Lougee Basabas - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Maria Lourdes Grace Valdivia Basabas, who is better known as Lougee Basabas (born October 24, 1984 in Alabang, Muntinlupa, Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

), is the current lead vocalist of the Filipino

Philippines

alternative rock band Delara

Delara

DeLara is a pop-rock band formed from the remaining members of MOJOFLY.With the departure of Ricci Gurango, MOJOFLY is left without an original member. Thus, the remaining members, Lougee Basabas and Ali Alejandro took in Ace Evangelista and Richard Carandang and renamed their group...

(formerly Mojofly

MOJOFLY

MOJOFLY is a now defunct pop-rock band from the Philippines.Formed in '99 by bassist Ricci Gurango after his departure from Hungry Young Poets, MOJOFLY reeled in mainstream and alternative crowds alike with the debut album Birth Day and follow-up A Million Stories , both released under Sony BMG...

), a position she has held since the second quarter of 2003.

Lougee has been appearing in print ads and TV commercials since the age of 14. Some of her endorsements and appearances include Mitsubishi, Pepsi, Jollibee, Cream Silk, Penshoppe, Del Monte, SmartBro, Mobile Philippines Magazine (MPH), and Ayala Malls. Before becoming the new voice of Mojofly

MOJOFLY

, Lougee was a member of Ryan Cayabyab

Ryan Cayabyab

Ryan Cayabyab is a Filipino musician and was the Executive and Artistic Director of the defunct San Miguel Foundation for the Performing Arts...

's pop teen-group, Kaya, which released an album under BMG Records Pilipinas (now Sony-BMG Music Philippines

Sony BMG Music Entertainment

Sony BMG Music Entertainment was a recorded music company, which was a 50–50 joint venture between the Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann AG...

and one of her ex-groupmates was Pinoy Pop Superstar season 1 contestant Brenan Espartinez. Her first foray in the alternative band scene began when she had her very own indie band named Superlooj (which came from "Super Lougee") formed by Parokya ni Edgar

Parokya ni Edgar

Parokya ni Edgar is a Filipino band that was formed in 1993 by a group of college students. The band is famous and most lauded for its original rock novelty songs and often satirical covers of popular songs...

frontman Chito Miranda

Chito Miranda

Alfonso "Chito" Miranda, Jr. is a Filipino singer and songwriter who is best known as the lead singer for the band Parokya ni Edgar.-Life and career:...

.

Eventually, she was referred by Mojofly

MOJOFLY

veteran and guitarist Ricci Gurango to become the next Mojofly

MOJOFLY

lead vocalist after Kitchie Nadal

Kitchie Nadal

Anna Katrina Dumilon Nadal , more commonly known as Kitchie Nadal, is a singer and songwriter from Manila, Philippines, formerly the lead vocalist for the alternative rock band, Mojofly. Kitchie's popularity in the female OPM niche grew after she released a self-titled solo album featuring her...

left the band to venture on a solo career. She had also been writing songs during her early years; Tumatakbo — which won the Best Animated Video and Favorite Indie Video in the MTV

MTV

MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

Pilipinas Video Music Awards 2006 — along with Bato are some of the songs she wrote at the age of 14. Around 90% of the songwriting was done by her when she assumed the position of Mojofly

MOJOFLY

's lead vocalist.

Lougee redefined the sound of Mojofly

MOJOFLY

with her powerful voice and witty songwritting. The band's presence was known again after numerous gigs and the release of their self-titled album — eventually, earning them to become the MTV

MTV

Lokal Artist of the Month (March 2005). Their album, which was only available in their gigs, was finally released nationwide by EMI

EMI

The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

Philippines under the guidance of their manager Karin Araneta of the independent label luKas Music Philippines. As evident from the successes and praises of the release of MOJOFLY NOW (June 2005) and its special edition 2-CD package (August 2006), Lougee is no doubt posed to lead the new Mojofly

MOJOFLY

to become one of the Philippines' premier band and eventually become one of the country’s greatest female artists.

