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Up dharma Down is a Filipino band that has interestingly broken and combined musical boundaries in their songs. A lot of people don't know how to classify the band. Well, the band is clueless too. The best way to understand this nameless genre is to listen to their music.
BBC U.K. and Time Magazine Asia have blessed them to push their music internationally. They have started doing so in Hong Kong and Singapore's Mosaic Music Festival.
Being an independent band needs a lot of work. But their efforts have been gratified with NU107 In The Raw Award (2005), NU107 Best New Artist (2006), NU107 Best Female Award (2006), and MYX Favorite Indie Artist(2008). They are the first Filipino band to be featured in MTV's Advance Warning show. They also have/had endorsements with Coke, Lipton, and Adidas.
The band has been together for 4 years now. It all started with a vague hunch of doing anything that felt right with their songs. And the universe just let every note fall into place like a big giant puzzle that still doesn't want itself to be fully solved. The musical ride continues and we are all expected to expect nothing in usual reason. Their second album is slated to be out this 2008.
UdD's debut album FRAGMENTED (Terno Recordings, 2006)
Available in all ASTROVISION, ODYSSEY, and SM Records bars NATIONWIDE! P299.00 a pop!
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Member Since: 3/15/2005
Band Website: updharmadown.net
Band Members:

UdD: Ean Mayor [drums & loops], Carlos Tanada [lead guitars, whaling & delays], Armi Millare [vocals & keys], Paul Yap [bass & noise]



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Influences: The Blue Nile, Prefab Sprout, David Sylvian, The Cure, U2, My Bloody Valentine, Minus The Bear, Wibutee, Zero 7, Photek, M83, Mogwai, Sigur Ros, Portishead, Telefon Tel Aviv, Lali Puna, Halloween Alaska, Marc Hellner.
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Record Label: Terno
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

SINGAPORE THIS WEEK!

We got TWO gigs in Singapore this week! First stop is on March 13 at the Nokia Powerhouse Stage in Esplanade, Singapore. 10:...
Posted by Up dharma Down on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:15:00 PST

Incubus!

We're opening for Incubus this March 9, 2008 at the Araneta Colliseum! Waw! We'll be wearing diapers so we won't wet ourselves while playing. ...
Posted by Up dharma Down on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 02:36:00 PST

Hong Kong gigs this January

We're going back to Hong Kong next week. Please check our gig schedule here in Myspace. Thanks to Chi for helping us out! You can check his band too. Add them up! We saw them play last time we went th...
Posted by Up dharma Down on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:27:00 PST

UdD featured in Time Magazine! :D

TIME magazine article! ...
Posted by Up dharma Down on Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:28:00 PST

udd updates! (from yahoogroups)

it's been awhile since I last posted here in the groups. anyway, theband is now making songs for the dreaded sophomore album. don't gettoo excited though because the final product won't be done anytim...
Posted by Up dharma Down on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 02:22:00 PST

Layag @ HK Live!

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Posted by Up dharma Down on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 06:15:00 PST

FRAGMENTED ALBUMS! AVAILABLE AGAIN!

Up dharma Down's album "Fragmented" NOW AVAILABLE! NATIONWIDE!Where? ASTROVISIONODYSSEY SM Record Bars How much? still P 299.00! Thanks to ABLE distribution! ...
Posted by Up dharma Down on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 03:36:00 PST

Get our songs online!

This is especially for our friends outside the country. You can support us by downloading our songs legally from fliptunes.net. Here's the link: http://www.fliptunes.net/store/product_info.php?product...
Posted by Up dharma Down on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 06:50:00 PST

Official UdD Shirts!

UdD official shirts for all sexes are now available in all Branded! Stores (SM Malls, Market! Market!, Glorietta)
Posted by Up dharma Down on Sat, 13 May 2006 08:42:00 PST

GLOBE and SMART RINGBACK TUNES

SMART RINGTUNES!To subscribe or add a tune, send RING ADD (RING ID) and send to 286.Maybe Ring ID: 103445Pag-Agos Ring ID: 103450Lazy Daisy (Ascolto Mix) Ring ID: 103446GLOBE RINGTUNES!To subscribe or...
Posted by Up dharma Down on Sat, 13 May 2006 08:40:00 PST