After several years of recording music as a member of a band or two, writer-musician Yugel Losorata is releasing music as a solo artist. This development came after the multi-faceted talent received an offer from US-based NSFU Publishing to produce his own music outside of any band affiliation. NSFU means New Sounds From Underground.
The result is the release of the single “Hosanna Kapiling Ka” to digital stores on November 3, 2023, with Yugel, who wrote and had sung the song himself, credited as the artist. The track is a pop ballad with layered production that harks back to his band music influences, featuring the sound of glockenspiel that emphasizes the core message of missing a romantic partner during Christmastime.
Affiliated with BMI, which is the largest music rights organization in the US, NSFU is a music publishing company owned by Ted Reyes, a Filipino singer-songwriter who moved to America two decades ago.
Yugel is currently in California where the song was produced, right on the famed Sunset Boulevard. The said track is the first of several singles Yugel and Reyes plan to collaborate as recording artists.
Back in the Philippines, Yugel served as chief songwriter and bass player for his bands Syato and The Pub Forties. Syato was signed by Ivory Music in 2005 and had produced two albums and several digital singles before becoming inactive in 2016, while The Pub Forties already has a number of singles and a couple of EPs on digital platforms since it started releasing music in 2017. The latter's latest EP "Escape to Alcaraz" was distributed by Widescope Entertainment.
Yugel is also a veteran music journalist whose byline has appeared in various Philippine publications, including Manila Bulletin, Philippine Star, and Manila Standard where he still writes a weekly column called Touchbass. For a time he wrote for Yahoo Philippines and served as copy editor for CNN Philippines. He is now a member of FAPCCA (Filipino-American Press Club of California).
On the side of creative writing, he wrote a novel (The Lust Regime) and a collection of short stories (Rhythm & Bruise) with a Foreword by Philippines King of Talk Boy Abunda. Both were published by Ukiyoto Publishing, a traditional publishing house with a global outreach. His music memoir is set to publish sometime next year.
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