Lougee was nominated as Best Female Artist at the NU 107 Rock Awards 2005 and 2006. She appeared in the music video of Guji Lorenzana

Guji Lorenzana

Gregory Mangindin Lorenzana, Jr., who is better known as Guji Lorenzana , is a commercial model, actor, theater actor, host, radio DJ for , writer, and a Filipino alternative rock, pop rock solo artist, nominated for "Best Male Performer" for the , with his music as the only OPM to have been dubbed...

's I'll Be Yours Forever (Ivory Records) and in the music video of Future — a song performed by Urbandub

Urbandub

Urbandub is a Filipino rock band from Cebu City, Philippines. Since its inception in 2000, the band's line-up has consisted of Gabby Alipe , John Dinopol , and Lalay Lim . The band's current drummer is Janjan Mendoza, who has been with the band since 2003.Urbandub is the first indie band who has...

and Dicta Licence for the MTV

MTV

Staying Alive Music Summit 2006 — with other OPM bands and solo artists. She is currently majoring in Mass Communications at the Assumption College

Assumption College

Assumption College is a private, Roman Catholic, liberal arts college located on 185 acres in Worcester, Massachusetts. Assumption has an enrollment of about 2,117 undergraduates...

Discovery

There are also stories regarding who really referred Lougee to become Mojofly

MOJOFLY

's lead vocalist. Aside from Ricci Gurango, some say it was Japs Sergio

Japs Sergio

Japs Sergio is the bassist/vocalist of the Filipino band Rivermaya.-Career:Sergio took over the role of Nathan Azarcon when the latter left the band in March 2001. Known to many as Japs, Japsuki, and JP, he is actually a drummer...

of Rivermaya

Rivermaya

Rivermaya is one of the most influential, critically acclaimed and significant Filipino rock band formed in 1993. They are one of the several bands who spearheads the 90s Philippine alternative rock explosion...

whom she met in one of their Alabang-based Chickie Bones gigs; while some also say that it was Chito Miranda — the founder of Superlooj — who referred her personally to Mojofly

MOJOFLY

's guitarist Ricci Gurango.

Songs Written Since Mojofly

MOJOFLY NOW:

Bato
Sa Uulitin^*
Close to the End^*
Mata^*
Thank You
Tumatakbo^*
Minamalas^*
Turn
Choose^* (theme song of Creamsilk Pink Power)

^*music video available

Television

Lougee became a part of the longest-running noon time show in the Philippines, Eat Bulaga!

Eat Bulaga!

Eat Bulaga! is a noon-time variety show in the Philippines produced by Television And Production Exponents Inc. and aired by GMA Network. The show is broadcast from The New TAPE Studios at the GMA Broadway Centrum in New Manila, Quezon City. Eat Bulaga! is aired Weekdays at 12:00 pm to 2:30 pm ...

.
She started as a featured performer at one of EB's segment question category, TwinkyOke.
Later on, she became one of the noon-time hosts which boosted her popularity. She appeared in the TV game show K! The 1-Million Videoke Challenge twice (2006). She loses to TV/movie actress G Toengi in the final round during her first appearance, but became the champion in her second appearance months later, beating Stonefree's lead vocalist Miro Valera. She also appeared in GAME KNB? and made her way to the second round (atras-abante round) of the game show (2006). Lougee, and fellow Mojofly

MOJOFLY

member Ali Alejandro (drums), co-hosted in the daily morning show Breakfast for one whole week (September 2006). In 2007 she was paired up with figure skater, Dikki John Martinez

Dikki John Martinez

Dikki John Martinez is a Filipino figure skater.He was the 2009 Senior Champion of the Philippine National Figure Skating Championship, and the Junior Champion of the Philippines from 2006-2008.- Personal life:...

,on the show STARS ON ICE on QTV11 along with Bobby Andrews

Bobby Andrews

Bobby Andrews is a Filipino American Actor and former matinee idol. Starting out as a commercial model, he rose to fame when he teamed-up with Angelu de Leon in the famous teen-oriented television show T.G.I.S. and its sequel Growing Up....

, who was paired to leslie pena ching, and sheree.

External links

The following are Mojofly's official websites:

Eat Bulaga Website - featuring Lougee

Eat Bulaga! - LOUGEE

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