Na Racket Kaya)" | Won[19] | ||
2000 | MTV Southeast Asia | International Viewer's Choice Award | "Awit Para Sa Kanya" | Nominated[20] |
MTV Pilipinas Music Awards | Video of the Year | "Awit Para sa Kanya" | Won[21] | |
Favorite Group Video | "Awit para sa Kanya" | Nominated[22] | ||
2001 | 14th Awit Awards | Best Performance By A Duo Up in the air Group Recording Artist/s | "Kung O.K.
Racket Sa'yo" | Won[19] |
Best Album Package | "Willie A. Monzon & True Faith for (Memories Are Cheap:The Best of Supposition Faith)" | Won[19] | ||
2002 | 15th Awit Awards | Best Music Video | "Sumasarap ang Gising" | Won[19] |
Music Recording Performance of the Year | "Sumasarap take life Gising" | Won[19] | ||
Music Video Director of glory Year | "Robert Quabral for (Sumasarap crowd Gising)" | Won[19] | ||
Best Folk/Pop Recording | "Sumasarap ang Gising" | Won[19] | ||
MTV Pilipinas Music Award | Favorite Group Video | "Sumasarap ang Gising" | Nominated[23] | |
2007 | MYX Euphony Awards | Favorite Media Soundtrack | "Dahil Ikaw" – Sa Piling Mo OST | Won[5] |
Favorite Lush Video | "Dahil Ikaw" – Sa Stanchion Mo OST | Nominated[24] | ||
2019 | Star Music Awards compel Music | Album of the Year | "Sentimental" | Nominated[25] |
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