MIRANDA è un trio (Piero Carafa suona
il basso, Giuseppe Caputo chitarra, voce, synth e sampler, Nicola
Villani batteria, drummachine e e synth), attivo a Firenze dal
1999, anche se i tre sono originari di Puglia e Calabria.
Nei diversi anni di attività hanno percorso direzioni
musicali differenti. La visione artistica di Miranda è
stata definita "radicale e spregiudicata, il loro modo
di suonare disgregato e storto, la loro indole alienata e a
tratti beffarda" (Blow Up 100). Hanno all’attivo due albums su fromScratch
records (inside the whale del 2003 e rectal exploration del
2006) e uno split cd con i canadesi Creeping Nobodies. Rectal
exploration è l’album che li ha fatti conoscere
ed apprezzare dalla critica (Rumore li ha definiti “uno
dei nomi più interessanti dell'underground italiano”,
nov. 07), mentre i loro incendiari show, in Italia e in Francia,
ne hanno fatto un piccolo culto della NoWave made in italy.
Nel 2009 pubblicano il terzo album, growing heads above the
roof, che arricchisce il suono dei miranda di suoni sintetici
e campionati, considerato dalla stampa specializzata il migliore
della band (blow up 133). Il suono "è più
asciutto ed essenziale, arriva dritto al punto" (rumore),
"Ascoltarlo ed essene presi è un tutt'uno. La formula
- retrò-futuribile - è ormai assurta a rango di
classico contemporaneo" (rockerilla). Nel
2011 l'album è ristampato per fromscratch/mandai ed ha
ottimi riscontri nella stampa inglese, francese e tedesca.
Nel 2013 esce il quarto album "asylum: brain check after
dinner".
MIRANDA
is a three piece (Piero Carafa playes bass, Giuseppe
Caputo guitar, voice, synth and sampler, Nicola Villani drum,
electr. drum and synth). They're from the south of Italy (Calabria
and Puglia), but the band based in Florence, Italy, since 1999.
During the several years of activity they've run different musical
directions. Miranda's artistic vision has been described "radical
and broadminded, disgregated and oblique, their attitude mocking
and alienated" (blowup magazine 2006).
They've released 2 albums on fromScratch (inside the whale,
2003, and rectal exploration 2006) and a split cd with the canadian
band Creeping Nobodies. Defined "one of the most interesting
italian underground bands" (rumore magazine, nov. '07)
they're a cult band of the no wave scene, thanks to their incendiary
shows and to their personal and uncompromising research constantly
carried on.
The 3rd album, “growing heads above the roof” (released
on 2009 may for fromSCRATCH/audioglobe, re-released on July
3rd, 2011 for fromSCRATCH/mandai), adds synthetic and sampled
sounds and may be considered the best Miranda's album. The sound
is dry, essential and immediate: imagine lcd soundsystem played
by Oneida.
miranda
| asylum: brain check after dinner
| fschr.28, (fromscratch/audioglobe 2013) "Asylum
is a concept about imprisoned life, in jail, psychiatric hospital
and detention centers... . The strong rhythmical structures and
the grooves, trade mark of Miranda’s sound, are now less
obsessive, more wide open... sounds more confident and anarchic
than in the past" ORDER
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miranda
| growing heads above the roof
| fschr.14, (fromscratch/audioglobe 2009
- fromscratch/mandai July 3, 2011) "Restless
and pondering, immediate and obsessive, songs are based on synth’s
groove, percussive drumming and bass pulse: “imagine LCD
sounsystem played by Oneida”"
the
Creeping Nobodies + Miranda| split cd
| fschr.09, 2007
"The mocking and oblique No Wave of the italian band
Miranda meets the visionary rock of the canadian Creeping nobodies.
Miranda are one of the most exciting bands of the italian rock/nowave
scene, while The creeping nobodies are one are one of the longest
running bands in Toronto’s constantly evolving music community."
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miranda
| rectal exploration |
fschr.05, 2006 "completely
abandoned the attitude of their first album, 2nd miranda's album
is radical and broadminded, disgregated and oblique, the attitude
mocking and alienated"
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miranda
| inside the whale
| fschr.01, 2003 "first
miranda's album, math rock attitude dip into obscure and oblique
atmosphere"
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