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🎵 R&B • Pop • World
🇵🇭 Filipino-rooted
📍 Toronto 🇨🇦
✉️ [email protected]

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Had a great time mixing @simplewithanaccent live at the Philippine Festival at Mississauga Celebration Square a few weeks back.

Mixed on the DiGiCo Quantum 338 with Waves SuperRack. The mix was taken directly from the console.

Always grateful for the opportunity to do what I love!

#liveaudio #digico #wavesaudio

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Filipino music in Toronto is alive and well. 🇵🇭🇨🇦
To everyone who came out to Harana Project to vibe with us and @gio_7622 + @haranakwintet at @makilala.ca on Thursday… AND SOLD US OUT… ✨THANK YOU ✨
For showing Gio DS and HK love for their new album, falling in love with Filipino classics, folk songs, and community favourites the way we love them, as well as our R&B takes and original music. We couldn’t be more grateful.
Big ups to @pagsasama for making more space for the Filipino music community in Toronto to thrive.
HK, Gio: mad love for y’all. thanks for sharing this stage with us again.
📷: @gillyshoots

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Beautiful shots from the Harana Project at @makilala.ca with Harana Kwintet and @simplewithanaccent 🇵🇭💙❤️💛

We are proud to present to you, ‘Harana Kwintet, Vol. 1’! It is an album of songs recorded live on the studio floor with five musicians. It consists of multiple folk melodies and compositions by @gio_7622. The songs feature traditional Filipino instrument the bandurria, as well as synthesizers, trumpet, and many more.

We would like to thank everyone who came and supported us at our album release and as well as everyone who has listened to it! Huge thanks to @marianaquicenopolanco and @kaigaboury_ for running sound! @pagsasama for hosting us at this beautiful space.

Have you listened to the album? Access it from our bio! It’s on all streaming platforms 🙌🙌

Photos done by legendary @gillyshoots

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Simply dishing good ambience at Philfest Sauga. From classics we grew up with to songs that defined more recent generations, SIMPLE brought everyone together with their fresh take on popular music.

A unique musical experience for all ages and stages showcasing an expanse of Filipino talent!

PhilFest Mississauga 2026!
📍 Mississauga Celebration Square
📅 September 11–13, 2026
🎉 FREE ADMISSION!

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‘HARANA KWINTET, VOL. 1’ by Gio DS is a jazz-folk fusion EP that explores new, innovative ways of cultural expression using different grooves, electric instruments and effects, and captivating arrangements.
Here are 15 second previews of each song, just for a taste 😉

It officially comes out on Friday, 12 AM, after we have our release show at @makilala.ca, with @simplewithanaccent tomorrow night at 9!

Pre-save the EP and if you haven’t got tickets to our show, now is the time!! Link in Bio 🏃💨 Can’t wait to see you there 😊

videos were recorded on Gio’s lil 3DS camera

#filipino #jazzfusion #pinoyjazz

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🇵🇭 FILIPINO FOOD, LIVE MUSIC & KARAOKE — ALL WEEKEND! 🔥

PhilFest Sauga Is Taking Over Mississauga Celebration Square September 11–13 For 3 Days Of Filipino Food, Performances, Dancing, Music & More — AND IT’S FREE! 🇵🇭🎉

🍢 Filipino Street Food & Traditional Dishes
🍰 Filipino Desserts & Sweet Treats
🎶 Live Music & Concerts
💃 Filipino Cultural Dance Performances
🎤 Karaoke & Community Singing
🎭 Heritage & Cultural Showcases
👧 Youth Performances From Musika Children’s Chorus

📅 FRIDAY, SEPT 11 — 6 PM–11 PM
📅 SATURDAY, SEPT 12 — 1 PM–11 PM
📅 SUNDAY, SEPT 13 — 1 PM–7 PM

📍 MISSISSAUGA CELEBRATION SQUARE
300 City Centre Dr, Mississauga, ON
🎟️ FREE ADMISSION
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 ALL AGES

Come For The Food 🍢
Stay For The Music 🎶
Grab The Mic If You’ve Got The Nerve 🎤😂
And Bring The Whole Crew 🇵🇭🔥

📌 SAVE SEPTEMBER 11–13

Tag Your People 👇🇵🇭
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#filipinofood #toronto #foodfestival #foodtrucks #thingstodointoronto
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let us take you back home next thursday at Makilala 🏠☀️

featuring special arrangements of Filipino music + original songs by @gio_7622 @haranakwintet

tickets available at linktr.ee/pagsasama

#toronto #filipino #livemusic

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‘HARANA KWINTET, VOL. 1’ comes out on Friday, September 11! Celebrate with us on the 10th at @makilala.ca , and we will be performing these songs live along with @simplewithanaccent

It is an EP consisting of 5 different tunes inspired by various periods in Filipino music. This record creates unique sonic environments where new sounds get introduced in each song. You will hear hints of jazz fusion, kundiman, funk, and ambient music.

