Up Dharma Down

These posts of Pinoi artists is dedicated to another "Kabayan" blogger Dr. Stirring Rhod of The Doctor is In. I included Up Dharma Down with the Up Yours Comp and the Take 4 Collective Sampler since I know he's not much of a fan of the "noisy" bands that often graced these pages. I hope he likes Up Dharma Down.

As far as Up Dharma Down is concerned, they're a Filipino band that played a jazz-tinged music. I don't know how to describe their music but one thing's for sure I love it. Yeah I know, it's not my usual cup of tea and many eyebrows will be raised but f@*k it, I totally dig their music.

Here's a wikipedia entry for Updharma Down:

Up Dharma Down is a Filipino band that won the In The Raw Award at the 2005 NU 107 Rock Awards, and as Best New Artist and Best Female Award for vocalist and keyboardist, Armi Millare, at the 2006 NU 107 Rock Awards. Their first album, Fragmented, under independent record label Terno Recordings, was released in 2006.

Apart from that, Mark Cole's BBC show tagged them as the Asian band to most likely crossover to North American shores, and has been featured in numerous regional shows together with bands such as Arcade Fire (Canada) and Bloc Party (UK). Their eclectic music gave them the leverage to stand above most local bands in the Philippines, enough to be featured in the July 2007 issue of Time Magazine.

They performed as front act for Incubus' Light Grenades Pacific Rim Tour Manila stop at Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on March 9, 2008. In 2008, they received the Myx Music Awards for Favorite Indie Artist. The band released their second album, Bipolar, on October 24, 2008.

Members

* Armi Millare - keyboards, vocals
* Carlos Tañada - lead guitars
* Ean Mayor - drums and loops
* Paul Yap - bass

If you liked and downloaded any of the records posted here at my site, please go out and buy the original! Support the band, they needed it! The posts here are just merely samples for you to have a glimpse of the record (that's why I always rip them at 128 kbps only), but not an excuse not to buy the original.

Fragmented - Download Here

Bipolar - Download Here