Document Media Kit
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Audience Press · Editorial

Umbra Group

Press & Media Kit.

Brand assets, company overview, property descriptions, and press contacts. Everything you need to write about Umbra Group or feature one of its properties.

An independent media group, in motion since 2012.

Umbra Group operates five distinct properties across editorial, community, platform, and service categories — built independently, without institutional backing, across English and Spanish-language audiences.

We build the infrastructure of independent music — publications, platforms, tools, and communities — each a distinct instrument in a shared observatory.

Founded in 2012 with Indietheka, the longest-running Spanish-language indie music outlet still in operation, Umbra Group has grown into a portfolio of five properties unified by a single editorial philosophy and a fan-first perspective.

Each property addresses a different gap in the music ecosystem: long-form editorial in Spanish, the largest independent fan community for Radiohead, infrastructure for fan communities to exist on their own terms, automated press for artists who can't afford agencies, and a consulting studio redesigning workflows for the agentic era.

The group is built and maintained independently. No labels. No management. No PR firms. The five properties operate under a shared design language and a shared standard: treat independent music as the serious cultural object it already is.

Umbra Group's reach spans 281,000 community followers, 14 years of continuous editorial output, and active fan communities for some of the most significant artists in modern music.

The name umbra refers to the darkest part of a shadow during an eclipse — the region where the source is fully blocked. We chose it deliberately. We're the part of music media that exists outside the institutional spotlight.

2012 Year founded
281K Community followers
05 Active properties
EN/ES Bilingual operation

Five properties. One observatory.

Each property occupies a distinct wavelength of the music ecosystem — from infrared (community) to signal (service). All are independent. All share the same editorial standard.

560nm · MAGENTA Indietheka Editorial · Spanish

Spanish-language indie and alternative music editorial. Reviews, news, weekly playlists, long-form retrospectives. Continuous publication since June 2012 — the longest-running Spanish-language indie outlet still in operation. Distributed via WordPress, RSS, and social.

2012 Founded indietheka.com
700nm · INFRARED Radiohead Community Fan Community · English

The largest independent Radiohead fan community online. 281,000 followers on Instagram. Curated archival content, photography, deep-cut trivia, community-driven posts. Independent of label or management. Built and maintained by a single person.

281K IG followers @radioheadcommunity
425nm · ULTRAVIOLET Orbit Platform · English

A fan-owned community platform. Fans build communities — called Orbits — around artists, without permission from label or management. A structured digital home for music fan communities, built as an alternative to fragmented Discord servers and Reddit threads. Currently in live prototype.

06+ Active orbits orbit.fan
475nm · SIGNAL Transit Service · Bilingual

An automated press & promotion bureau for independent artists. Submit a release — Transit generates the press kit, media pitches, playlist outreach, and social content, fully bilingual in English and Spanish, in under an hour. For artists who can't afford a traditional PR agency.

Early Access Waitlist open transit.fm
530nm · SIGNAL GREEN Umbra Studio Consulting · Agentic Workflows

A consulting studio that rebuilds high-friction workflows with intelligence at the core — humans above the loop, governance you can trust. The Lighthouse Sprint delivers a working system, not a deck. Every pattern we sell is stress-tested on our own portfolio first.

6–10 wk Lighthouse Sprint

Logo, identity & system files.

Direct links to the brand identity system, logo files, and design documentation. Open in browser to view; right-click the visual assets to save originals.

A spectrum of independence.

The system is grounded in deep space (void to corona), accented by signal (#4D9EFF), and extended through a spectral palette that maps each property to a wavelength.

Master Palette — Phenomenon Surface · Text · Accent
Void#040608
Deep Space#080C14
Nebula#0D1526
Stratum#162039
Ghost#1E2A42
Dim#4A5A7A
Stellar#A8B8D8
Corona#F2F6FF
Property Spectrum — Sub-brand Wavelengths Infrared → Ultraviolet
Indietheka#FF4DA6
Orbit#7B68EE
Transit / Signal#4D9EFF
Umbra Studio#4DFF7A
Radiohead#FF4444
Signal Accent — Operational Color Primary brand accent
Signal Dim#1A4A8A
Signal#4D9EFF
Signal Hover#6BAEFD
Signal Glowrgba 0.12
Glow Subtlergba 0.06

A single family. Three voices.

The system uses the IBM Plex superfamily exclusively — Sans for interface and body, Serif for italic display, Mono for labels and metadata. Open source. Editorial. Scientific in tone.

Aa Bb 01
Five properties, one editorial vision. Built independent of institutional backing — across continents, languages, and formats.
▸ DISPLAY · UI · BODY
IBM Plex Sans
Wordmark, navigation, body copy, captions, labels, all interface text. Weights 300, 400, 500, 600. The primary functional typeface across every property.
Aa Bb & phenomenon.
An eclipse is the moment when one body passes between another and the source of its light.
▸ DISPLAY · EDITORIAL
IBM Plex Serif (italic)
Editorial display, taglines, pull quotes, section headlines. Always italic, always light or regular weight. Used to mark moments of voice and authorship.
Aa 01 §
▸ FOUNDED 2012 · ISSUE 001 · INDEPENDENT
▸ METADATA · TECHNICAL
IBM Plex Mono
Labels, issue numbers, timestamps, technical callouts, navigation links. Used to signal precision, structure, and the system's scientific tone.
▸ TYPOGRAPHIC PRINCIPLES
  • — Single family across all properties
  • — Italic serif only for editorial voice
  • — Mono only for metadata, never body
  • — Weight 300 default, 600 max emphasis
  • — Wide tracking on uppercase always
▸ SYSTEM
Application rules
The same family is used across every property — only the role of each cut shifts. This gives the group its visual coherence without uniformity.

Press, partnerships & inquiries.

For press coverage, interview requests, partnership opportunities, advertising across our properties, or any inquiries about Umbra Group and its work — reach out directly. We respond to all press inquiries within 48 hours.

If you're covering a specific property, mention it in your subject line and we'll route you to the right materials. For high-resolution logo files or custom assets, request them in your initial message.

abrahamjsaca@gmail.com
▸ COMPANY DETAILS
Entity Umbra Group · Independent
Web umbra.press
Properties Indietheka · Orbit · Transit · Umbra Studio · Radiohead Community
Languages Spanish & English
Founded June 2012 · 14 years operating
Structure Independent — no institutional backing