It sounded good enough for Warner Brothers Philippines to offer them a distribution deal that would play an integral part to them performing in Japan.

“We were there for two weeks. It was our first out of country performance. It was really big for us,” explains Dice.

As mentioned before it wasn’t always this rosy for the band.

“It was frustrating back in Cebu because the radio stations didn’t really play local songs because bands weren’t on labels,” states Dice. “Artistes from Cebu were striving to make their music and hope the radio stations would play it. K9’s brother was working in a radio station and that was an advantage for us as we were able to have our song ‘The Scenario’ played but they didn’t announce who sung it. It became a hit and they were surprised when they found out that the song came from locals. They eventually started up special shows for local artistes. I’m not saying that we started it but it paved the way.”

“First Cebu, then Manila, we’re slowly invading the airwaves of the Philippines,” declares a smiling Hi-C.

“When K9 left I didn’t know what to do. So as we were here in Manila we thought why don’t we reach out for the whole music scene and ask some producers and collaborators.”

“We can do that,” begins Hi-C. “We can work with other producers and help them make their sound.”

“We can do anything,” adds Dice positively. “Our last album ‘The Journey’ was a concept album. It was a journey of meeting people. When we make albums we make sure it’s a concept album. ‘The Journey’ has a totally different style in every way compared to the other albums.” >>