Narda

Narda was a successful Pinoy rock band, widely seen as one of the visible acts in the Philippine indie rock scene.Narda formed with three main objectives; namely, to write and play their original songs, to have fun, and to help out people. Due to Ryan and Ed’s connection with the Ateneo de Manila High School, a portion of Narda’s EP sales would go to the Tulong Dunong Scholarship Fund, which aimed to assist worthy public school students to study at the Ateneo and other private schools. By October 2002, Narda had recorded their first EP, "A Postcard From", containing four songs ("Crime-fighting Mama", "Hypochondriac", "Meron Ba" and "Kusina"). Then on December 13, 2002, the band released its second EP titled "Suwerte" (translated: "Good Luck"), also containing four songs ("Tanga", "In The Afternoon", "Leave" and "Suwerte"). Over Christmas vacation of 2002, Narda recorded their stripped-down acoustic EP called "Burador". "Burador" was released early 2003 containing four songs ("Another Day", "Pasensya Na", Santong Paspasan" and "Ang Gabi"). By 2003, Narda was gigging heavily and their songs were earning steady airplay over NU 107. Narda started recording their fourth EP "Salaguinto't Salagubang" in the summer of 2003, which carried five songs ("Vanillin", "Daylight Savings Time", "Saan Na?", "Liwanag" and "Jaywalker"). The EP was launched at the now defunct Millenia on September 2003. By the time, original guitarist Ibarra had left the band for a day job. And former Lilian guitarist Nico Africa had rejoined his former bandmates in Narda, who played during the EP launch. Releasing four EPs in a span of a year would earn the band several guestings on NU 107's In the Raw Show with Francis Brew. The single "Jaywalker" also started gaining airplay on NU 107. Narda would then go on to win the NU 107 Rock Awards' In the Raw Award for 2003.