''Sound the Alarm'' is the eleventh studio
album
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by
The Dawn, released in 2009. It is the band's first album with the new guitarist
Kenneth Ilagan
Kenneth Ilagan is a Filipino musician who was the guitarist for the rock band The Dawn. Before assuming guitar duties for The Dawn, Ilagan also played guitar for Violent Playground, True Faith and Xaga (who then became Rivermaya
Rivermaya ...
. Five of the album's tracks were produced by
Raimund Marasigan
Raimund Emmanuel Parcon Marasigan (born May 22, 1971) is a Filipino rock musician and record producer. His first name is often misspelled ''Raymond'' or ''Raimond'' though he personally prefers to spell his name as Raymund. The breadth of his p ...
, the other five by Ariz Guinto. Marasigan also helped with
musical arrangement
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, especially with the six songs composed by the bass guitar player
Buddy Zabala
Hector Avanceña Zabala (born November 13, 1971), popularly known as Buddy Zabala, is a Filipino musician and producer. He is currently the bassist of Filipino pop band Moonstar88 and indie band Cambio, and widely known as the bassist and back ...
.
Pro Tools
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was used in making half of the songs on the album, a new method for the band.
This is the only album to feature guitarist
Kenneth Ilagan
Kenneth Ilagan is a Filipino musician who was the guitarist for the rock band The Dawn. Before assuming guitar duties for The Dawn, Ilagan also played guitar for Violent Playground, True Faith and Xaga (who then became Rivermaya
Rivermaya ...
.
Track listing
Singles
# "''Hatak''"
Personnel
*
Jett Pangan
Jett Pangan (born Reginald Pangan on June 21, 1968) is a Filipino actor, singer and guitarist best known for fronting the Filipino rock bands the Dawn, and the now defunct Jett Pangan Group. He is also an actor, appearing in several theater pla ...
- vocals
*
JB Leonor
JB Leonor, born Domingo Leonor III is a Filipino drummer and songwriter, best known as the co-founder of the Filipino rock/ new wave band The Dawn. Leonor formed the band along with guitarist Teddy Diaz in 1986. As a songwriter, he wrote "I Sta ...
- drums, keyboards
*
Kenneth Ilagan
Kenneth Ilagan is a Filipino musician who was the guitarist for the rock band The Dawn. Before assuming guitar duties for The Dawn, Ilagan also played guitar for Violent Playground, True Faith and Xaga (who then became Rivermaya
Rivermaya ...
- guitars
*
Buddy Zabala
Hector Avanceña Zabala (born November 13, 1971), popularly known as Buddy Zabala, is a Filipino musician and producer. He is currently the bassist of Filipino pop band Moonstar88 and indie band Cambio, and widely known as the bassist and back ...
- bass guitar
References
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The Dawn (band) albums
2009 albums