Underground Music Movement

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Underground Music Movement (UMM) is an Italian house music label based in Naples and founded by Angelo Tardio. The UMM catalogue includes classic releases from artists including Daft Punk, Todd Terry, Roger Sanchez, Alex Party, Fathers of Sound, Blast, Francesco Farfa, Glenn Underground, and MAW.{{Cite web |title=UMM · Record label ⟋ RA |url=https://ra.co/labels/13878 |access-date=2024-09-25 |website=Resident Advisor |language=en}}

Emerging in the 1990s as an early pioneer of the burgeoning Italian house music scene, UMM cemented legendary status as an underground house record company offering a wide range of sounds ranging from deep house to techno. UMM was crucial for the development and spread of house music in Italy and today it continues to be a reference point for electronic music fans in general.{{Cite web |title=UMM Official |url=https://www.youtube.com/@umm.official?si=a-PNVv8i4iGQzAHl |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=YouTube |language=en}}

UMM was a division of Flying Records until their bankruptcy in 1997.

In 1998, Media Records purchased publishing rights and restarted UMM, debuting with their first release, "Proud Mary". Other sublabels of Media Records include Big in Ibiza, UMM Progressive, UMM White, and Underground Music Movement USA.

Justin Timberlake, Groove Armada, and Tiesto also signed to the label. In 2003, following success in Japan, UMM ventured into the vibrant landscape of a new and booming New York City electronic music scene.

2005 saw Media Records manager Gianfranco Bortolotti leave the music realm to pursue other interests. In 2006, the label closed operations globally. ZYX Music of Germany purchased the Media S.r.l. rights for digital distribution in 2010.

Bortolotti returned to music in 2015 to revive Media Records and sublabels including UMM, BXR, Underground, and Heartbeat.{{Cite web |date=September 25, 2024 |title=Media Records - Label |url=https://www.discogs.com/label/2280-Media-Records?page=1 |website=Discogs}}

After a long hiatus, UMM started again in January 2017 with the Eighteen EP.

UMM has also featured an apparel line since the '90s.{{Cite web |title=UMM Discogs |url=https://www.discogs.com/label/2664-UMM?page=1}}