Maple Death Records

22/12/2025

Surprise surprise release. Incredibly happy to reissue Manuel Mota’s “1 - 7” on vinyl. I discovered Mota’s music at an early age when I was reading about the incredible Portuguese scene that included names like , Nuno Canavarro, Osso Exótico, .maranha and the AnAnAnA record label and somehow his releases always resonated with me. Last year friend and collaborator Stefano Pilia pointed out that Manuel had released this incredible collection of songs simply titled ‘1 - 7’, he put us in touch, wrote beautiful liner notes and here we are. ‘1 - 7’ is maybe one of Mota’s most emotional releases, a night-time hallucinatory warm companion, woozy and enchanting. Subtle feedback and residual shreds of melody make for a ghostly voyage, loner psychedelia that travels far and wide. Out on LP with artwork from longtime collaborator and re-mastered by Tako Unami. Limited to 150 copies.

20/12/2025

Non ci fermiamo mai a riflettere sulle cose passate ma a questo giro Smania è stato veramente bellissimo. Tantissime chiacchiere e un simil abbraccio collettivo che fa sempre stare bene. Grazie a tutte le etichette, alle selezioni musicali intensissime, al .bologna, ad e a tutte voi che siete passate per seguire i talk e vivere la due giorni. Ci rivediamo sicuro l’anno prossimo sperando di coinvolgere ancora più etichette. Grazie a per l’artwork pazzesco e l’organizzazione insieme a . Find shelter!

17/12/2025

Incredibly happy to announce Bono / Burattini’s return with ‘𝙊𝙧𝙖 𝙎𝙤𝙣𝙤 𝙐𝙣 𝙇𝙖𝙜𝙤’, an album that transcends elements, a tenacious and brooding collection of work that testifies 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗮 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗼 and 𝗩𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗶's growth and ghostly ability to immerse kosmische landscapes, stripped electronica and oscillatory psychedelia and emerge with songs meticulously constructed, dense and unforgiving, full of richly assembled textures and echoed out other-worldly choirs. Produced impeccably by Grammy Award winning engineer 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼, ‘𝘖𝘳𝘢 𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘰 𝘜𝘯 𝘓𝘢𝘨𝘰’ is an album of staggering depth, a pointillist manifesto of contemporary futurism and hand-cranked emotionalism inspired by the poetry of Sylvia Plath and Patrizia Cavalli, where hypothesis and suspension become Bono / Burattini’s brushes for their distinctive blend of intimacy and reckoning.
Out March 6th on LP and digital and now ready to pre-order, dive into the first single/title-track wherever you get music. Link in comments for info.

Artwork by Andrea De Franco / Photos by Antonietta Dicorato.
Realizzato grazie a Suner, progetto di Arci Emilia-Romagnavsostenuto dalla Regione Emilia-Romagna Emilia-Romagna Music Commission nell’ambito della Legge 2 sulla musica.

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16/12/2025

Beautiful to see .imago’s upcoming ‘Naebula’ reviewed in the 2025 Rewind issue of right beside the great .

“𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯” 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗿𝗲 / Leah Kardos.

Support the magazine and go out and get it as it is always essential reading.

Artist photo by

10/12/2025

🌚 𝗦 𝗠 𝗔 𝗡 𝗜 𝗔 🌝
13 e 14 Dicembre, Bologna.
DAS – Dispositivo Arti Sperimentali.

Finally tutte le info sulle 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘇𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗶 a cura di:
, , , , , Airam , .colli , , , , , , , , Tsss Tapes, , , Black Sweat Records, , , Dj Balli


e sui 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸 ‘𝙏𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙨’:
- Sabato dalle 18 alle 19
𝙐𝙉𝘿𝙀𝙍𝙂𝙍𝙊𝙐𝙉𝘿 𝙀𝙂𝙊𝙏𝙍𝙄𝙋
𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘧𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪, 𝘦𝘨𝘰 𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪 𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥
con .colli (Battiti / Radio 3), , (Maple Death Records), .madaame (Psicologo AIPA, Undicesimacasa)

