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My Beloved

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Since 1997 it didn't take long for MY BELOVED to peak out in the Copenhagen musical underground scene as a pioneer band that with their unique, aesthetic and emotional music where telling dramatic, painful and sinister stories through instrumental surfaces that in the late 90's most of all were compared as a detour of the, at that time, almost dead post-rock genre. Since then MY BELOVED has gone ways of their own and are now in total unspoiled music dimensions which the band themselves are calling Instrumental Music Noir.
MY BELOVED aligned their success debut "Servant Of Secret Places" (2003) with "On Happiness Hill" (2005) and cemented with their sinister, dark and incredibly well reviewed 2nd album, that MY BELOVED are an extremely innovative, imaginative and acknowledged band with a growing fan crowd in both US, Europe and Asia.
November 2008 MY BELOVED released their 3rd official album FORCE FEEDING LOVE. This album was the result of 3 turbulent years for each band member and was enhanced with collaborations with John Contreras "Current 93 + Baby Dee" playing cello and Zef Noi$e "Psychic TV + Flesh Test" on viola. The music kept the band together through rough times and the result was released on cd and double vinyl.
MY BELOVED are playing magnificent capturing instrumental music noir that in basis consist of guitar, synths, piano, drums and bass. The music is a mood creating and emotional maelstrom that with storming crescendoes and beautiful passages creates a lively and organic feeling of existence and will. The experimenting sound-surfaces clarify the presence of the art and especially of the passion, and the use of noise makes MY BELOVED appear as a totally unique band, which with new thinking and in a different way produce yet another fearless album. Yet an atmospheric journey in time and mood.
Live, MY BELOVED shows their true strength. With great performance and energy they drag the audience deep into their universe and leave non behind. MY BELOVED is a live band. An artwork where the magic is created in the moment and where the listener becomes a part of the work.
[...]"My Beloved continue to impress as one of the world's finest practitioners and champions of the post rock, progoth idiom." / www.terrascope.co.uk/
[...]"Controlled guitar feedback, explosive drum play and grandiose piano do very well on an album, that is just as excellent as a spherical sound-wallpaper as a spell-binding close encounter." / www.gaffa.dk
[...]“My Beloved, whose grandiose nuisance, hard as a rock, is a well oiled sonic picture-machine which reflects the history of the sky, the abyss and the millenniums. Or said in a more conventionally way: the music has soul and spirit.” /www.undertoner.dk

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Member Since: 06/03/2006
Band Website: http://www.mybeloved.dk
Band Members: Iver Ask Overgaard - [Guitars]
Danny Søndergaard - [Drums]
Peter Lopes - [Bass]
Lars Kivig - [Synths & Piano]

Influences: Music is made of dreams and thoughts, neither of them are clean or sane.
Record Label: Vicious
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

My Beloved on Hiatus

Dear friends,After 12 years of musical adventures, touring and creative sessions, My Beloved is currently on hiatus.Thank you for supporting our music and our work. We wish you all the best.- My Belov...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:48:00 GMT

Updates July 2009

Dear friends,Since the release of our latest album "Force Feeding Love", we have recieved such an amazing feedback and response. We really appreciate every word and comment we have recieved. Thanks.In...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:51:00 GMT

My Beloved on Itunes

Dear Friends,We are happy to let you know that My Beloved are available at Itunes Store.All the best,My Beloved
Posted by on Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:33:00 GMT

My Beloved In New York

Dear Friends My Beloved are now in stores in New York.  We are happy to let you know that our official albums can be found at, Other Music, 15 E.4th St. NYC 10003 &Kim’s Music, 6 S...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:15:00 GMT