Hope to see you at the release show! 🤍

Song: Orde-e from Harana Kwintet, Vol. 1

Video by @gio_7622 & @gillyshoots

#jazzfusion #newmusic #opm #harana #torontomusicscene

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☀️🇵🇭🇨🇦 SIMPLÉ @ CELEBRATION SQUARE - FREE SHOW ✨

Sauga, we are home! Having grown up and around this incredible city, surrounded by an amazing Filipino-Canadian community… we’re STOKED to be doing this show followed by incredible acts including headlining artist @ajrafael! Let’s end this summer right <3

☀️ SIMPLÉ @ Philippine Festival Mississauga @philsfestsauga
🗓️ SAT SEP 12, 2026 | NEW TIME: 6:50 PM
🎫 FREE - CELEBRATION SQUARE
➡️ featuring @ajrafael as headlining act!
🎶 R&B, Pop, and other goodies to the Filipino-Canadian community

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Harana is the act of musical courtship, done to win a propsective partner’s heart. And we’re continuing that tradition with @gio_7622 @haranakwintet and @simplewithanaccent 🎶🇵🇭

@gio_7622 @haranakwintet - Gio DS is a Filipino multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, producer, and arranger based in the GTA. He is known for his experience in multiple crafts, including piano performance, sound design, production, and arranging. Joining Gio is Harana Kwintet, a folk-fusion group, led by him, that fuses traditional Filipino styles of music with modern grooves and harmony. Harana Kwintet has been featured at the Toronto Undergraduate Jazz Festival and on Filipino TV.

@simplewithanaccent - Simplé is a Toronto-based band blending R&B, pop, and global influences into a sound shaped by diaspora, community, and musical curiosity. Formed in 2023 by Alaina Ardiente, Malou Gloria, Kevin Sia, and Matthew Reyes, Simplé has performed across the GTA for audiences like Toyota Canada, Amazon Canada, the City of Mississauga with RBC, and the City of Pickering.

Early Bird tickets start at $30, with a $10 meal credit in the price. A VIP Dining Experience is available, for those craving for @makilala.ca ‘s full menu and prefer to have a dinner before the show.

tickets at linktr.ee/pagsasama or in bio

inquiries: pagsasama@dereal.co | @pagsasama

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Simplé is a Toronto-based band blending R&B, pop, and global influences through a distinctly Filipino-Canadian lens. Alongside modern songs and grooves shaped by community, diaspora, and jam sessions, the group also reimagines traditional Filipino kundiman. Simplé has performed across the Greater Toronto Area for community events and clients including Toyota Canada and Amazon Canada, and recently convened the concert HERE/THERE: Sounds of a Filipino Diaspora in Mississauga. New music from the band is being developed for release in 2026.

Performance Schedule:
Saturday, September 12
6:30 pm

PhilFest Mississauga
September 11-13, 2026
Mississauga Celebration Square

🎉Admission to the festival is FREE! 🎉
#philfestsauga

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✨ SIMPLÉ: Live @ BRAMPTON FIESTA EXTRAVAGANZA ‘26
@fiestaextravaganza @bramptonfiesta

🗓️ SAT AUG 8 2026
📍Gage Park, Brampton, ON
⏰ 3:30 PM
🎫 FREE ADMISSION
🇵🇭🇨🇦 Celebrating Filipino-Canadian culture and community in Brampton

Peel na Peel region, we HOME! Amped to be bringing R&B, pop, and Filipino classics to the stage. Can’t wait to sing, dance, and celebrate the amazing place, culture, and community that raised a few of us. B-town: reach! Mabuhay <3

#brampton #peelregion #torontoevents #torontomusic #filipinoculture

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