UDD (band)

UDD
The band in 2010 (From L–R: Ean Mayor, Paul Yap, Carlos Tañada and Armi Millari
The band in 2010 (From L–R: Ean Mayor, Paul Yap, Carlos Tañada and Armi Millari
Background information
Also known asUp Dharma Down (former name)
OriginManila, Philippines
Genres
Years active2004–present
LabelsTerno Recordings
Members
  • Carlos Tañada
  • Ean Mayor
  • Paul Yap
Past members
Websiteudd.ph Edit this at Wikidata

UDD, shortened for Up Dharma Down, is a Filipino band formed in Manila in 2004. They have released four albums Fragmented, Bipolar, Capacities and U D D released under independent record label Terno Recordings.

In 2005, the band won the coveted In the Raw Award at the NU 107 Rock Awards as well as Best New Artist and Best Female Award for vocalist and keyboardist, Armi Millare, in 2006.[1] In 2008, they were awarded Favorite Indie Artist at the Myx Music Awards.[2]

Mark Coles' BBC show tagged them as the Asian band to most likely cross over to North American shores,[3] and has been featured in numerous regional shows together with bands such as Arcade Fire (Canada) and Bloc Party (UK). They have also been recognized by Paul Buchanan of The Blue Nile, Curt Smith of Tears for Fears and Tim Bowness of No-Man. They were featured in the July 2007 issue of Time magazine.[4] The band has opened for acts such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Incubus, Bloc Party, The XX, Tegan and Sara, Tahiti 80, and Cut Copy.

On January 1, 2017, the band officially renamed to its initials UDD.[5]

On December 26, 2021, the band announced via Twitter that lead vocalist Armi Millare has left the band and will continue as a solo artist.[6]

  1. ^ Dimaculangan, Jocelyn (December 5, 2006). "Kamikazee is grand winner in 13th NU Rock Awards". PEP.ph. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  2. ^ dela Cruz, Karen (November 11, 2008). "Up dharma Down turns "Bipolar"". Philippine Entertainment Portal. Retrieved November 14, 2008.
  3. ^ Evangelista, Patricia (December 10, 2012). "Up Dharma Down and the perks of being wallflowers". Rappler. Retrieved March 30, 2019.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference time was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Up Dharma Down set to premiere first single off new album on Spotify at midnight". Bandwagon. December 31, 2016. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  6. ^ "UDDph on X". Twitter. December 26, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2023. Hi Everyone, we wanted to let you know that Armi has left UDD. We thank her for sharing her talent and artistry in the songs we created together. We'll never forget how the four of us started out, how thrilled we were in 2004 to finally be playing at Saguijo to a crowd of twenty.