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Under My Bed, is a No-Profit label based in Milan (Italy), founded in 2001.
The Under My Bed Recordings is dedicated to home-recording productions. For us, do-it-yourself
is a choice and an attitude, not a budget limitation. Hence, we preferentially produce minimalist
folk, pop and, more rarely, electronic acts. We prefer to listen to Fe-magnetic supports,
but anything else would be simply fine.
We do love tapes indeed.
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:Contact
Contact us by
:E-mail or written correspondence for
information, material, interest or curiosity.
Personal comunication is deeply appreciated. We strongly encourage to send us tapes. However, please check our
demo policy,
before submitting your music.
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Join the Under My Bed newsletter, The Winter Coat.
Currently at volume #19.
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"Cinque Pezzi Facili"
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Lorca
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Mr60 |
Morose |
My Dear Killer |
Empty Vessel Music |
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The Frozen Fracture |
Campofame |
Tettu Mortu |
Konstanzegraff |
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The Under My Bed Coupled-Split Series
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The Compilation Volumes |
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Volume 1
Mixtapes Kept Under My Bed (2001)
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My Dear Killer
Clinical Shyness
UMB#02/BM01 |
The title of the album, Clinical Shyness, is definitely self-explanatory. The record was released
in 2005 by a syndicate of labels, led by UMB
and Boring Machines.
This thirty-minutes-long song collection blends the intimacy of song
writing with a complex landscape of ambient noises and feedbacks in which the melody of
guitar arpeggios and the whispered murmurs are submerged. A walk through the
hidden places where these little portraits of loneliness were sketched.
[what the experts say of it ->]
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ONQ
Canzoni Tutte Uguali
UMB#025 |
After two years since the release of
"Desein Ohne Leben" by Bluesanct/Orphanology in 2002, ONQ returns as a one-man-band
with the album "Canzoni tutte uguali". This is the fist recordf of ONQ sung in Italian
and it is also the first work involving female singers. "Canzoni tutte uguali" can be requested directly
to ONQ, via its website, or by mail-order
either from
Eaten By Squirrels, or from Under My Bed.
Comes with a hand-pressed artwork. Each copy is therefore unique.
[what the experts say of it ->]
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Mr. 60/The Frozen Fracture
Cinque Pezzi Facili. Volume 2
UMB#015 |
Second volume of the 5 Pezzi Facili split series. Mr.60's "Concepto:desperato" is a metaphoric
journey through which the band explores its vast compositive possibility
given by ability of the members to apaly seval instruments. The mellow and subtitle irony of
which this halp of the EP is impregnated constitutes Mr 60s trademark. The Frozen Fracture contribution
"Rare Earths Noble Gases" is also a time-travel journey cobining songs recorded uning Fisher-Price microphones,
VHS recorder and other sort of oddity. It is an unusually random brick-a-brak and the ultimate experience of a
musical project failure.
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My Dear Serial Killer
1/3; 2/3; 3/3
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My Dear serial Killer is a series of mini-CD, compiled by Boring Machines. Each of the splits contains three songs, in which My dear Killer appears
in variety of forms, ranging from the simplest guitar &voice minimalism, through the landscape layering
technique which characterises the first full length album, Clinical Shyness, through an almost full
band formation. This is, despite the tile, all but a serialisation, rather a journey into the heart of the
meticulous chiselling leading to the definition of an almost the unique, and unmistakable style of song-writing.
Available from Boring Machines.
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My Dear Killer/Rella the Woodcutter
7" Split Untitled
BM033 |
Split 7", featuring My Dear Killer and Rella the woodcutter, limited edition 200 copies, heavy (180 g) vinyl,
and litographic artwork. Released by Boring Machines.
Only a few copies left in distribution left. In streaming you can listen to nn alternative, more noise loaded, mix compared to
the pressed 7" version.
