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The past decade saw a generous supply of indie and alternative bands from Cebu that have made it big in the national music scene. In recent years, the Philippine airwaves have been saturated with Cebuano talents, from solo artists to rock groups.

The dawn of the 21st century can safely be called the Renaissance of Cebuano Music. Cebuano talents have agressively made inroads into the national music scene where provincial talents are mostly under-rated or worse, ignored and discriminated against. These musical heroes armed with enormous talents and grits are not afraid of the possible adverse reactions they could get from big radio networks in the country which usually don’t budge when it comes to untested talents, a hindrance to every aspiring talent to scoop a brief yet memorable airtime of his piece.

To break into the mainstream music scene sometimes takes some amount of guts or simple luck!

The case of Urbandub is clearly not a luck. Well, alright they are lucky enough to go mainstream, but their success clearly comes with unrelenting effort to make music with true artistic panache. The band has been in the indie side of the music world until EMI Philippines signed them up early this year (March 2005) which officially put them into the mainstream radio.

Urbandub is said to be the pioneers of progressive rock in the country whose individual talents have contributed to the blazing success of the group. Their signature compositions are mighty-loud, lyric-based and crafty, mostly penned by the band’s front man, Gabby Alipe.

They have just launched their newest and third album called EMBRACE in November 19, 2005 at Casbah Bar at Rivergate Mall. The album’s first single, ALERT THE ARMORY, takes on pulsating guitar riffs and tireless drumbeats, has been playing over NU 107 for quite some time already but would soon go mainstream in a few days as it is now under a major label, EMI Philippines.

The album’s track list is as follows:

1. Interlude Between Closeness
2. Alert the Armory (first single)
3. Frailty
4. First Of Summer
5. When Heroes Die
6. Reveal the Remedy
7. The Arsonist
8. Endless A Silent Whisper
9. Safety in Number
10. A City Of Sleeping Hearts
11. The End Of Something

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