Draft:Madd Rod

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{{Short description|Musical artist from Portugal}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Madd Rod

| background = person

| image = Madd Rod - March 2025 (Berlin).jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Madd Rod in 2025

| birth_name = Rodrigo André Inácio Pinheiro

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|9|3|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Lisbon, Portugal

| genre = {{flatlist|

• Indie Dance
• EBM
• Italo Disco
• Electroclash

}}

| occupation = {{flatlist|

• Producer
• DJ
• Singer-Songwriter
• Multi-instrumentalist

}}

| instrument =

| years_active = 2013–present

| label = Inner Shah
Discotexas
NEIN
Get Physical

| website = {{URL|maddrod.com}}

}}

Rodrigo André Inácio Pinheiro (born 3 September 1997), known professionally as Madd Rod (/mæd rɒd/), is a Portuguese musician, DJ, and record producer, based in Berlin.{{Cite web |title=Madd Rod |url=https://innershah.com/artists/maddrod/ |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=Inner Shah Recordings |language=en-US}} He is the founder of Inner Shah Recordings, an independent record label established in 2017 during his studies in Tübingen,{{Cite web |date=2021-10-26 |title=Madd Rod estreia-se pela Discotexas com "Rumors" |url=https://acabine.pt/2021/10/madd-rod-estreia-se-pela-discotexas-com-rumors/ |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=A Cabine |language=pt-PT}} and of Panthera, an event series established in Lisbon in 2024.

He has released two studio albums: Dystopian Desert (2020){{Cite web |title=Madd Rod ilk stüdyo albümünü çıkarmaya hazırlanıyor |url=https://mixmag.com.tr/read/madd-rod-dystopian-desert-fallen-cities-music |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=Mixmag Turkey |language=tr}} and Sad Behaviour (2023).{{Cite web |title=Sad Behaviour |url=https://www.mutingthenoise.com/products/sad-behaviour |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=Muting The Noise |language=en}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-10-11 |title=Madd Rod veröffentlicht zweites Studioalbum "Sad Behaviour" auf Discotexas |url=https://www.fazemag.de/madd-rod-veroeffentlicht-zweites-studioalbum-sad-behaviour-auf-discotexas/ |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=FAZEmag |language=de}} The latter was reissued in 2024 as Sad Behaviour: Expanded Edition, featuring four new original tracks and three new instrumental versions.{{Citation |title=Sad Behaviour: Expanded Edition by Madd Rod on Apple Music |date=2024-09-20 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/sad-behaviour-expanded-edition/1764015465 |access-date=2025-05-26 |language=en-US}}

Madd Rod has produced remixes for a number of artists, including Xinobi, Night in Athens, Dole & Kom, Noporn, Jup do Bairro, Ohxala and SIS. His remix of the SIS's track Devran was part of the official soundtrack of Fire Island (2022).{{Cite web |last=Hough |first=Q. V. |date=2022-06-06 |title=Soundtracks of Cinema: 'Fire Island' |url=https://vaguevisages.com/2022/06/06/fire-island-soundtrack-hulu-songs-movie/ |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=Vague Visages |language=en-US}} He is also a regular host at HÖR Radio.{{Cite web |title="Madd Rod" |url=https://hoer.live/artist/madd-rod/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-05-28 |website=hoer.live |language=en}}

In February 2025, he released the EP Make You Sweat through Inner Shah, which included the track Leisure Suite (1409 BPM Mix), an unofficial surpassing of the BPM world record held by Moby with Thousand (1993).{{Cite web |title=Madd Rod redefines Electroclash with 'Make You Sweat EP' on Inner Shah Recordings {{!}} Beatportal |url=https://www.beatportal.com/articles/866760-madd-rod-redefines-electroclash-with-make-you-sweat-ep-on-inner-shah-recordings |access-date=2025-05-26 |website=www.beatportal.com |language=en}}

His 2023 performance at Sónar was nominated for best live electronic act at Iberian Festival Awards edition of 2024.{{Cite web |title=2024 NOMINEES |url=https://www.talkfest.eu/nominees2024 |access-date=2025-05-28 |website=talkfest |language=en}}