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Collected Wreckages
The Dutch Courage
UMB#028 |
The Dutch Courage is a noise semi-improvisational duo. Their sounds is a rather basic stratification of nearly crystal clear
dilated guitar riff on a magmatic landscape of oversaturated keyboard, filtered through curious self-assembled stomp boxes.
This tracks were originally recorded between 1998 and 1999, and are quite pioneering in their, at tract rather naïve, but generally
very intriguing, excursions toward extreme circuit-bending. The EP features a unique packaging, containing a mini-poster and a
little novel associated with each episode.
More here:~Wreckages. Limited Edition: 20 Copies
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My Shell/My Dear Killer/The Frozen Fracture
The Rules Behind
UMB#X1 |
My Dear Killer's "The Rules Behind" excuted by the author, with help of Andrea on the Violin; My Shell,
on the piano (+ involuntary tape noise), and a feedback drenched instrumental version by The Frozen Fracture
(Karaoke Edit). Published as a free electronic download, is also
available as a CDr on request. Free Download
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:What's new in this site
22/04/13 - Photo Report Mdk + Morose @ Origami, La Spezia .
24/03/13 - Review Collection for MdK's The Electric Dragon of Venus.
26/02/13 - Ten Yeas of Secret Mixtapes airplay on RAI Radio 3 Battiti.
23/02/13 - MdK The Electric Dragon of Venus (BM47) out today.
29/01/13 - CRTVRT Here it comes: tramontane! out soon.
20/12/12 - The Colours See From Behind brand new EP, released today.
18/12/12 - EMV + Konstazengraff in 5 pezzi Facili Vol. 5. Released today.
15/10/12 - Morose + Campogame in 5 pezzi Facili Vol. 4, released.
17/09/12 - More Tapes kept under my bed: new dedicated website
09/10/12 - Lo Sceriffo Lobo Il veicolo Interiore, released
07/07/12 - Bob Corn & Matteo Uggeri Fields of Corn released
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My Dear Killer
The Electric Dragon of Venus
Boring Machines. BM47
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The Electric Dragon of Venus is the first full
length record of MdK since Clincal Shyness. It was recorded with the help of ONQ and also features the appearance of other guest musicians,
Piergiorgio Storti (Morose), Stella Riva (Satan is My Brother), Matteo Uggeri (Sparkle in Grey) and Gherardo della Croce (HMWWAWCIHCCW).
From this collection of songs emerges the multifaceted nature of the project that blend the sharpness of
the guitar-based noise feedback element with more feeble and delicate sounding episodes , always maintaining the minimal yet uncompromising
character of bare naked song-writing. "The electric dragon of Venus" was released the 23rd of February 2013 by
Boring Machines.
[what the experts say of it ->]
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Empty Vessel Music/Konstanzegraff
Cinque Pezzi Facili. Vol. 5
UMB#018
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Cinque Pezzi Facili. Volume 5. The fifth and conclusive split of the Cinque Pezzi Facili series,
features the contribution of Empty Vessel Music and Konstanzegraff. "The slavery diaries" is a collection of intense
acoustic portraits, from which emerges a very personal and modern take on what might appear, at the surface, as a crystallised
and canonical style. Apparently, in sharp contrasts, the companion split by Konstanzegraff features experimental beats manipulation,
and electronic alliterations. Diverse elements build up Vietrax - rhythm often comes from synthesised lines flowing in parallel with
the skeletal percussion, whilst melodic counterpoints form a faded and weatherbeaten remittance.
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Morose/Campofame
Cinque Pezzi Facili. Vol. 4
UMB#017
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Cinque Pezzi Facili. Volume 4. The fourth split of the 5 Pezzi Facili series, features the contribution from Morose,
and Campofame. This is the second Morose work with lyrics in Italian, and the first as a duo, which also
features the collaboration of members of Campofame. This is a stumbling walk through the dark corners of souls, accompanied
by a inspired executions and arrangements. Compafame continue on the a similar tortuous path in their very personal yet
elegant combination of acoustic, electronic and field recordinds.
