Up dharma Down

CSB, UA&P, UP

Full-time Musicians

Music, really. Lots of film and food, too.

Rock Snob's Dictionary

The Committments, 24 Hour Party People, The Legend of 1900, Spinal Tap, A Mighty Wind, Amazon Women From The Moon, Spaceballs, 300!!!

The Album Leaf, Air, Anchors For Architects, Anita Baker, Ashby, Baby Dayliner, Blue Magic, The Blue Nile, David Sylvian, DJ Shadow, Drip, Interpol, Japan, Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Mathilde Santing, Mick Karn, MUSICAL O, My Dad vs Yours, Nine Horses, PARAMITA, Portishead, Prefab Sprout, Radiohead, Sea and Cake, Sepultura, The Slits, Sigur Ros, Soundgarden, Stina Nordenstam, Telefon Tel Aviv, Zero 7

Television is for the weak

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 blessedly helped push their music internationally. They have since played in Hong Kong and at Singapore's Mosaic Music Festival. They are also the first Filipino band to be featured in MTV's Advance Warning show.



Being an independent band takes a lot of work. But their efforts have been rewarded with NU107 In The Raw Award (2005), NU107 Best New Artist (2006), NU107 Best Female Award (2006), and MYX Favorite Indie Artist(2008). 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.



Up dharma Down is:


Armi Millare [keyboards, vocals, rhythm guitars]

Carlos Tanada [lead guitars]

Ean Mayor [drums and loops]

Paul Yap [bass]

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