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my violent ego. my viole[n]t ego.

Paolo Miceli (formerly ruth veln kiss) from Rome (ITA), and Christy Brewster (formerly Kizzy) from Edinburgh (UK), together known as My Violent Ego virtually met in 2001 on mp3.com and have been making music together for years without ever meeting, sending music files through internet and classic mail, compiling songs for the self-produced releases Lìtost ep (2001), Feel Yr Sleep (2001), and their first label release Carried-Along-By-Fate (Ocean Music 2003), distributed by Projekt rec and Tonevendor rec.

Finally met in Rome in 2003 for a couple of shows and radio showcases (backing guitar on stage by Gianmarco Cannella), and again in 2004 (backing guitar on stage and priceless friendship by Georgeos Karaktsanis) for a brief promotional tour for Carried along.. in Italy, the following summer they flight to France for the recording sessions of Clicks & Hisses, but problems with the record label, the recordings' mediocrity, and new intolerances between the two, brought to split in late 2004 until July 2009, again making new music together.

In Fall 2010 My Violent Ego are going to release two albums via Sometimes rec and Handwriting rec, the first, a compendium collecting all songs before and after Carried-along-by-fate, the latter, featuring new songs and melodies.

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In late 2006 Paolo joined Rome-based Sea Dweller as guitarist, and In Between Lies as drummer in 2009.
Christy joined in 2007 her sister Kaye Brewster in Violet’s Revenge.

rare news from:

22nd May '10 - Before My Viole.n.t Ego, in my life in Music since 19 till late 21 years old, I been recording my tunes under the alias of Ruth Veln Kiss: initially I used a four track tape recorder, and later my first crappy pc, - I recorded a bunch of songs in those years, collected in four/five cassettes that I used to send to fanzines, radios and sell to those amazing people who asked for it here and there.. kind of post-punk, goth-rock, noise Music, - mostly me singing and my guitar, plus an improvised drum-machine, - lots of distortion, although not always actually, - a very lo-fi attitude and poor diy means, - I really had fun with that and tried my best to do what I still love more in life today, that is, making Music.

Now, my friends of Sometimes and Handwriting rec, time-travelled and decided to release a CD antology of those buzzing invisible years of mine, - title: I was 21 years old and now no more, - a limited edition of 300 copies, featuring 29 songs of mine, - fully and digitally remastered, - jewel case + 8 pages booklet w/ pics from the original supports inside. It's going to be their first numbered release [SR _ o1 / handw001 ], - so I'm even happier about that.

If You are a die-hard fan of My Violent Ego, You can't miss this piece of the puzzle, - go and pre-order your copy [release date, May 25th 2010] dropping a line to sometimesrecordsATgmail.com or visit them on their Discogs market place.
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01st May '10 - Upcoming old and new releases on Sometimes rec, tba.
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14th dec 'o9 - We're still into the middle of new recordings, - I guess something will come out next Spring. In the meanwhile, Sea Dweller released Love is coming, - i'm pretty proud of that..
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19th june 'o9 - GloryEgo is a new song, there's a pre-mix video preview by Christy Brewster @ youtube, - enjoy. More, hopefully, soon.

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10th july 'o9 - it looks like we are recording new music..