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My Dear Killer/Tettu Mortu
Cinque Pezzi Facili. Vol. 3
UMB#016
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Cinque Pezzi Facili. Volume 3. This collaborative effort of My Dear Killer and Tettu Mortu composes the third volume of
the split collection entitled "Cinque Pezzi Facili" edited by Under My Bed.
Cynical Quietness (My Dear Killer) a brief acoustic passage by the depth of incommunicability in which the usual mesh of drawn and feedback are substituted by field recordings of the Scottish winter.
Bounce is a collection of short sketches in which Tettu Mortu reexplores the impro-noise improvisation of its previous works
(Christo EP, Fields Ep) in the first two episodes, leaving place to the field recordings dominated closing tracks.
Ten pieces to remember that the winter will be coming soon again.
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CRTVRT
Here it Comes: Tramontane!
UMB#035
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Crtvtr is a band from Genoa, Italy.
Their music is suspended between Washington post punk and a
touch of diverted contemporary psychedelia. Splatters of post
rock, sprays of math. They are a power
trio and they like to experiment with full range dynamics. We are
glad to coproduced their first LP "Here it comes,
Tramontane!", which features the appearance of Mike Watt, together with
an extended syndicate of DIY labels (To Lose La Track, Mia
Cameretta Records, Buridda Distro, Dreaming Gorilla Records,
QSQDR, Human Feather, Hysm?, TenZenMen).
Available soon.
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The Colours Seen From Behind
Take to the Ocean and hit the Sun
UMB#034
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The Colours Seen From Behind is the solo work of Mauro Costagli, the man behind OuZeL rec and also members of Lo-fi Sucks!,
and previously in Morose and ONQ. TCSFB has been, until recently, mainly a recording project, aiming at different types of sound - say,
indierock when he played in line-ups with guitars, bass and drums, as well as more experimental setups when accompanied only by a cello
and a cajon. In late 2011 Mauro recorded four songs that will be released in Autumn 2012 as an EP entitled Take to the Ocean and Hit the Sun
as a joint effort of long time partners in crime Ouzel rec and Under My Bed.
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Lo Scriffo Lobo
Il Veicolo Interiore
UMB#033
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Lo Sceriffo Lobo, after several years of self-segregation in his bedroom, attached to his console collection, discovered the beauty of
travel and movement. The undisputable verve of his jingle-like songs touches some of the most compelling contemporary themes: work, mobility,
traditions, truth and old age. All songs are less than 2-minutes long and are characterised by a pop-punk attitude combined with a taste
for electro-dance beats and howling sinths. Released jointly by Marsiglia and
Under My Bed.
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Bob Corn & Matteo Uggeri
Fields of Corn
UMB#032
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Fields of Corn is a joint project of Matteo Uggeri (Hue, Sparkle in Grey, Der Einzige) and Bob Corn. It is a collection of ambient recordings,
taken in two sessions: the first, in 2009, amongst Tiziano Sgarbi's parents, the village people and few shops; the second, in 2011, during
Musica nelle Valli. The tracks sung by Bob and recorded by Matteo sound very much like a dense, discreet soundtrack to a short film
featuring side roles. In the background, there's the persistent singing of an unidentified bird, possibly the same one that had accompanied Matteo and Bob's walks two years earlier. Jointly release by
Grey Sparkle,
Fooltribe,
Boring Machines and with a small contribution from Under My Bed. Order from our Catalogue.
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Ten years of secret mixtapes
UMB#030 |
Ten Years of secret mixtapes (kept under my bed), is a compilation assembled to celebrate/commiserate
the 10th anniversary since Under My Bed foundation (2001-2011). Released on the 18th of December 2011.
Features: ONQ, Lebenswelt, My Shell, Baggage Claim, My Dear Killer, Campofame, Morose, Empty Vessel Music,
Andrea Rottin, Father Murphy, Prague, Santo Barbaro, Sparkle in Grey. Graphics by Matteo Uggeri.
