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Fishy

by mookoid

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Machine Component 04:01
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Hex River Valley 03:32
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Into The Drink 03:14
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Impersonal Trainer 02:20
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Decompression Chamber 05:39
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Slithis Dub 09:25
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Nitrogen Narcosis 06:24
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Osteichthyes 05:51
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Lowveldt 04:12
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MOOKOID : FISHY

The venture begins in a dank, subterranean sepulchre, populated by broken, dying machinery and proceeds via aquatic exploration through bleak deep-sea soundscapes - finally crawling ashore and panting exhaustedly by the fire under a starry, African night sky.

The album is a mix of improvisational pieces and more traditional studio works, painstakingly built layer by layer. The tracks were created from a variety of sound sources: including treated field recordings and samplings of voice and various traditional and ethnic instruments which happened to be close to hand. The soundscape is not bound by one particular genre, but varies from noisy and harsh to gentle and ambient, and includes a claustrophobic detour into dub.

The core of the album was inspired by Mick's experiences night diving in the Red Sea and growing up in Africa. The marine-themed tracks were specifically influenced by a set of deep night dives on a wreck. Mick's dive buddy ended up getting a case of 'the bends' and ended up in a decompression chamber - a truly bizarre experience. The mix reflects this and is sometimes as dense as treacle - there is very little air in there! African influences can be heard in Lowveldt, the albums closing track; the pulse of the night insects creating it's own backbeat to the modal melody of the guitar.

The album’s packaging is an homage to Mick’s lifelong fascination with the extraordinary and grotesque creatures that inhabit
the darkest corners of our oceans.

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released September 1, 2009

Copyright 2009 Mick Lampert - all instruments and production

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mookoid Melbourne, Australia

m o o k o i d is the current solo project for Naarm/Melbourne experimental musician Mick Lampert. The music is untethered to any particular genre but is rooted in dark, narcotic, melancholia and unsettling soundscapes.
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