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).

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.

web: http://www.mirandamiranda.it/
maispeis: http://www.myspace.com/mirandamirandaband

miranda | inside the whale | fschr.01, 2003
"first miranda's album, math rock attitude dip into obscure and oblique atmosphere"

TRACKLIST: 1.bmx / 2.involvedMan / 3.fabyenne / 4.val / 5.toi / 6.safeTrip
recorded by G.Caputo, july 2002 at Villaggio dei Marziani LaLastra.Firenze.Italia, mixed by G.Caputo, autumn 2002
g. caputo guitar.voice.loops / g. ragonesi drums / p. carafa bass

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"

TRACKLIST:1. cell trip / 2. 3 american bombs DOWNLOAD / 3. monosexfiles DOWNLOAD / 4. breezed out
5. rough feeling / 6. baciamona DOWNLOAD / 7. fake / 8. rectal exploration of loveless triangles / 9. zhou! the hell is a beer! / 10. r. mutt shitting a my place / 11. archie
Recorded, mixed and edited by Giuseppe Caputo at fromSCRATCH mobile studio in Firenze between june/november 2005
Giuseppe Caputo: guitar/loops/ebow/voice - Nicola Villani: drum/loops - Piero Carafa: bass


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."

track list:
miranda: 1. head growing (DOWNLOAD) / 2. your clock it never works / 3. vomit on yr shoes / 4. furry guys looking for a flat girl
the creeping nobodies: 5. lockstep (DOWNLOAD) / 6. anathema / 7. eidolon

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”"

Recorded and mixed between novembre 08 and january 09 at fromSCRATCH studio, Firenze, by Giuseppe Caputo. Mastered at bips studio, Milano. Nicola Villani, drum, hit mandoline, drummachine / Piero Carafa, bass, voice / Giuseppe Caputo, voice, synth, guitar, sampler
TRACK LIST: 1. Blow off (DOWNLOAD), 2. Honk Honk (the way we grew with comics), 3. …from the left side of my ass/head, 4. Head growing, 5. I’m your Guido (DOWNLOAD), 6. Peep show, I got you, 7. Got a camper in my head, 8. Red hat block, 9. Furry guys looking for a flat girl, 10. Head off