- Domenica dalle 17 alle 18
𝙍𝙀𝘾𝙊𝙍𝘿𝙎 𝙑𝙎 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙄𝙏𝙔
𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪 𝘦 𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘰
con , Dj Balli (Sonic Belligeranza), Adriano Cava (Misto Mame), Marco Segabinazzi (Kohlhaas), (Maple Death, Undicesima Casa)

09/12/2025

Bellissimo vedere con ‘𝗥𝗼𝘀𝗮 𝗱𝗶 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗲’ e con ‘𝗙𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮’ nella classifica di fine anno di , edizione di Dicembre ✨

“𝘖𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘰 𝘦 𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘮𝘦, 𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘰 𝘮𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘥𝘰, 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘰“ - Barbara Santi (WOW)

“𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 è 𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮 𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘰 𝘥𝘪 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘭𝘪, 𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘢 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢, 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘻𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘵à 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢 𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢, 𝘤𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘯 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘰 𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘦” - Alessandro Besselva Averame (Laura Agnusdei)

05/12/2025

Knock yourself out.

Maple Death Records is an independent label that escaped Canadian soil and is now based in London, UK / Bologna, Italy. Living the unexplored noisier side of things.

03/12/2025

🎲 𝗦 𝗠 𝗔 𝗡 𝗜 𝗔 🎲
13 e 14 Dicembre, Bologna.
DAS – Dispositivo Arti Sperimentali.

Torna a Bologna 𝗦 𝗠 𝗔 𝗡 𝗜 𝗔, due giorni di market, incontri, selezioni musicali e talk con più di quaranta etichette musicali e piccole produzioni della pen*sola.

L’evento si svolgerà al .bologna in via del Porto sabato 13 Dicembre dalle ore 14.30 a 00.00 e domenica 15 Dicembre dalle 12.00 alle 21.00.

Tra i banchi di 𝗦 𝗠 𝗔 𝗡 𝗜 𝗔 troverete dischi, lp, cassette, cd, fanzine e tutto quello che riguarda la produzione delle label.
Durante i due giorni di evento ci saranno selezioni musicali a cura di alcunɜ ospiti e talk.

Parteciperanno: Maple Death, Improved Sequence, Canicola, Titivil, My Own Private Records, Bubca Records, Antinational Noise, JIPO Records, Quindi Records, Cruel Records, Tsss Tapes, Chierichetti Aeditore Recordings, Circa Diana, Godopoli Intrattenimenti, Kohlhaas, Liz Van Der Nüll, Manticora, Timeless Records, Girovelle Psicotroniche, Tanca Records, Trovarobato, Torto Editions, Disasters By Choice, Black Sweat Records, Xong, OOH sounds, Biodiversità Records, Sonic Belligeranza, Legno, Holidays Records, Misto Mame, Riforma, Agipunk, DE PRESS, Second Sleep, The Garden Of Books, UR Suoni, Skank Bloc, Museek, Drove, Offset Records, Silentes, Ostia Records, Bologna For Palestine

𝗦 𝗠 𝗔 𝗡 𝗜 𝗔 , un evento di e in collaborazione con e .bologna .

Artwork di Andrea De Franco.

02/12/2025

Let’s continue our journey into ’s upcoming album ‘𝙆𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙠𝙤𝙯 ‘ and dive into ‘𝙂𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙛’ his collaboration with . Captured at .atheer with .

“𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝟤𝟢𝟤𝟦 𝘪𝘯 𝘙𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺. 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘢 𝘈𝘭 𝘒𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘥𝘪 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 — 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧. 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸, 𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘺𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦.” - Mai Mai Mai

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30/11/2025

From the vault… Aside from being one of the best human beings out there ’s journey as always amazes me. Both records are beautifully designed anche carefully tip toe between melancholy and pure joy. Sometimes I think the only way of describing the music is seeing the fog lift and nature coming alive or seeing colours for the first time. Simple yet always startling.

28/11/2025

Blak Saagan X Battiti (Radio 3)

Vibrisse #26!

28/11/2025

.imago’s second single ‘Skin Dress’ from the upcoming album ‘Naebula’ is out today. Don’t miss out on the video that premiered a few days ago on directed by .

“At times I feel like a doll: moved by something. Then I know I’m wearing a *skin dress*. What lies under it expands and disappears steadily and effortlessly, within the greater picture.” Julinko