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Psychic Tension

1/20/2019

I was planning to release this in February. But, I finished mixing it ahead of schedule. So, I will put it out there now, instead. Isn't that nice?

As usual, this is a mixture of old and new sounds, some recorded by myself, some appropriated. Then, mutilated and mangled into something different.

Hal likes reading more details about my work. I'm ambivalent about always knowing how the sausage is made. But, I guess that will include some tidbits here; To start, there are machine sounds, including a washing machine with a pair of shoes inside. There are my vocal sounds being stretched and torn apart. There are improvisations from my teenage years on a guitar I built from somebody's garbage. Some old cassette tapes that I've kept in storage FOREVER had radio and TV stuff that I messed around with. By the way, I sometimes dub over my old demos and field recordings when making RecycleTapes for y'all. There were a bunch of leftover outtakes sitting around from my short movie "I Dream of SpaceCat." So, I remixed those into something. One plunderphonics-type track was originally created, on request, a few years ago for a friend's podcast Truth Porn Militia.

Some of this I wasn't sure if I should include it in the next Mike Nobody / Theee Urban SpaceCat cassette-zine or here. But, I have enough of this sort of thing already saved for that. I need to continue fleshing out my existing demos some more and get that thing published already.

Anyway, I'm still keeping busyl. So, "Haste Ye Back" guys!

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Mike Nobody

Turning Junk Into Punk Since 1985

Mike Nobody
is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer, visual artist, and creator of experimental
custom-made instruments. Diagnosed with major depression and social anxiety disorders, he is regarded as an outsider artist–musician by his contemporaries in the fine art and alternative music scenes. Known for his highly eclectic style and diverse projects, his sound incorporates a variety of music genres, both popular and experimental, with a predominantly Lo-Fi aesthetic. Much of his work consists of ultra-limited, handmade cassettes recorded alone in his home, with whatever means that were available at the time.

His visual work consists primarily of “stream of consciousness” drawings and mixed media paintings
made from repurposed materials, with occasional ventures into film & video.

Creating in near anonymity since the 1980’s, most exposure to his work has been primarily in the form of mail art packages, ad-hoc self-distribution, and a few local retail outlets. He gained some notoriety in the Metro Detroit area, beginning in the 1990’s, and has collaborated with numerous musicians across the sonic spectrum. Whether people were listening or not, however, Mike continued to compulsively produce music and art pieces. Exponential growth of the internet in the intervening years has given Mike new opportunities to reach an audience, unavailable to him before.

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