Junior Kilat is a Filipino

Filipino people

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 reggae

Reggae

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, ska

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 and dub

Dub music

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 band based in Cebu City

Cebu City

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, Cebu

Cebu

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, Philippines

Philippines

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. The name is taken from the 70's Cebu band Leon Kilat, which the latter group claims, was first to sing about "Agta

Aeta

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". They are a popular reggae band in Manila

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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 band is composed of Errol "Budoy" Marabiles

Budoy Marabiles

Errol "Budoy" Marabiles is a Filipino reggae musician, songwriter and TV host. He was one of the fourteen housemates in the ABS-CBN show Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition....

 on vocals, Tiano Evangelista on bass

Bass guitar

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, Archie Ybañez on guitar

Guitar

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, Bangin Atienza on turntable

Phonograph

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, Gina Pestaño on keyboards

Keyboard instrument

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, Cleofas Quijano on trombone

Trombone

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 and Diana Freese on drums

Drum kit

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

Dubstep

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-Minimalist group, in Australia

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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 Cebu City

Cebu City

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. 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 music video

Music video

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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

Budoy Marabiles

Errol "Budoy" Marabiles is a Filipino reggae musician, songwriter and TV host. He was one of the fourteen housemates in the ABS-CBN show Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition....

 also joined Pinoy Big Brother Celebrity Edition, an ABS-CBN

ABS-CBN

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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

Cebuano language

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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