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Moonstar88 is a Filipino
After the success of their studio albums and chart-topping hits like “Torete”, “Sulat”, and “Migraine”,
Moonstar88, rises to new heights with the release of their newest album “This Year” which took two and a
half years to finish, from pre-production, demo and playing the songs live on gigs. The album is under
Ivory Music and contains 8 tracks, including a special track featuring Parokya Ni Edgar’s Chito Miranda
and an acoustic version of “Migraine”
“This Year” also wins the Best Design Packaging Category in the ADOBO Design Awards 2013 held last
April 26 at the Ayala Museum, Makati City. The very creative album cover is a special pop-up packaging
that was designed by JP Cuison of Gigzilla.
As of April 2008, they have released three albums, Popcorn, Press to Play and Todo Combo, and
collaborated on one track, Pag-Ibig Ko Sa Iyo, found on RoK On! Music Inspired By Ragnarok Online.
They also performed a rendition of the APO song, "Panalangin" which they recorded and was added to
the tribute album for the band, Apo Hiking Society, on the Kami nAPO Muna album.
Moonstar88 was formed in 1999. The name of the band was chosen after they had landed a gig, but did
not have a name for their band. They listed several names and when they were about to perform,
eventually choosing "Moonstar" and adding the number 88 since Moonstar was the 88th name on the list.
They were signed to Sony BMG by 2007, and later to Ivory Records in 2012.
The band's members all maintain successful careers outside their work as musicians. Baay is
a pharmacist with academic achievements outside music; Bernaldo is a famous video director; Sundiang
is a Marketing Manager; and Hernandez is an accomplished Creative Director.
