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UPSIDE DOWN UMBRELLA

Are you walking in the rain?

About Me


Blue sky, sunshine, deja vu glazed with dread. Something horrible is going to happen about now. It is a perfect summer day in a meadow of tall grass. J.V. is following her brothers, lagging lazily behind. A shadow falls on the ground; something rustles the grass. J.V. turns -- she cannot help it, it is what happens next -- and sees a strange man. He has no face, like a minor character in a dream. The man holds something writhing and indistinct. He asks, "How would you like to get into this bag with the snakes?"
A combination of tightly fused electronic rhythms, textures, and manipulated field recordings with airy, crystalline guitars always present, Upside Down Umbrella offers up a varied mix of rainy day soundtracks, somber strains, and buoyant, undulating cadences. UDU continue in their collaborative effort to interpret, isolate, manipulate, and seduce the everyday domain of sonic background into cohesive, engaging edifices of calculated aural manifestation.
Samples Below From the Album "Are You Walking in the Rain?":
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Clips below: Visuals performed by Michael Carter, music by Upside Down Umbrella live at the Maker Faire, April 2006:

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/5/2004
Band Website: tearsounds.com
Influences: Ourselves (each other), Cocteau Twins, My Bloody Valentine, SeeFeel, Third Eye Foundation, Mogwai, Coil, Coh, Murcof, Scorn, Cenk Ergun, Kush Arora, most Dub, Puzzle, Fluorescent Grey, Nommo Ogo, Edgar Curtis, Olly Farshi, Sonic Youth, Slowdive, Francis Dhomont, Pierre Schaeffer, and many more. Limbik Frequencies!
Sounds Like: Rainy Days, Ports and Anchorages, Twilight and Dawn, Cats.
Record Label: TEAR
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Upside Down Umbrella Videos

The Michael Carter Upside Down Umbrella videos are back online, and available on You tube. Enjoy!http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=UDU111&p=r
Posted by UPSIDE DOWN UMBRELLA on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:13:00 PST

Oh Circus Day

The track just posted, Circus Day, is a "cover" of the circus tune "Oh Circus Day" for Richard Butchins documentary, "The Last American Freak Show".
Posted by UPSIDE DOWN UMBRELLA on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:58:00 PST

Where we are....

Hello Friends and Fans.I hope this reaches you in good times. I wanted to let everyone know that Upside Down Umbrella is still very much alive despite our long absence in the haze of the past years ex...
Posted by UPSIDE DOWN UMBRELLA on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:18:00 PST

New digital distribution + update

Hello everyone. Just wanted to let all of you know I am still mixing the new album between school and work, but I'm chugging away at it- hopefully I'll have something early-to-mid 2008 for you all to ...
Posted by UPSIDE DOWN UMBRELLA on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:12:00 PST

Upside Down Umbrella available on iTunes.

Good news! Upside Down Umbrella's first album, "Are You Walking in the Rain", is available for purchase on iTunes.(copy and paste into your browser window)Go here: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/M...
Posted by UPSIDE DOWN UMBRELLA on Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:19:00 PST

Upside Down Umbrella CD available!

Hello. Our full length Cd, "Are You Walking in the Rain?" is, at long last, available. Initially through Cdbaby, it can be purchased here: http://cdbaby.com/cd/udumbrella Tear's first release, a compi...
Posted by UPSIDE DOWN UMBRELLA on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 10:44:00 PST

Friend Requests, the Future, Cats

Hello. Jeremy from Upside Down Umbrella here. Due to three of our members entering school, our Myspace presence will be reduced to a lowly trickle. Whereas in the past I commented on every single band...
Posted by UPSIDE DOWN UMBRELLA on Sat, 16 Sep 2006 07:35:00 PST