UDD (band)

{{short description|Filipino alternative rock band}}

{{Use Philippine English|date=March 2023}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2023}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = UDD

| alias = Up Dharma Down {{small|(former name)}}

| image = Up dharma Down (2010).jpg

| caption = The band in 2010 (From L–R: Ean Mayor, Paul Yap, Carlos Tañada and Armi Millari

| landscape = yes

| background = group_or_band

| origin = Manila, Philippines

| genre = {{hlist|Indie rock|shoegaze|{{nowrap|jazz fusion}}|indietronica}}

| years_active = 2004–present

| label = Terno Recordings

| website = {{Official URL}}

| current_members = {{Unbulleted list||Carlos Tañada|Ean Mayor|Paul Yap}}

| past_members = {{Unbulleted list|Armi Millare}}

}}

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.{{cite news|url=https://www.pep.ph/news/11496/kamikazee-is-grand-winner-in-13th-nu-rock-awards|title=Kamikazee is grand winner in 13th NU Rock Awards|last=Dimaculangan|first=Jocelyn|publisher=PEP.ph|date=December 5, 2006|access-date=November 28, 2018}} In 2008, they were awarded Favorite Indie Artist at the Myx Music Awards.{{cite news | first=Karen | last=dela Cruz | title=Up dharma Down turns "Bipolar" | date=November 11, 2008 | publisher=Philippine Entertainment Portal | url =http://www.pep.ph/guide/2904/Up-dharma-Down-turns-Bipolar | access-date = November 14, 2008 }}

Mark Coles' BBC show tagged them as the Asian band to most likely cross over to North American shores,{{cite news|url=https://www.rappler.com/life-and-style/17177-up-dharma-down-and-the-perks-of-being-wallflowers|title=Up Dharma Down and the perks of being wallflowers|date=December 10, 2012|last=Evangelista|first=Patricia|publisher=Rappler|access-date=March 30, 2019}} 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. 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.{{cite news | title=Up Dharma Down set to premiere first single off new album on Spotify at midnight | date=December 31, 2016 | url =https://www.bandwagon.asia/articles/up-dharma-down-set-to-premiere-first-single-off-new-album-on-spotify-at-midnight | publisher=Bandwagon | access-date = January 2, 2017 }}

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.{{cite web |URL=https://twitter.com/UDDph/status/1474982300945649665?t=abrkwI7PCNTn_2stRGbw3g&s=19 |title=UDDph on X|quote=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.|access-date=2023-05-23|date=2021-12-26 |website=Twitter |language=en}}