''Bagong Liwanag'' ( Tagalog for "New Light") is an EP and the 11th overall album of the Filipino

pop rock Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre with an emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than rock music. Originating in the late 1950s as an alternative to normal rock and roll, earl ...

band,

Rivermaya Rivermaya is a Filipino alternative rock band. Formed in 1994, it is one of the several bands who spearheaded the 1990s Philippine alternative rock explosion. Rivermaya is currently composed of original members Mark Escueta and Nathan Azarcon ...

. It has 5 main tracks, 5 instrumental tracks and 2 audio messages which also included demos of songs from their upcoming album. It was released under

Warner Music Philippines Warner Music Philippines (WMP) is a record label in the Philippines. It is a regional branch of the multinational music conglomerate Warner Music Group. Founded in 1977, the company gained its self-distributed status and has since began release ...

and released on August 15, 2007. The carrier single "Sayang" was released weeks after the departure of

Rico Blanco Rico Rene Granados Blanco (born March 17, 1973) is a Filipino singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actor, endorser and entrepreneur. He began his career as one of the founding members, and served as the chief songwriter, ...

from the band after serving as the band's chief songwriter, keyboardist, guitarist and vocalist for 13 years.

Track listing

Personnel

Japs Sergio John Paul "Japs" Ricafranca Sergio (born August 20, 1979) is a former bassist/vocalist/guitarist/songwriter of the Filipino band Rivermaya and the current guitarist/vocalist/frontman for the band Peso Movement. Career Sergio joined the band in Ap ...

– lead vocals , bass, backing vocals *

Mark Escueta Mark Edward Penabella Escueta (; born 9 January 1976) is a Filipino musician and one of the founding members of the Filipino rock band Rivermaya. Escueta has been the only constant member of Rivermaya since its inception in 1994. Early life E ...

– lead vocals , drums & percussion, backing vocals *

Mike Elgar Michael Maximino C. Elgar (born May 8, 1976) is a Filipino musician currently performing as a guitarist and one of the lead vocalists for the band Rivermaya. He has been the band's longest serving guitarist, ever since he joined in May 2001. Mus ...

– lead vocals , guitar, keyboards, backing vocals Additional musicians *

Champ Lui Pio Arthur Bernard Dolino Lui Pio (born February 8, 1982), popularly known as Champ Lui Pio, is a music artist and guitarist and vocalist of Hale. Biography Early and personal life Lui Pio was born on February 8, 1982, in Quezon City, Philippines. ...

– acoustic guitar (track 5) *DJ Rodriguez – tambourine (track 5)

Album credits

*Executive Producer: Revolver Music, Lizza Nakpil & Chito S. Roño *Sound Engineer: Mark Escueta *Assistant Sound Engineers: Mike Elgar & Japs Sergio *Mastered By Angee Rozul at Tracks Studios *Sleeve By Paolo Lim *Artist Photography by Nina Sandejas

References

External links

Rivermaya albums 2007 EPs {{2000s-pop-rock-album-stub