150 copies, limited edition.
Dedicatd website
[what the experts say of it ->]
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My Dear Killer
Lullabies for Ealrybirds
UMB#029/Second Edition |
My Dear Killer's Lullabies for Earlybirds is a very soft sounded 4-song EP.
Home recorded with a casette four-track in Glasgow and mixed in the lake's land
to mark the return in the motherland from the cold shores of Albion. It was originally released
in 5 copies only (2011); the second edition 2012, labelled "Mk. II",
features cardboard/acetate cover, new graphics and is also limited to 20 copies. Total Pressed (mkI + mkII) 25.
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- My Dear Killer
- My Dear Killer was born in the middle of the nineties as project aimed at
collecting minimalist song-writing, stratified on a mesh of noise, ambient and field recordings. The songs are built around few fragile
chords and whispered vocals, often drowned in a sea of feedback or accompanied by field recordings.
The new record entitled "The Electric Dragon of Venus" was recorded with ONQ and also features the appearance of other guest musicians,
Piergiorgio Storti (Morose), Stella Riva (Satan is My Brother), Matteo Uggeri (Sparkle in Grey) and Gherardo della Croce (HMWWAWCIHCCW).
It was released on the 23rd of February by
Boring Machines.
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- THEfogINtheSHELL
- THEfogINtheSHELL started as a one-man-band. In the more classical Lo-Fi tradition it used
to compose, play and record its own songs on tapes in what possibly is the warmest bedroom in town: with a view on a garage.
Undoubtedly pivotal in the development of the Italian so-called bedroom scene, it gradually acquired a drummer, and subsequently grew
in a full band form, embracing influences of post-rock and the hard-core roots of founding and current members of the band. They first LP,
A Secret North was released by Dufresne records in 2004. Followed by "A Secret South".
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- The Frozen Fracture: guitar stereo band, started as acoustic set-up but turned telectric
shortly after that. The Frozen Fracture, has developed over a period of almost ten
years, an extremely personal style exploiting the minimal organic of the band,
forged a minimalist style researching towards the suppression of useless embellishments
and technical exhibitionism. They achieve so by chiseling evolution and variation of simple melodic
themes, making the best of metrical freedom associated with the absence of a rhythmic session.
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- Under My Bed is absolutely delighted to host the ONQ website.
Luca Galuppini is the main promoter of the ONQ project, which started as,
and, more recently reacquired the form of, a one-man-band. Undoubtly one
of the most interesting musical project appeared on the Italian soil in
the last ten-twenty years. ONQ has a vast back-catalogue which is freely downloadable.
It has featured in several compilation and 7" mainly released abroad (Germany, U.K.,
and the US) while it has been substantially ignored in his own coutry: a crime
against intelligence.
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- Pointless as any other thing under the ruthless glance of the Sun and the pitying look of the Moon,
Morose was born in 1998.
The first recording consists of an untitled cassette, released by Italian indie label, Ouzel Records. After some short works
("Lifespace at a given moment", "Best regards from Hungary"), in 2003 Morose recorded their first full-lenght album:
"La mia ragazza mi ha lasciato" (Cane Andaluso, Ouzel, Under My Bed), then they toured Italy and had some gigs in in London.
In 2005 "People have ceased to ask me about you" (Suiteside) came to light, and some changes in the line-up took place.
The new album "La vedova d'un uomo vivo", for the first time sung in Italian, has been released in Italy (Boring Machine, Shyrec, Ribess)
and France (Travelling Music) in June 2009.
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- My Shell is the solo acoustic project, of Matteo,
previously also in Nasten'ka and Buio Omega,
amongst the others. My Shell composes melancholic, slow, reflective ballads,
in which acoustic guitar, grandpiano and a feeble dash of voice
are melt together in a subtle harmonic blend. My Shell is
probably the most secretive and undisclosed pearl amongst Italian singer-songwriter.
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