MY CAT IS AN ALIEN
'In The Spiral Of Yellow Shadows'
Art Box
Triple Lathe cut LP + Mixed Media Art
Private Art Edition of 6 copies.
31,5 x 31,5 x 4,5 cm box made with Italian superior quality pure-wood-pulp, white-coated cardboard; die-cut on front. Designed by Maurizio and Roberto Opalio; handcrafted by Maurizio Opalio.
Contents:
- 3 lathe cut LPs featuring an entire previously unreleased instantaneous composition by My Cat Is An Alien entitled 'In The Spiral Of Yellow Shadows', edited in six parts by Roberto Opalio appositely for this edition;
- 5 collaborative works of art by Roberto and Maurizio Opalio made using rayon and silk embroidery thread fixed with three prong round metal tacks on original "Fome-Cor" 5mm thick yellow foam boards (31x31cm); individually handnumbered and signed by both artists on back;
- 1 cardboard panel including full liner notes and credits of the edition; handstamped , handnumbered and signed by both artists.
Music:
My Cat Is An Alien - 'In The Spiral Of Yellow Shadows'
An exclusive instantaneous composition by Maurizio and Roberto Opalio; no overdubs no outtakes.
Recorded by MCIAA on September 13, 2013, at their Alien Studio for audiovisual arts, Torino, Italy.
Maurizio Opalio | His Master’s Voice early 1930s portable wind-up gramophone, ‘50s Philips portable stereo phonograph, prepared classical 78 rpm looped-groove shellacs, vinyl records,pedal effects and real-time loops
Roberto Opalio | modified and re-assembled electronic devices, prepared mini-keyboard, alientronics, manipulated vocal loops, real-time intervention on an auxiliary output of Maurizio’s gramophone action
Lathe cut records manufactured in 6 copies by Peter King in New Zealand.
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Published in December 2013 by Opax Editions. |