Raimund Marasigan
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| Raimund Marasigan | |
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 circa 1998
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| Birth name | Raimund Emmanuel Parcon Marasigan |
| Also known as | Lemon, Sugar Raims |
| Born | May 22, 1971 Philippines |
| Genre(s) | Alternative rock/pop Disco punk Electronica Experimental Hip hop Pinoy rock Rapcore |
| Instrument(s) | Drums, Percussions, Synthesizers, Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards |
| Associated acts | Cambio Eraserheads Pedicab Planet Garapata Sandwich Squid 9 Sun Valley Crew Project 1 |
Raimund Emmanuel Parcon Marasigan (born May 22, 1971) is a rock musician and record producer in the Philippines. The breadth of his projects has made him one of the most well-respected mainstays of the Philippine rock band scene. He was the drummer of The Eraserheads, and the current keyboard/synths player for Pedicab, former guitarist and now frontman of Sandwich, current drummer of Cambio, vocalist of Project 1 and the man behind Squid 9. Aside from writing songs and being a musician, he is also a record producer, voice actor, tv host and product endorser.
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[edit] Eraserheads Days
He first achieved fame as drummer for the rock band the Eraserheads, one of the most popular Philippine bands of the 1990s. He played the drums, provided backing vocals, and occasionally sang on lead vocals. In terms of contributions when it came to songwriting, Marasigan was next to Buendia.
[edit] Eraserheads Split-Up
In 2002, vocalist Ely Buendia left the band and was replaced by Kris Dancel from the all-girl band Fatal Posporos. The group was later renamed Cambio after lead guitarist Marcus Adoro quit. Cambio released an album called Derby Light.
[edit] Sandwich
The band Sandwich was formed in 1996 with his now-life partner Myrene Academia (Imago) on bass, Marc Abaya on lead guitars and vocals later replaced by Mong Alcaraz of Chicosci when the former quit to focus on being an MTV mainstay, Diego Castillo on rhythm guitars, and Mike Dizon (of bands Pedicab and Teeth) on drums. Although existing simultaneously with the Eraserheads, Sandwich provided a heavier, grittier sound, and built up their own fan base. Marc Abaya left the band in 2005 to concentrate on his career as a VJ while frontlining for his other band Kjwan and Raimund Marasigan has since taken over as the lead vocalist. They have released three albums: Grip Stand Throw, Four-track Mind and 2004's award-winning Thanks to the Moon's Gravitational Pull. Later, they released the album entitled Five On The Floor which produced its first and phenomenal hit single Sugod. In 2008, they released a new album, < S > Marks the Spot, with its hit single Procrastinator.
[edit] Other Projects
Other of his projects include Squid 9. A hip-hop influenced band, Squid 9 started out as a studio act, formed from members of the Eraserheads, Monsterbot and Sun Valley Crew among others. It was soon performing live shows as well. Squid 9 released three albums: "Deleted Scenes", "Kraken Modular" and "Ink Jet". Squid 9 is also part of Electronica Manila and often collaborates with Wolfmann+. Squid9 Live is composed of Raimund Marasigan on samplers, drum machine and Chaos Pad), Vin Dancel (Twisted Halo) and Kathy Meneses (Daydreamcycle) on vocals, Buddy Zabala (The Dawn, Twisted Halo & Cambio) on bass, keyboards and samplers and Rann Golamco (Drip, Porta, and formerly of Mojofly) on guitars. Marasigan calls his home studio "The Squid Crib".
Marasigan started "Planet Garapata" also in 1996, a short-lived hip-hop and electronica project that featured Eraserheads bassist Buddy Zabala, Eraserheads sound engineer Mark Laccay and Jeng Tan. The project debuted in Francis M's 1996 Happy Battle album and featured Marasigan's early rapping skills.
He is also the voice behind the character of Taira Yoshiyuki in the Philippine-edition of BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad aired in Hero TV. [1]
After some various TV appearances as a host, such as being a guest host and part of Studio 23's Breakfast, Marasigan was picked by Myx to be the first and current host of Myx Tugtugan. He is also the "Songwriting Teacher" for ABS-CBN's Pinoy Dream Academy.
He is also part of Sun Valley Crew, a hip-hop/rap group with members Ryan Armamento and RJ Seneres on vocals, Uella also on vocals, Mong Alcaraz on guitars, Dan Gil on Rhodes keyboards, Dex Aguila on Drums, Raimund Marasigan on samplers and Ryan Ventura on bass.
He is often dubbed as “The Philippines’ busiest musician” as has different bands and has collaborated with numerous artists such as Francis Magalona, Rivermaya, Sugarfree, Itchyworms, Chicosci, Freestyle, Wolfmann, The Dawn, Chilli Tees, and many others.
[edit] Project 1
In 2008, Marasigan launched his new album with Sandwich, after that, he also launched a new band called "Project 1" with Clem Castro (former Orange and Lemons, now Camera Walls) on guitars, Francis Reyes (The Dawn) also on guitars, Carlos Calderon (Chicosci) on bass, Jazz Nicolas (Itchyworms) on drums and Uela Basco (Chilitees), Katwo Librando (Narda/Duster) and Raimund Marasigan himself on vocals. Their first single "Ang Sarap Dito" was released on March 2008. According to its members, "The new group was formed because we, as artists, feel that we wanted to create something fresh, especially for the young generation. We all believe in a common goal of being positive and changing the way young people think." Their first single was used by Coca-Cola Philippines for television and radio commercials and also by Pinoy Big Brother: Teen Edition Plus.
[edit] Pedicab
In early 2005, Marasigan once again formed another project band: Pedicab. Composed of seasoned artists donning alter egos; Raimund (a.k.a Sugarraims) is on synths and backup vocals; Mike Dizon (of Sandwich and Teeth) a.k.a. Masterbeat is on drums; Jason Caballa (of Twisted Halo and Blast Ople) a.k.a J. Sonic is on guitar and backup vocals; Diego Mapa (of Monsterbot and Cambio) a.k.a. Daddy Maps is lead vocals; and interestingly, acclaimed music video director RA Rivera a.k.a. Just Toni is on visuals and multimedia. They call their music "dunk music" which is essentially their own version of Dance-punk. Pedicab’s first album Tugish Takish (the name coming from onomatopoeia of the sounds made by banging on drums) under Vicor music was released later that year. Their second album "Shinji Ilabas Mo Na Ang Helicopter" with carrier single "Ang Pusa Mo" was realesed on April 2008 under MCA Records Philippines.
[edit] Personal Life
He was with Jeng Tan (bassist of the Pin-up Girls) for a very long time. Since 2000 however, he has been living-in with Sandwich and Imago bassist Myrene Academia. They have a daughter named Atari Kim.
