Following the success of his most recent releases, including “Oh Là Lá”, for which Roda became a Winner at The International Film Festival Manhattan (as Artist / Director) for his song and video, and the hit single “Get On Up!” peaking at #6 on the official ARIA Australian Charts, the Multi-Hyphenate recording artist, writer, producer, label owner is gearing up for a string of new releases – celebrating more than two decades since his debut “DISH” on Virgin Records.
A proud Filipino, Andy Roda was born in Copenhagen, graduated in New York City, now living in Berlin. Classically trained, he is a musician equally comfortable in jazz, soul, r’n’b – with roots in gospel, as singing weekly in his local church, was the nurturing ground during his childhood.
As a writer, Roda constructs his lyric accompanied dance [house] music in a traditional manner, and his versatile skills puts him in full control of his musical and visual output, mastering both music arrangement, production, and visual editing.
Since 2018 he has toured as a singer, dancer, actor in the hit show “BEAT IT” – a pop theatre musical based the life of the “King Of Pop” Michael Jackson across Europe, serving the role as “Acting Captain”, and substitute to “young Michael’.
The previous year he joined a star studded Danish cast in the theatre production of Susanne Bier’s Oscar nominated movie “Efter Brylluppet” (After The Wedding), directed by Peter Langdal.
Aside from his solo releases and theatre work, notable mentions are his tours as lead vocalist for platinum selling Danish Act Safri Duo, competing as the pioneering Filipino artist in the Eurovision Song Contest with his own song “Love Is Love”, as well as in Ed McMahon’s “Next Big Star” on American Television. He has opened for the Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls’ Emma Bunton, as well as written music for Asian boybands Mr. Tiger and S9F, and Philippines’ “Ultimate Showgirl” Vina Morales.
An advocate for his local communities, Roda co-founded the P-NOiSE Festival (A cultural exchange of Filipino Arts, Music, Dance and Film), which was mentioned in CNN, and has taken place across Copenhagen, Paris and Manila, supporting local and International artists.
With releases on Virgin Records, SONY, Kontor Records, as well as credible house music labels including Kingstreet, Simma Black, Tinted, Ibadan, Blacksoul, Milk & Sugar, Andy Roda continues to soar to new heights with his own label, ALIGN Records.
